2005 Team Co-Captain.
As a Junior (2004): Earned Second-Team All-Atlantic Soccer Conference honors after finishing the season tied for fifth on the squad in scoring, with four goals and three assists for 11 points... Named ASC Player of the Week (9/14) after leading the Golden Panthers to a 1-1 record at the Carolina Nike Classic versus a pair of nationally-ranked teams... Key member of FIU’s offense that ranked second in the conference and 21st in the nation with 2.11 goals per game... Netted a goal and an assist in his first collegiate start, a 3-2 double-overtime win at nationally-ranked North Carolina (9/10)... Saw action in all 18 of FIU’s games, starting 13... Notched his first multi-goal game versus Alabama A&M (9/18), also adding an assist to finish the game with a career-high five points... Recorded the game-winning goal on a penalty kick in the 20th minute versus Fairleigh Dickinson (10/30)... Fed the ball to Bobby Boswell for FIU’s third goal versus nationally-ranked Hartwick (11/12) to help claim team’s third-straight conference crown... Converted a team-high two penalty kicks.
As a Sophomore (2003): Saw action in 20 games... Seventh on the team with nine points, recording three goals and three assists... Netted the game-winner at then-No. 9 Hartwick (10/10), scoring at the 50-minute mark... Posted a then-career-high four points in FIU’s 6-1 rout of Philadelphia (10/31), scoring on a penalty kick in the 66th minute and assisting on the final two goals... Made a pivotal penalty kick in shootout versus then-No. 17 Cal State Northridge (11/26) in second round of the NCAA Tournament to secure the team’s advancement.
As a Freshman (2002): Played in 13 contests, scoring one goal and dishing out two assists... Netted his first collegiate goal in the 90th minute versus Mercer (11/8)... Sent a cross into the box that resulted in Sean Collins’ goal against Oneonta State (10/11)... Assisted on Oscar Gil’s game-winning goal in the 45th minute in an Atlantic Soccer Conference match versus Adelphi (11/1).
High School: Helped lead Gaither to three state finals in four years... First-Team All-Hillsborough County pick... Postseason appearances include the Senior Soccer Challenge and the FACA All-Star Classic... Led state powerhouse Countryside Lightening to the 2000 Tampa Sun Bowl championship... Member of the state ODP ’83 team in 1999.
Personal: Born September 14, 1983, in Tucson, Arizona... Son of Tom and Joan Rose... Has one sister, Rachel... A business major.
