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Jersey Number 30
Bill Groben
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 205
- Hometown:
- Chester, Va.
- High School:
- Thomas Dale
- Previous:
- USSF Richmond Kickers Academy
- Major:
- Hospitality Management
Bio
2014 as a Redshirt Senior:
• Appeared in one game off the bench
• Made five saves in relief in the NCAA Tournament while playing the final 20:42 against then-No. 16 North Carolina
2013 as a Redshirt Junior:
• Appeared in seven games, making six starts
• Posted a 1-5 record in six starts
• Made three saves in a 3-0 shutout win over Loyola on October 2
2012 as a Redshirt Sophomore:
• Did not play
• JMU Athletic Director Scholar Athlete
2011 as a Redshirt Freshman:
• Did not play
2010 as Freshman:
• Redshirt year
High school and club:
• All-State Honorable Mention as a senior
• All-Central Region First Team as senior
• All-Central Region Honorable Mention as a junior
• All-Central District First Team as a junior and senior
• Richmond Times-Dispatch All-Metro First Team as a senior
• Richmond Times-Dispatch Honorable Mention as a junior
• 59 career shutouts
• Never allowed more than two goals in a game while at Thomas Dale
• Team MVP as a senior
• The Knights were group AAA state semifinalists and Central Region champions in 2008, region semifinalists in 2007, Central District regular-season champions in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and district tournament champions in 2007, 2008 and 2009
• Thomas Dale set a state record of 67 consecutive wins in 2007
• US Club Soccer id2 Camp in 2010
• National Super Y pool 2007
• Played club with the Richmond Strikers Academy from 2007-10 and Chesterfield United from 1996-2006
• Quill and Scroll International Honor Society
Personal:
• William Michael Groben III
• Majoring in hospitality management
• His great-uncle, Nick McKay, played minor-league baseball with Phil Niekro Sr. in Bluefield, W.Va. McKay taught Niekro Sr. the knuckleball, which he later passed along to his son, Phil Jr., now a Hall of Famer
• His cousin, Albert Schoterman, was a 1972 Munich Olympian in the hammer throw and a four-time NCAA champion and former NCAA record-holder in the hammer at Kent State
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