Upcoming Event: Men's Soccer versus Cape Fear Community College (Exhibition) on August 7, 2026 at 6 p.m.
MSOC
6 p.m.
James Madison
vs Cape Fear Community College (Exhibition)
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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
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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