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Jersey Number 18
CJ Sapong
- Year:
- Junior
- Position:
- Forward
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 185
- Hometown:
- Manassas, Va.
- High School:
- Forest Park
Bio
Professional:
2012 (U.S. National Team):
- U.S. National Team, 2 game appearances, January Training Camp
2011 (Sporting Kansas City):
- Major League Soccer Rookie of the Year (led all rookies in points with five goals and five assists and was the only Sporting player to appear in all 34 regular-season matches).
- Major League Soccer's Top 24 Under 24 (#15)
- Selected by Sporting Kansas City in the first round of the 2011 Major League Soccer Superdraft (1/13/11); 10th overall pick and the highest draft selection ever by a JMU soccer player
At JMU:
- Four-year starter
- CAA preseason Player of the Year
- College Soccer News national Player of the Week, Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Player of the Week and CAA Player of the Week Oct. 31 (2 goals in 2-0 win at Old Dominion, 1 goal in 2-0 win over Drexel)
- CAA Player of the Week Sept. 12 (2 goals, 2 assists in 5-0 win over St. Bonaventure; first career hat trick in 3-0 win over Longwood)
- Preseason All-CAA
- Team tri-captain
- JMU Athlete of the Year
- National Strength and Conditioning Association All-America
- JMU Team's Most Valuable Offensive Player
Final standing on JMU career lists:
- Fourth, game-winning goals (12)
- Fifth, points (95)
- Seventh, goals (37)
- 12th, assists (21)
Final NCAA stats ranking:
- Fourth, points average (1.83)
- Ninth, total points (33)
- Tied 11th, assist average (0.5)
- Tied 12th, total goals (12)
- Tied 15th, goals average (0.67)
- Tied 19th, total assists (9)
Final CAA stats ranking:
- First, total points (33)
- First, points average (1.83)
- First, total assists (9)
- First, assist average (0.5)
- Tied first, total goals (12)
- Second, goals average (0.67)
On JMU season lists:
- Second-highest season points total in JMU history (33)
- Fourth-highest season goals total in JMU history (12)
- Fifth-highest season assist total in JMU history (9)
- Third-highest season game-winning goals total in JMU history (4)
2010:
- Among 54 NCAA Division I players invited to Major League Soccer Combine (Jan. 7-11 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
- College Soccer News All-America Second Team
- National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-South Atlantic Region First Team
- Nominee for Soccer News Net Player of the Year (Click here by Dec. 23 to vote for Sapong)
- Among 39 players on Hermann Trophy Watch List for national Player of the Year
- TopDrawerSoccer.com's 2010 Team of the Season (First Team)
- Conference (CAA) Player of the Year
- All-CAA First Team (first player in school history to win conference first-team honors four times)
- Led team in goals, assists, points and game-winning goals
2009:
- National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-South-Atlantic Region First Team
- ECAC All-Star First Team
- All-CAA First Team
- All-State (VaSID) Second Team
- Preseason All-CAA Team
- Led the CAA in points average (1.75) and goals average (0.62) and was second in assist average (0.5)
- In NCAA national statistics, ranked seventh in points average, 16th in goals average and 17th in assist average
- Team leader in goals, assists and points
- JMU team's offensive MVP
2008:
- All-CAA First Team
- Second on team in goals and tied second in points
- Preseason All-CAA team
- JMU team's offensive MVP
2007:
- NSCAA All-South Atlantic Region Third Team, and only freshman in region named to team
- College Soccer News All-Freshman Second Team
- CAA Rookie of the Year, All-CAA First Team and CAA All-Rookie Team
- Virginia (VaSID) Rookie of the Year and All-State First Team
- 37th in NCAA in goals average and 70th in points average
- Led team in goals, game-winning goals and points
- Tied first in CAA in goals, second in goals average, fourth in points and sixth in points average
- CAA Rookie of the Week Nov. 4 (both JMU goals, include game-winner in overtime, at Towson; tying goal in double-overtime victory at Georgia State)
- CAA Rookie of the Week Oct. 21 (game-winner in overtime vs. Hofstra, tying goal and assist on game-winner vs. Northeastern)
- Team's offensive MVP and Rookie of the Year
High school and club:
- State group AAA, Northwest Region and Cardinal District Player of the Year as a senior
- All-Area First Team and All-Examiner First Team as a senior
- Four-time All-District
- Two-time All-Region
- Washington Post All-Metro as a junior and senior
- All-Extra First Team as a senior
- Virginia H.S. Coaches Association Senior All-Star Game 2007
- The Bruins were district champions 2005 and 2007
- His Magnum club team was VYSA state champions 2002, 2005 and 2006
Personal:
- Charles Sapong
- Sports management major with a minor in business
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