Machop Chol

Photo by: Brian Westerholt/Sports On Film

Machop Chol and Omir Fernandez celebrate a goal

Photo by: Brian Westerholt/Sports On Film

Height:
6-2
Weight:
175
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Tucker, Ga.
High School:
Southwest DeKalb HS

2020 (Senior)
Started and appeared in all eight of the Demon Deacons’ fall regular season matches … Recorded three goals and two assists for eight points … Scored the team’s first goal of the season in a 3-1 victory over Louisville on Sept. 25 … Also scored in the team’s first meeting with NC State and Clemson in the fall … Finished the fall season with an assist against both Clemson and NC State in return matchups.

2019 (Junior)
Played in all 23 matches, starting 20...scored 4 goals and tallied 16 total points...led the team in assists with 8...was third on the team in shots on goal with 17...named Third-Team All-ACC...named Third-Team All-South Region

2018 (Sophomore)
Had a breakout sophomore campaign, playing in all 21 games and making 14 starts, totaling 17 points on five goals and seven assists ... Finished third on the team in points and assists and fourth in goals ... Started each of the last 14 games after coming off the bench for the first seven ... First goal of the season was a game-winner at Florida Gulf Coast (Sept. 1) ... Tallied first career assist against Presbyterian (Sept. 4) ... Totaled three assists over two game with a pair at Clemson (Sept. 21) and another vs. Davidson (Sept. 25) ... Scored a goal against No. 15 Duke (Sept. 29) ... Recorded a goal and assist against High Point (Oct. 9), including scoring the game-winner ... Scored the opening goal of a 3-2 win at No. 6 Virginia (Oct. 20) ... Tallied a goal and assist vs. NC State (Nov. 4) ... Assisted on the game-winner in the NCAA Tournament over Colgate (Nov. 18) ... Took 18 total shots, 12 of them on target ... On the field for 1,061 total minutes.

2017 (Freshman)
Played in 13 games off the bench, missing a month of the season due to injury ... Scored a goal in his first collegiate game against Rutgers (Aug. 25) ... Saw action against ACC foes Louisville, Virginia Tech, Boston College, Syracuse and Virginia in the ACC Championship ... Took eight total shots, including four of them on target.

Background
Rated as the No. 115 recruit in the country by TopDrawerSoccer, including the No. 11 prospect from the South Atlantic region ... Won the 2017 U.S. Soccer Regional title and was a 2015 Super Y National finalist Graduate of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, playing for Atlanta United FC under coach Tony Annan, scoring 11 goals in 28 games in 2016-17 ... Chose Wake Forest over Clemson and Georgia Southern.

Personal
Full name is Machop Malual Chol ... Born on Nov. 14, 1998 in Sudan ... Son of Angilina Mayik & Malual Machop ... Majoring in Communication.