2024 Men's Soccer Roster
Ryan Fessler
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
- High School:
- Blue Valley West
Career Honors
- 2023-24 ACC Academic Honor Roll
- 2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 All-ACC Academic Team Selection
- 2021-22 ACC Academic Honor Roll
- 2020-21 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2024 (Senior)
Appeared in 21 matches with six starts, recording 671 minutes of action … Earned his first start and the captain’s armband in a 3-2 victory over Central Arkansas (Aug. 25) … Earned five more starts against Radford (Sept. 9), Virginia (Sept. 13), Elon (Sept. 17), Clemson (Sept. 20) and ETSU (Oct. 1) … Recorded an assist on Wake Forest’s fourth of five goals in a 5-1 victory over Virginia (Nov. 14) in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament.
2023 (Junior)
Did not appear in any matches.
2022 (Sophomore)
Appeared in all 20 matches with 12 starts, recording five assists along with one goal in 1,140 minutes of action … All five assists came in victories over NC State (Sept. 10), Fairleigh Dickinson (Sept. 13), Clemson (Sept. 24) and Boston College (Oct. 15) … Recorded the first multi-assist performance of his career with two against Boston College … Scored off a direct free kick against William & Mary (Oct. 11) … Started the final 10 matches of the season.
2021 (Freshman)
Continuing his freshman season from the spring, appeared in 18 matches with six starts … Earned first career start against William & Mary (Oct. 5) and started all three NCAA Tournament matches against Mercer (Nov. 18), FIU (Nov. 21) and Notre Dame (Nov. 28) … Set a new program record for career appearances by a freshman with 27, surpassing Ike Opara (26, 2007).
2020-21 (Freshman/Covid Season)
Appeared in nine matches for the Deacs, all in the spring season ... Made his collegiate debut against Davidson on March 1 ... Scored his first career goal at Notre Dame on March 20 ... Also nabbed his first career assist against the Fighting Irish ... Played as a substitute in all three of Wake Forest's NCAA Tournament matches.
Background
Recruited as a three-star recruit from TopDrawerSoccer… Played for the Sporting Kansas City Academy as a starting midfielder with 65 appearances and 12 goals… Signed USL Academy Contracts with Sporting Kansas City II and Swope Park Rangers in the USL… Trained with PSV Academy in Eindhoven, Holland, the Red Bull Academy in Salzburg, Austria, the GPS National Team for the Super Cup Northern Ireland in Belfast, Ireland, Reading FC Academy in Reading, England, UE Cornella FC Academy in Barcelona, Spain and with the US Club Soccer Nike ID2 Program…Selected Wake Forest over Indiana, Duke, North Carolina, Georgetown, and Yale.
Born on March 8th, 2001… Son of David and Adriana Fessler… Received Honor Roll mentions at Providence Day School and at Blue Valley West High School… Brother to Grant Fessler ... Major is Communication.
