2023 Men's Soccer Roster
Roald Mitchell
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Montclair, N.J.
- High School:
- Montclair HS
- Deals:
Career Honors
- 2023 United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Third-Team Selection
- 2023 All-ACC Second-Team Selection
- Selected to the U.S. U-20 Men's Youth National Team January 2023 Training Camp
- 2022 All-ACC Second-Team Selection
- ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 13, 2022)
- Soccer America Star of the Week (Sept. 13, 2022)
2023 (Junior)
One of two Demon Deacons to start all 19 matches during the 2023 season, leading Wake Forest in goals (nine), points (21) and game-winning goals (three) ... Named United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Third-Team … Named to the All-ACC Second-Team … His game-winning goals came against Furman (Sept. 4), Liberty (Sept. 19) and No. 14 North Carolina (Oct. 14) … Recorded a goal in six different matches including a hat trick against Furman (Sept. 4) and a brace against Liberty (Sept. 19) … With his hat track against Furman, became just the sixth Demon Deacon in program history to record multiple hat tricks in a career joining Scott Sealy, Erik Brandsma, John Duguid, Henry Riggs-Miller and Wake Forest Sports Hall of Famer Mark Erwin … Collected three assists on the campaign as well.
2022 (Sophomore)
One of five Demon Deacons to start all 20 matches, Mitchell lead Wake Forest in shots (53), shots on goal (28), points (18) and goals (seven) … Earned All-ACC second-team honors … Scored his first career hat trick and added an assist in a 5-1 victory over Winthrop … The seven-point showing was the most by a Deac since Michael Gable in 2014 … Also scored the game-winning goal against NC State in a 2-0 win on Sept. 10 to open ACC play … Was named ACC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in those matches … Added a pair of goals in a 3-2 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson on Sept. 13 … Recorded assists in back-to-back 6-1 victories over George Mason and Clemson … Collected three points off a goal and assist in a 3-0 victory over No. 9 Louisville on Oct. 28.
2021 (Freshman)
Was one of three Demon Deacons to appear in all 21 matches during the season … Led the freshman class with five goals and 12 points … Scored his first career goal in a 4-0 victory against William & Mary (Oct. 5) … Recorded three-straight goals in matches against George Washington (Oct. 12), Virginia Tech (Oct. 16) and Loyola Maryland (Oct. 19) … Recorded his first career assist against Boston College (Oct. 23) … Collected the game-winning goal along with an assist in Wake Forest’s 3-2 victory over FIU in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 21).
Background
A member of TopDrawerSoccer’s No. 1 recruiting class for 2021… Was rated a 4-star recruit by TopDrawerSoccer … Ranked No. 91 in the IMG Top 150 … Also rated a top-10 recruit out of the state of New Jersey … Has spent time with New York Red Bulls II of the USL … Scored his first-career goal in his first start for Red Bulls II … was named to the USL Championship Team of the Week on May 25, 2021 ... Selected Wake Forest over Virginia, UConn, Portland and Rutgers.
Personal
Born on Jan. 13, 2003… Has a brother, Ernest, and a sister, Cece ... His father ran track at Villanova and his brother played at Florida Gulf Coast ... Major is Communication.
