2023 Men's Soccer Roster
Prince Amponsah
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Bronx, N.Y.
- High School:
- Manhattan Hunter Science HS
- Deals:
Wake Forest Records
- No. 7 in program history in career appearances (92)
- No. 7 in program history in career starts (84)
Career Honors
- 2024 United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-South Region
- 2024 ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player
- 2024 TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 Players (No. 61)
- 2022-23 Ron and Linda Wellman Lifetime Teammate Award
- 2022-23 Wake Forest Men's Soccer Most Valuable Player
- 2022 ACC All-Tournament Team Selection
- 2022 All-ACC Third-Team Selection
- ACC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 6, 2022)
- 2020-21 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2024 (Graduate)
United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-South Region … 2024 ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player … Team Captain … Started all 23 of his appearances, recording more than 2,000 minutes of action … Played 90 or more minutes 17 times … Played every minute of team’s three NCAA Tournament matches … Played all but 11 minutes of team’s four ACC Tournament matches … Recording a career-high three assists vs. Virginia Tech (Oct. 19), Maryland (Nov. 24) and Clemson (Dec. 1) … Finished Wake Forest career ranking No. 7 in program history in appearances (92) and starts (84).
2023 (Junior)
Appeared in 16 matches with 14 starts to help lead the Demon Deacons to the program’s fifth ACC Atlantic Division title in nine seasons … Six of Wake Forest’s seven clean sheets came with Amponsah in the starting lineup … Made his season debut in a 5-1 victory over Furman on Sept. 4 … Started the final 14 matches of the season … Recorded an assist on the game-winning goal in a 3-1 victory over Campbell on Sept. 26 … Guided the Deacs’ backline to four-straight clean sheets in victories over Boston College (Sept. 29), NC State (Oct. 6), Wofford (Oct. 10) and North Carolina (Oct. 14).
2022 (Junior)
Started all 19 of his appearances to help lead the Demon Deacons to eight clean sheets including four over ACC opponents … Earned All-ACC third-team and ACC All-Tournament Team honors … Played 1,656 minutes, third-most on the team … Went the full 90 minutes 12 times … Recorded an assist in Wake Forest’s 2-1 victory over Air Force (Aug. 28) … Was named ACC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 6) following a 2-0 victory over UAB in which the Demon Deacons did not allow a shot on goal.
2021 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 20 games with 19 starts at the heart of the Demon Deacon backline … Logged the third-most minutes on the team at 1,666 minutes … Helped the Deacs keep seven clean sheets … Provided one assist twice against Bucknell (Aug. 29) and Mercer (Nov. 18) … Went the distance 12 times including two 100-plus-minute performances.
2020-21 (Freshman)
Appeared in 14 matches with nine starts during his freshman season … Made his collegiate debut in a 3-1 victory over Louisville in the season opener … Made his first-career start in the ACC Men’s Soccer Championship quarterfinals vs. Virginia … Played 85 minutes ... Earned his first career point off an assist vs. Davidson ... Started every game of the spring season ... Played in every minute of the Deacs' last eight contests.
Reclassified from the class of 2021, graduating early in 2020 ... Rated as the No. 72 prospect in the country by TopDrawerSoccer ... Competed for four seasons in the New York City FC Academy, appearing in 86 matches and starting 79 of them ... Was one of 10 Academy players to compete with the NYCFC first team during the 2020 preseason ... Participated in U.S. U-14 National Team camps ... Selected Wake Forest over Duke, Boston College and North Carolina.
Personal:
Born on Aug. 30, 2003 ... Son of Anna Amponsah ... Born in Ghana and moved to the U.S. at age 7 ... Double majoring in Economics and Communication.
