2023 Men's Soccer Roster
Trace Alphin
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, N.C.
- High School:
- Crossroads FLEX
- Deals:
Selected with the No. 59-overall pick in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft by Real Salt Lake.
Wake Forest Records
- No. 2 in program history for career minutes by a goalkeeper (7,050)
- T-No. 9 in program history for career saves (191)
- T-No. 9 in program history for career goals against average (1.09)
Career Honors
- 2024 United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Second-Team Selection
- 2024 ACC All-Tournament Team Selection
- 2024 All-ACC Second-Team Selection
- 2024 TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 Players (No. 33)
- 2024 United Soccer Coaches Goalkeepers To Watch List
- 2023 United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Second-Team Selection
- 2023 All-ACC Second-Team Selection
- ACC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 5, 2023)
- 2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll
- 2022-23 ACC Top Six for Service
- 2021-22 ACC Academic Honor Roll
- ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 2, 2021)
2024 (Senior)
United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Second-Team Selection ... All-ACC Second-Team … All-ACC Tournament Team … United Soccer Coaches Goalkeepers to Watch … TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Second-Team All-American … Started all 24 matches in goal, recording career highs in minutes (2,183), saves (68) and save percentage (.716) … Finished career ranked No. 2 in program history for minutes by a goalkeeper (7,050) … His 191 career saves are tied for the ninth-most in program history … 1.09 career goals against average ranked tied for ninth in program history … His 68 saves during the 2024 season were most by a Wake Forest goalkeeper since Alec Ferrell in 2014 … 24 appearances were most by a Demon Deacon keeper since Akira Fitzgerald in 2009 … Played all but 16 minutes during the 2024 season … Recorded five solo clean sheets and one combined shutout … Earned solo shutouts against Radford (Sept. 9), Wofford (Oct. 8), Duke (Oct. 12) and NC State (Nov. 1) … Recorded five or more saves four times (Clemson on Sept. 20, Boston College on Oct. 5, NC State on Nov. 1 and Ohio State on Dec. 7) … Secured a road point at Duke by making a diving, acrobatic stop on the Blue Devils in the final minute of the match … Stopped a penalty kick in a 1-1 draw with Virginia (Sept. 13).
2023 (Junior)
Started all 19 matches during the 2023 season, logging a team-high 1,691 minutes of action ... Named United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Second-Team ... Earned All-ACC Second-Team honors … Was named ACC Defensive Player of the Week for the second time in his career following a clean sheet at No. 20 Maryland on Sept. 1 … Recorded 38 saves with five clean sheets along with two combined shutouts during the season … Sported a 0.90 goals against average … Helped guide the Demon Deacons to four-straight clean sheets in victories over Boston College (Sept. 29), NC State (Oct. 6), Wofford (Oct. 10) and No. 14 North Carolina (Oct. 14) … Recorded a season-high six saves in the Deacs’ NCAA Tournament match against Indiana.
2022 (Sophomore)
Started all 19 of his appearances and sported a 13-6-0 record in goal for the Demon Deacons … Recorded eight clean sheets against UCF, UAB, NC State, Jacksonville, Wofford, Louisville and Virginia Tech twice … Tied for the eighth-most saves (43) in a single season in program history alongside Alec Ferrell (2015 and 2016), Akira Fitzgerald (2009) and Matt Olson (1990) … Collected 37 saves while sporting a 1.07 goals against average … Registered a season-high six saves in a 6-1 victory over Clemson on Sept. 24.
2021 (Freshman)
Appeared in 17 matches with 16 starts, recording more than 1,400 minutes of action … Collected 42 saves with a 1.35 goals against average … Made his collegiate debut in a 2-1 double overtime victory against Cornell (Sept. 4) … Made his first career start against Louisville (Sept. 10) … Logged his first clean sheet in a 1-0 victory against George Mason (Sept. 20) … Earned ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week honors with an eight-save performance against Syracuse (Oct. 29) … His eight saves were the most by a Demon Deacon goalkeeper in five seasons … Finished the season with three clean sheets and a 10-6-1 record.
Background
Rated as the No. 97 prospect in the IMG Academy 150 and the No.12 goalkeeper in the country… Trained with North Carolina FC in the USL as well as FC Helsingor, a Danish Second Division side… Was called up to the U-17 U.S National Team in 2018 and spent five years in the Development Academy with North Carolina FC Youth Teams… Selected Wake Forest over North Carolina, UNC Greensboro, Brown, NC State and Duke University.
Personal
Born on October 4th, 2002… Son of Robert and Stephanie Alphin… Inducted into the National Honor Society… Aunt, Stephanie Cruz (formerly Stephanie Zeh) played soccer at North Carolina … Cousin, Heath Bowers, was a pitcher at Campbell … Has a brother, Sam Alphin ... Major is Health & Exercise Science.
