2023 Men's Soccer Roster
Vlad Walent
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lafayette, Colo.
- High School:
- Connection Academy
- Deals:
Career Honors
- 2023-24 ACC Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 All-ACC Academic Team
- 2022 ACC All-Freshman Team Selection
- 2022 TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 Freshmen (No. 26)
2024 (Junior)
Started Wake Forest’s first two matches of the season, recording 85 minutes of action.
2023 (Sophomore)
Appeared in all 19 matches with 11 starts, recording seven points off of two goals and three assists in 736 minutes of action … Recorded assists in victories over Gardner-Webb (Sept. 12), Liberty (Sept. 17) and NC State (Oct. 6) … Registered goals against Wofford (Oct. 10) and the Deacs’ NCAA Tournament match against Indiana (Nov. 19).
2022 (Freshman)
Appeared in all 20 matches with 13 starts during his debut season, recording 10 points off of four assists and three goals … Named to the ACC All-Freshman Team … Played 877 minutes … Started his collegiate debut in a 1-0 victory over UCF on Aug. 25 … Scored his first career goal in a 2-1 victory over Air Force on Aug. 28 … Also scored in ACC victories against Clemson (Sept. 24) and Boston College (Oct. 15) … Recorded an assist in three-straight matches against Fairleigh Dickinson (Sept. 13), Virginia Tech (Sept. 16) and George Mason (Sept. 20) … Also collected an assist in a 3-0 victory over Wofford on Oct. 18.
Background
Rated as the No. 47 prospect in the IMG Academy 150 and No. 20 defender in the country … Played with the Colorado Rapids Academy before signing a USL Amateur contract with the Colorado Springs Switchbacks … Made his debut with the Switchbacks on September 10, 2020 … Chose Wake Forest over Notre Dame and Georgetown.
Born on April 22, 2004 in Haiti … Son of Wynn Walent … Has a brother, Belony ... Major is Health & Excercise Science.
