2023 Men's Soccer Roster
Jahlane Forbes
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Clermont, Fla
- High School:
- Florida Virtual School
- Deals:
Selected with the No. 38 overall pick in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft by Charlotte FC.
Career Awards
- 2023 United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Second-Team Selection
- 2023 All-ACC Second-Team Selection
- TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (Oct. 10, 2023)
- 2022 All-ACC Third-Team Selection
- 2021-22 ACC Academic Honor Roll
- 2020-21 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2023 (Senior)
Appeared in all 19 matches with 18 starts, recording 17 points off of five goals and seven assists ... Named United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Second-Team … Named All-ACC Second-Team … Recorded a goal or an assist in nine matches … Logged assists against Grand Canyon (Aug. 24), Gardner-Webb (Sept. 12), Boston College (Sept. 29), NC State (Oct. 6), Robert Morris (Oct. 17) and Notre Dame (Oct. 20) … Collected goals against Furman (Sept. 4), Gardner-Webb (Sept. 12), Robert Morris (Oct. 17), Louisville (Oct. 27), and Indiana (Nov. 19) … Recorded points in three-straight matches against Robert Morris, Notre Dame and Louisville.
2022 (Junior)
One of five Demon Deacons to start all 20 matches during the season, Forbes led Wake Forest in assists (six) while also collecting a goal against George Mason in a 6-1 victory on Sept. 20 … Earned All-ACC third-team honors … Wake Forest was 5-0-0 when he recorded a goal contribution … Collected assists against UCF (Aug. 25), Fairleigh Dickinson (Sept. 13), George Mason (Sept. 20), Clemson (Sept. 24) and Boston College (Oct. 15) … Recorded the first multi-assist performance of his career with two helpers against George Mason … Recorded 1,616 minutes of action and played all 90 minutes 11 times.
2021 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 17 matches with 14 starts to record 1,130 minutes of action … Collected his second career goal in a 3-1 victory over No. 5 Virginia Tech (Oct. 16) … Also collected an assist three times against Cornell (Sept. 4), NC State (Sept. 24) and Loyola Maryland (Oct. 19).
2020-21 (Freshman)
Appeared in 14 games with seven starts … Made his collegiate debut against Louisville, playing 55 minutes off the bench in a 3-1 victory … Recorded his first-career assist in a 2-0 victory over No. 3 Clemson on Oct. 30 ... Scored his first career goal in his first career start vs Davidson on March 1 ... Tallied an assist at Notre Dame on March 20 ... Earned an assist against Coastal Carolina in the NCAA Tournament on May 2.
Rated by TopDrawerSoccer as the No. 32 prospect in the nation, as well as the top recruit from Florida and the No. 13 defender in the country ... Earned his first call up to the U.S. U-17 National Team for international friendlies in Costa Rica in 2018 ... Joined the Orlando City SC Academy in 2016, also earning experience with USL clubs SIMA Aguilas (2018) and Orlando City B (2019) ... Went on trial with Brondby IF in Denmark, playing friendlies with the U-19 squad, in January 2020 ... Selected Wake Forest over Georgetown, UCF, Portland and Kentucky.
Personal:
Born on Feb. 5, 2002 ... Son of Pauline Lawrence ... Previously attended Montverde Academy in Florida ... Major is Psychology with a minor in Health & Human Services.
