Wake Forest Athletics
Spring 2026 Men's Soccer Roster
Joel Torbic
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- State College, Pa.
- High School:
- Barca Residency Academy
Career Stats
2025 (Sophomore)
Made 16 appearances with two starts… Logged 538 minutes, over doubling his action from his freshman campaign… Earned the team’s Most Improved Player award… Academic All-ACC… Assisted a goal in the 2-0 victory over Oral Roberts (8/28)... Earned man of the match honors against Wofford (10/21) and carried that momentum on the road against Pitt with another standout midfield performance (10/24)... Made his first-career start in the regular season finale against Notre Dame and helped the Deacs to a 3-0 victory over the Irish (10/31)... Also started the ACC Tournament match against SMU (11/5).
2024 (Freshman)
Appeared in 14 matches, recording 243 minutes of action recording a goal and an assist … Tallied his first-career goal in a 5-1 victory over Virginia (Nov. 14) in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament … Logged his first assist in a Demon Deacon uniform on Wake Forest’s game-winning goal against Maryland (Nov. 24) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament … Made his collegiate debut against VCU (Aug. 22).
Background
Attended ASU Prep in Casa Grande, Az., and has played for the Barca Residency Academy … Rated the No. 103 overall prospect in the Class of 2024 by TopDrawerSoccer … Ranks as the No. 11 player out of the Rocky Mountains & Southwest Region … Rated as the No. 36 midfielder … Chose Wake Forest over Portland, Liberty, Denver and Penn State.
Son of Darren and Holly Torbic … Has three sisters (Brittany, Jesse and Lauren) and one twin brother (Luke) … Dad, Darren, played soccer and baseball at Westminster College … Mom, Holly, swam at Westminster College …Brother, Luke, has committed to playing soccer at Geneva College … Major is Undeclared … Born Oct. 14, 2005.
