George Velasquez

Height:
5-9
Weight:
170
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Union City, N.J.
High School:
Don Bosco Prep

2013: Named Preseason All-BIG EAST... Appeared in 14 matches and made 11 starts... Finished the year ranked third on the team in scoring with four goals and two assists... Made his season debut against Delaware and had an immediate impact scoring a goal and notching a pair of assists to tally four points in 74 minutes of action of a 5-4 double overtime win (9/10)... Finished with one shot in 45 minutes of playing time at Princeton (9/15)... Made his first start of the season in the conference opener at Providence, finishing the game with three shot attempts in 53 minutes (9/28)... Recorded three shot attempts, one on net, in a starting effort at forward in a 2-1 win in double overtime at Rider (10/2)... Played 71 minutes up front, finishing with a pair of shot attempts and one shot on goal in a win over Villanova (10/9)... Displayed aggressiveness on the offensive end, tying for the team lead with three shot attempts, one on frame, against No. 21 Butler (10/12)... Ended an eight-game scoring drought by netting the game-winner in the 26th minute of a 3-0 victory over NJIT (10/16)... Turned in his second-career multi-goal effort, scoring a goal in each half to lead the Pirates to a 3-1 victory over DePaul (10/19).

2012: Led the team with 10 points in BIG EAST games having four goals and two assists... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for the first time in his career (10/8)... Named SHUPirates.com Athlete of the Week (10/9)... Came off the bench to make his season debut against Saint Peter[apos]s logging 36 minutes (8/24)... Played 34 minutes as a substitute in a 2-0 win over Army (8/27)... Came off the bench to play 61 minutes at forward and record his first shot on goal of the season against Princeton (8/31)... Received his first start of the year, logging 76 minutes with one shot in a 2-1 overtime win against Rider (9/3)... Started in the front against No. 15 Old Dominion (9/7)... Made the start and forward and finished with one shot against Virginia Commonwealth (9/9)... Registered the first assist of his career on the game-winning score in a 1-0 win over No. 19 Monmouth (9/14)... Fired two shots in 81 minutes of action as a starting forward in a 2-1 win at Delaware (9/19)... Started and recorded 90 minutes with a shot on goal in a 1-0 loss at Syracuse (9/22)... Scored the first game-winning goal of his career and had an assist in the first half of a 2-1 win over Providence (10/3)... Turned in the best game of his career with two first half goals, including his second game winner in as games, also adding an assist for a career-high five points in a 4-1 win over Pittsburgh (10/6)... Scored his first goal of the season in the first half against No. 7 Notre Dame (10/13)... Tied a season-high with two shots on goal at No. 6 Georgetown (10/27)... Started and played 68 minutes in the first round of the 2012 BIG EAST Tournament against Villanova, tying season high with two shots on goal (11/1).

2011: Made three starts for SHU and appeared in 10 games overall... Made his first start of the season and played a season-high 65 minutes against Columbia (9/27)... Scored the second goal of his career and fired a season-high four shots on goal in 2-1 loss to DePaul (9/24).

2010: Made 13 appearances with three starts... Started in his collegiate debut at Wake Forest (9/3)... Scored first career goal in 83rd minute at West Virginia (10/23)... Tallied two shots, both on goal, at Marquette (10/30).

High School/Personal: First team All-State and All-County... Won Bergen County Title in 2007 and 2009 with Don Bosco Prep... Member of Red Bulls U18 squad.