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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2008 Men's Soccer

14 Alex Grendi

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.
  • Highschool Cold Spring Harbor

Biography

Grendi's Career Stats
YearGP/GSGAPSh
200516/1525921
200615/1523729
200716/15271124
200818/1825943
Total65/6382036117

 

2008: Drafted 45th in 2009 MLS SuperDraft to Columbus Crew ... Finished third on Penn’s all-time career assists list with 20 ... Unanimous first-team All-Ivy ... Third-team NSCAA All-Northeast Region ... Started all 18 games ... Team co-leader with five assists ... Scored two goals, both game-winners, against Dartmouth (10/18) and Penn State (9/24).

 

2007: Played in 16 games, starting 15 ... Team’s assist (7) and shots (24) leader and second-leading scorer (11) ... Registered a goal and an assist against Seton Hall (9/3) ... Named to Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll (9/4) ... Assisted on the game-tying goal vs. Lehigh (9/22) ... Had the helper on the game-winners at Saint Joseph’s (9/29) and Cornell (11/17) ... Scored at Columbia (10/6).

 

2006: All-Ivy second team ... Started all 15 games ... Fifth in team scoring with seven points ... Led the team in shots with 29 ... Scored an unassisted goal against Hartwick (9/8) ... Scored the game-winner vs. Duquesne (9/17) to clinch the Penn Soccer Classic title ... Had assists against Saint Joseph’s (9/15), La Salle (9/20) and Harvard (9/23).

2005: Started 15 of 16 games at forward ... Was the team's second-leading scorer with nine points on two goals and five assists ... Led the team in assists ... Had first collegiate assist against Lehigh (9/11) ... Had a pair of assists in the South Carolina tournament, first against South Carolina (9/16) and then against College of Charleston (9/18) ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll (9/19) ... Scored his first career goal, the game-winner, against Loyola (9/27) ... Scored Penn's lone goal in a 1-1 tie with No. 25 Yale (10/22) ... Had an assist against American (11/2) ... Had an assist against Princeton (11/5) ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll (11/7).

High School: Region I ODP team member ... Selected for the Super Y League National Camp in 2004 and was member of the U.S. Youth National Pool in 2001 ... Was invited to the 2004 adidas ESP camp ... Has been a member of the Region I Pool for the past five years and the Eastern New York State Team for the past six years ... Named 2004 Class B Player of the Year as well as all-state and all-regional ... Member of Region I Olympic Development Team ... Helped his club team, Albertson Red Storm Clash, to be a national finalist in 2003 ... Was a two-year Scholar/Athlete at his high school, where he is also a member of the Soccer Hall of Fame.

Personal: Born July 28, 1987 in Huntingdon, N.Y. .. son of Susan Kramer and Ernest Grendi ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2005Freshman

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    5'11"
    16
  • 16

    2006Sophomore

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    5'11"
    16
  • 14

    2007Junior

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    5'11"
    14
  • 14

    2008Senior

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    5'11"
    14