2006 Highlights: Named team co-captain. (09/10): Named to the All-Tournament Team at the Third Annual NJCU/adidas Liberty Cup...
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2004:
2003: Ranked fifth on the team in scoring as a freshman with four goals and two assists for 10 points…Scored two unassisted goals…Played in 21 of NJCU’s 22 games, starting five times…Played 871 total minutes…27 shots attempted (15 SOG), ranked seventh on the team…Versatile player who saw time at midfield, forward, and defense during the season…Averaged 0.48 points per game…(09/10): Notched first career point, and kept on going, scoring two goals and one assist for five points on three shots in 7-0 win over John Jay College…First collegiate was an assists for the second goal of the game…Later scored the third and fourth goals of the win…(09/20): Made first career start, and scored a goal in a 5-2 win over Mount St. Mary College…Picked off a pass from 30 yards out and scored a breakaway goal for a 2-0 lead in the victory…(10/04): Collected three points with a goal on four shots and an assist in a 9-0 rout of New Jersey Athletic Conference foe Rutgers-Newark…Assisted on the game-winner and scored the third goal…(11/01): Attempted season-high six shots (four SOG) in win over William Paterson University…(11/12): Started his first collegiate game at sweeper, playing a full 90 minutes in a 3-1 win at USMMA in the ECAC Quarterfinals…(11/15): Played 90 minutes at sweeper in loss to Montclair State in the ECAC Semifinals.
High School: A June 19, 2002 graduate of Hillsborough High School in Hillsborough, NJ with a 3.0 GPA…played three seasons of varsity soccer for three coaches, including Rob Richard, earning First-Team All-Skyland Conference, Second-Team All-Somerset-County, and Honorable Mention All-State honors as a senior in 2001…was a member of the Raiders team that won the Somerset County and Central Jersey, Group IV sectional championships…in 1998 and 1999 as a freshman and sophomore, Hillsborough also won back-to-back conference and county titles…a talented track athlete who competed in four years of winter and spring track at Hillsborough for coach Rich Refi…earned All-Conference, All-County, and All-Area honors in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles in three consecutive years as a sophomore, junior, and senior…took home All-America honors after placing sixth at nationals in the indoor 55-meter hurdles shuttle…is the owner of the Hillsborough school record in the indoor 200-meter dash…finished seventh at the New Jersey Meet of Champions in the indoor 400IH…ran lead leg of the Hillsborough 1600-meter relay team that finished sixth at the 2002 NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV outdoor championships in 3:30.1 (along with teammates Aneil Sahota, Matt Lunemann, and Mike Barberio)…Flores individually placed third in both the 110-meter high hurdles (14.6 seconds) and 400-meter IH (55.8 seconds) at the Central Jersey meet…led Hillsborough to two championships at the Skyland Conference Relays on April 07, 2002…the Raiders won the Intermediate Hurdles in 2:59.4 , nearly two seconds faster than runner-up Somerville, and the shuttle hurdles in 1:04.4, winning by 2.2 seconds over Somerville…Flores ran the opening leg of both events (teammates were Jim Morley, Mike Barberio and Asmor Green in each race), as the Raiders placed third overall as a team…Flores, a four-year, three-sport athlete played one season of varsity football for coach Rich Mantz during the lone season he did not play soccer.
Personal: Born on November 03, 1984 in Fullerton, California…Full name is Rigoberto Anthony Flores…Nickname is “Fluto.”…Major at NJCU is Business Administration…Is left-footed…Goal is to play professional soccer.
Favorites:
Hobbies/interest: Music
NJCU Class: ---
Hero/Idol: Lists his mom
Sports Team: Detroit Red Wings
Song: Cupid by 112
Music Artist: Musiq
Movie: City of Angels
2006 Highlights: (09/10 vs. City College of New York): Named to the Liberty Cup All-Tournament team...(09/11): Named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career after keying a defensive unit which allowed just 17 shots in three games, while helping the #18 ranked Gothic Knights (4-1) win the NJCU/adidas Liberty Cup for the third consecutive year. For the season, leads the team with 406 minutes played of a possible 450. The NJCU defense has posted three shutouts, and has surrendered just four goals in five games, with only 50 shots against and 20 on goal...(09/14): Named the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Metro Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career after keying a defensive unit which allowed just 17 shots in three games. NJCU’s first field player to claim the distinction. For the season, leads the team with 406 minutes played of a possible 450. The NJCU defense has posted three shutouts, and has surrendered just four goals in five games, with only 50 shots against and 20 on goal...(11/03 vs. Montclair State University): NJAC Defensive Player of the Year ran towards the net and cleared a ball over his head and out of danger of MSU players and preventing them from getting into a scoring position.
