Fast Facts: Will start his second consecutive year at stopper, and may also fill in at sweeper…Reads the game very well and allows NJCU to play good, early balls out of the back which will allow the team to maintain possession…Returns after playing in 1783 minutes last year (third on team), while starting in 20 of his 21 games…Has started 16 straight matches…Has a booming right foot…Will take some corners and many free kicks…Part of the starting defensive unit which helped establish a school record 592:52 consecutive shutout minutes from August 31 thru September 17, 2003, a record five straight shutouts from September 3-14, 2003, and a record nine-game unbeaten streak.
2003: Ranked third on the team with 1783 minutes out of 2029 as a freshman…Started in 20 of his 21 games…Started final 16 games of the season…Credited for two assists, 17 shots and nine shots on goal…Played in every minutes of 15 of NJCU’s 22 games…Only contest missed was 7-0 win over John Jay College on September 10…(09/15): Was named NJCU Men’s co-Student-Athlete of the Week on September 15, as part of the starting defense which guided NJCU to six straight victories, including five consecutive shutouts, and helped the club gain a No. 24 national ranking…Part of the defensive unit which established a school record for consecutive shutout minutes (over seven games) at 592:52, from August 31-September 17, a record five straight shutouts from September 3-14, 2003, and a record nine-game unbeaten streak…(09/17): Had season-high six shots at Richard Stockton College…(10/15): Notched first assist courtesy of a corner kick which helped tie the game at 1-1 before NJCU fell 3-1 at Montclair State…(11/01): Assisted on the game-winning goal in the K nights’ 3-2 overtime win against William Paterson University which lifted NJCU into the New Jersey Athletic Conference playoffs…His free kick at 91:34 skidded through WPU’s defense to set up the winner.
Club: Played four-years of club soccer for Kevin East as part of the U-19 Ironbound Strikers Sports Club…Played on the team that advanced to the Super Y League Dallas Cup.
High School: A June 2003 graduate of Clifton High School in Clifton, NJ…Played three seasons of soccer for the Mustangs, including two on the varsity level…Coaches were Fernando Rossi and Joe Vespignani…A Second-Team All-Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League (NNJIL) pick in soccer…Also excelled in his only season of indoor track as a junior in the winter of 2001-2002, earning Second-Team All-Passaic County and Second-Team All-NNJIL honors for coach John Pontes…Played in two county finals and one state final for Clifton, as the Mustangs won conference, county and state sectional championships…As a senior in the fall of 2002, Clifton finished the year 20-4-3 record, ranked No. 6 in the state, third among Group 4 teams, and first in Passaic County…Clifton won the 2002 NNJIL Division B title and the school's sixth straight Passaic county championship…The perennial county power lost to archrival and No. 2-ranked Kearny in the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 championship, losing 3-2, despite owning a 2-1 advantage with less than 10 minutes remaining…Knocked in a 12-yard shot in the 51st minute which proved to be the game-winner as No. 3 seeded Clifton upended sixth-seeded Emerson-Union City, 1-0, in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA North 1, Group 4 boys soccer tournament on November 8, 2002…A high school teammate of Renato Sanchez (no relation) and Johan Gonzalez.
Personal: Born March 14, 1985 in Paterson, NJ…Full name is Ronnie W. Sanchez…Parents are Margarita and Wilson Sanchez…An only child…Major at NJCU is undecided…Would like to become a coach in the future…Right-footed…Lists both of his grandfathers as his heroes.
Favorites:
Hobbies/interest:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Play soccer and just have fun
Hero/Idol:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Both of his grandfathers
Sports Team:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Deportivo Medellin (of Colombia), Ajax (Netherlands)
Music Artist:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Bob Marley, Sean Paul
Movie:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Zoolander, Austin Powers
Food:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Colombian food
2006 Highlights: (09/13 vs. Keystone College): Assisted goals towards the win...(09/20 vs Ramapo College): Two-year co-captain on defense. Smoked a one-timer in the 71st minute to break a 1-1 tie, scored into the lower portion of the net, to give Knights a 2-1 lead, this was his first of the season and just the fifth of his career...09/28): Has been named to the D3Kicks.com National Team of the Week as a defender, after he produced both offensively and defensively last week. Against Ramapo during the week, he buried a one-timer in the 71st minute to break a 1-1 tie, and led the defense which made that score stand up. He scored the game-winning goal when he smoked a shot into the lower left portion of the net to give the Knights a 2-1 edge, with his first goal of the season and just the fifth of his career...(10/07 St. Joseph's College): Contributed two assists, giving him three on the season, during the game he lofted a free kick into the box from just inside midfield to Carson for a goal and again later led the ball down the field to Rosenthal who tapped the shot in pass the keeper...(10/09 vs. Farmingdale State University): Sanchez found Rosenthal open, who blasted a shot from 20 yards out which found the upper portion of the net for his fifth goal of the year, and Sanchez’ fourth assist...
