Fast Facts: Will begin the year as the back-up stopper…A 6-foot-2, has good size and presence on the field, and has very good feet for a big player…Pleased the coaches with his preseason workouts.
High School: A June 2004 graduate of Monroe Township High School in Monroe, NJ…As National Honor Society student with a 3.3 GPA…A four-year, three-sport athlete in soccer, basketball, and baseball…Played three seasons of varsity soccer for Head Coach Steve MacKenzie…A high school teammate of John Jensen…Earned First-Team All-Middlesex County, First-Team All-Greater Middlesex Conference, First-Team All-GMC White Division and First-Team All-Area honors for the Falcons at sweeper as a senior in 2003…Also tabbed Second-Team All-State in the Central Jersey I Sectional by the Soccer Coaches Association of New Jersey, and Third-Team All-State… 2003 club began the year with a 5-0 record…Played three seasons of varsity baseball at Monroe for coach Greg Beyer, and two years of varsity basketball for coach Pete LoPresti...Played pitcher and third base for South Brunswick Post 401 in the Middlesex American Legion in 2003…Known for having a good fastball.
Personal: Born September 11, 1985 in Princeton, NJ…Full name is Scott Modzelewski…Parents are Linda and Wayne Modzelewski…One of six children in his family, has five brothers—Thomas, 24, Stephen, 17, Adam, 16, and David, 15—and one sister, Stephanie, 13…Major at NJCU is Criminal Justice…Goal is to become a police officer after graduation…Right-footed…His uncle, David Meads was a pitcher for the Houston Astros from 1987-1988 and went 8-4 in his career…Honored in 2004 for reaching the rank of Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts…The award is the highest by the organization and attained by only two percent of its members.
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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 Sports
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 Red Hot Chili Peppers
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 Forrest Gump
2007 Highlights: (09/08 vs. College of Staten Island): Tagged two assists... (10/08 at City College of NY): Put the Knights ahead to stay at 9:33 of the first half, when he caught up to a thru ball from Dapia, dribbled three steps and blasted a shot from outside the box into the upper left corner for a 1-0 lead, for his first goal of the year... (11/11 vs Hamilton College at NJIT; NCAA Second Round): Used his 6-foot-2 frame and snapped a vicious header inside the left post for his second goal of the year and a 1-0 lead... (11/14): Named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week for week 11 of the 2007 season. It is the first individual weekly honor of his career. Additionally, Modzelewski was awarded by the NJCU coaching staff on Sunday night, when he was added as a team tri-captain. He offered a part of a defense that allowed only 12 shots on goal in two NCAA games, Modzelewski’s ability to win balls in the air and on the ground limited the opposition’s chances, who did not score in his 176 minutes on the field during two NCAA games over the weekend—a 2-0 win over Castleton State College on November 10 in the NCAA First Round and a 4-1 rout of Hamilton College on November 11 in the Second Round...
2006 Highlights:Â (11/11 vs. Centenary College): Notched his first goal since the 2004 season, the second of his career, and his first point of the 2006 campaign, as NJCU struck first at 12:33 of the first half. He gave NJCU what proved to be the game-winning goal when he netted a header off of a corner kick from senior midfielder OMAR ALI for a 1-0 lead...
