Kevin Blanco - Men's Soccer - New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics

New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics

New Jersey Institute of Technology Highlanders

2008 Men's Soccer Roster

Kevin Blanco #18 Midfield

Position:

Midfield
Height:

5-8
Weight:

155
Class:

Senior
Hometown:

New Brunswick, NJ
High School:

North Brunswick

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A supersub, who typically enters matches in the first half and can be counted on to give the team a noticeable lift with his hard-driving style of play … tri-captain … Pedro Lopes on Blanco: “There’s no slow gear with Kevin. Every coach wants a player where you put him in and see a difference in the energy and that’s what we get from him. We can count on him for quality minutes.”

2008: Tri-captain. ... Played in every game (20). ... picked up two goals (vs. Army 10/14; vs. Howard 10/24). ... Blanco ends his career with (68 gp, 3 g, 2 a, 8 pts)

2007: Played in 16 games with one start ... picked up two assists and a goal.

2006: Played in all 16 games, starting five.

2005: Saw action in 16 games, including 8 starts.

Prior to NJIT: Team captain senior year at North Brunswick HS and led his team to the Greater Middlesex championship in 2002 and 2004. … played for the Jersey Knights club team.

Personal: Kevin Anthony Blanco. … son of Richard and Vivian Blanco ... enrolled in NJIT's Albert Dorman Honors College, where he is majoring in business (finance and marketing). … born 12/28/86 in New Brunswick, NJ.