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2022 MIT Men's Soccer Roster

Gil Talbot

24 James Simon

  • Position D
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 210
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • High School Pioneer

Biography

Career Highs
Goals 1 Three times - Most Recently at Clark (September 17, 2022)
Assists N/A N/A
Points 2 Twice - Most Recently at Clark (September 17, 2022)
Shots 3 vs. Emerson (October 8, 2022)

Accolades:
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference (2021)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2021, 2022)
- United Soccer Coaches All-Region Second Team (2021)
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-Region (2022)
- College Sports Communicators Second Team Academic All-American (2022)


2022:
- Appeared in 13 contests
- Helped anchor the MIT defense that allowed just 32 goals
- Scored game-winning goal against Clark


2021:
- Appeared in 16 matches making 14 starts
- Scored first career goal against Suffolk on 9/11
- Finished the year with two goals
- Helped anchor an MIT defense which allowed 18 goals during the season


2020:
- Season Cancelled Due to Covid-19


Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in Computer Science and Economics
- Developed Web3 Products for HSBC Data Science Internship for Social Impact startup called Surge Employment Solutions 
- UROP in the Economics Department studying the impact of the internet on global markets 
- Conducted Economics Research
- VP of Project Development for Global Research and Consulting 
- Biotech Club
- Consulting Club Leadership Team
- Little Beavers
- Scholars of Finance 


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Winning the district championship game in the rain my senior year of high school


Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete 
- Winning the NEWMAC sophomore year


High School:
- A 2020 graduate of Pioneer High School
- Earned three varsity letters in soccer and one in basketball
- All-State (2019-2020)
- All-State Honorable Mention (2018-2019)
- All-District (2017-2019)
- National Honor Society Officer
- Co-Chair of Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation Youth Council
- Founding Member of Ann Arbor BBYO
- Interact Club
- Gift Club
- Slauson Middle School Science Olympiad Coach
- 2020 National Merit Scholarship Competition Finalist
- AP Scholar With Distinction
- Pioneer High School Creative Writing Award (2019)


Club:
- Michigan Wolves

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2020First Year

    D
    6'4" 200 lbs
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    2021Sophomore

    D
    6'4" 210 lbs
    23
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    2022Junior

    D
    6'4" 210 lbs
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