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2022 MIT Men's Soccer Roster

1 Paarth Desai

  • Position GK
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lawrenceville, Ga.
  • High School Peachtree Ridge

Biography

 Career Highs 
Saves  10 vs. Wheaton (October 15, 2022)
Minutes 110:00 Twice - Most Recently vs. Emerson (November 3, 2022)

 Accolades:
NEWMAC Defensive Player of the Week (10/4/21; 10/17/22)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2020)


2022:
- Appeared in 12 games with 11 starts
- Made career-high 10 saves against Wheaton
- Finished the year 5-5-1 with one shutout


2021: 
- Made 13 starts on the year
- Posted six shutouts
- Finished the year with a 7-4-1 record


2020:
- Season Cancelled Due to Covid-19


2019:
- Appeared in one match as a first-year
- Played 4:55 minutes in relief on September 25 at Curry


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Saving the game winning penalty in the Georgia high school playoffs.


Favorite Memory as MIT Student Athlete:
- Playing in field during pickup in the offseason


Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in aerospace engineering
- Interned with Build Health International and Magna International


High School:
- A 2019 graduate of Peachtree Ridge High School
- Three-time varsity letterwinner
- 2019 Regional Goalkeeper of the Year
- As a senior, produced six shutouts and made 85 saves
- Gwinnett Student Leadership Team
- Honor Grad


Club:
- Atlanta Fire United

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 00

    2019First Year

    GK
    6'1" 200 lbs
    00
  • 1

    2020Sophomore

    GK
    6'1" 200 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2021Junior

    GK
    6'1" 165 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2022Senior

    GK
    6'2" 170 lbs
    1