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Vincent Mediate
Junior
Midfield
Southlake, Tex. / Southlake Carroll HS
At Delaware: Third-year midfielder for the Hens • will look to continue to contribute heavily for Delaware as the Blue Hens defend their Colonial Athletic Association championship • one of the CAA's top midfielders • was selected to the All-CAA Pre-Season Team • has played in 38 career games with 33 starts and recorded five goals and four assists.
2011 Season: Helped the men’s soccer team enjoy its finest season in school history, going 13-6-4, capturing the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament title, and advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for head coach Ian Hennessy • named CAA Tournament Most Valuable Player • named Soccer News National Team of the Week (Nov. 13) • selected SoccerSavings.com/Philly Soccer News College Player of the Week (Nov. 13) • posted four goals and three assists in 21 games with 18 starts for Delaware.
2010 Season: Logged time in 17 games as a freshman, including 15 starts • started in the final 14 games of the season in the midfield, including the first-ever CAA tournament game for Delaware against No. 12 William & Mary • tallied three points on the season • scored game-winning goal against UNC Wilmington (Oct. 30) and had an assist in his first-ever NCAA game against Canisius (Sept. 3) • took 14 shots during the year, including a career-high three against Towson (Oct. 27) • became the second player in Delaware history to be named to the CAA All-Rookie team • team went 6-9-3 and made first post-season tournament appearance in 14 years.
High School: Three-year player at Carroll Senior High School • team went 19-4-4 during senior season • named District 5A Most Valuable Player, first team all-district and first team academic all-district in 2010 • earned North Texas Co-Utility Player of the Year and first team all-district honors in 2009 • earned team’s Offensive Newcomer of the Year Award in 2008 • named first team all-district and first team all-academic • earned honor roll status.
Personal: Vincent Franco Mediate ("me-dee-it") • son of Stan and Chris Mediate • born May 20, 1992 • civil engineering major at Delaware • has three siblings • cousin is PGA Tour pro Rocco Mediate • brother Domenic played four years at Maryland and four years for the D.C. United while other brother Carmine was a four-year member of Baylor University’s golf team • enjoys golfing and fly-fishing during down time.
Career Statistics at Delaware
| Year | GP/GS | Goals | Assists | Points | Shots |
| 2010 | 17/15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 2011 | 21/18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| Totals | 38/33 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 37 |
Career-High Goals: 1 (vs. UNC Wilmington, 10/30/10)
Career-High Assists: 1 (vs. Canisius, 9/3/10)
Career-High Points: 1 (vs. UNC Wilmington, 10/30/10)
