Andrew Hoxie
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Andrew Jerod Hoxie is an American
United States
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 soccer player currently playing for Rochester Rhinos in the USL Professional Division.

College and amateur

Hoxie grew up in Newport News, Virginia
Newport News, Virginia
Newport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...

 and attended Denbigh Baptist Christian School, where he won a state championship with the Minutemen. The team was coached by his father, Hal Hoxie. He played four years of college soccer
College soccer
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 at The College of William & Mary from 2005 to 2009 (redshirting in 2008), garnishing the CAA Player of the Year Award in his senior season, as well as earning third team All-American honors in 2009, and finishing his career with the Tribe with 91 points on 35 goals and 21 assists.

During his college years Hoxie also played for Virginia Legacy in the USL Premier Development League
USL Premier Development League
The USL Premier Development League is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda, forming part of the American Soccer Pyramid...

, scoring 20 goals in 42 appearances in his 4 campaigns with the club.

Professional

Hoxie was drafted in the third round (37th overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft
2010 MLS SuperDraft
The 2010 MLS SuperDraft was the eleventh annual SuperDraft presented by Major League Soccer. It was held on January 14, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the 2010 NSCAA Convention. The 2010 SuperDraft consisted of four rounds with sixteen selections each, for a total of 64 players...

 by San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose Earthquakes
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, having impressed professional scouts at the 2010 MLS Combine by scoring two goals and adding an assist in three games, but was not offered a contract with the MLS team.

Hoxie signed with USSF Division 2 club Rochester Rhinos on March 30, 2010, and made his professional debut on April 10, 2010 in Rochester's season opening game against Miami FC
Miami FC
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. He scored hs first professional goal on April 25, 2010 in a game against the Austin Aztex. Rochester re-signed Hoxie for the 2012 season on October 25, 2011.

Rochester Rhinos

  • USSF Division 2 Pro League Regular Season Champions (1): 2010

External links

  • William & Mary bio
  • http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/55/main/2010/01/12/1739974/mls-combine-notebook-solid-on-day-two
  • http://www.tribeathletics.com/story.php/7439/
  • http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1110/major-league-soccer/2010/01/10/1736090/mls-combine-notebook-drenched-on-day-one
  • http://www.tribeathletics.com/story.php/9543/
  • http://www.tribeathletics.com/story.php/9672/
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