UNC Wilmington Athletics

Prep Career: Four-year letterwinner at First Flight High School in Kill Devill Hill, North N.C. for Coach Juan Rameriz ... 2024-2025 ECNL Continental Tire South Carolina All Star Selection ... helped Flirst Flight to 2023-24 North Carolina 3A State Championship and was named Individual MVP ... Two-time North Carolina 3A First Team All-State selection as a junior and senior ... Three-time 3A First Team Team All-Regional honoreee as a sophomore, junior and senior ... captured First Team All-Conference accolades as a freshman and sophomore ... 2024-2025 ECNL Continental Tire South Carolina All Star Selection ... 2023-2024 ECNL Continental Tire Virginia All Star Selection ... 2021/2022 National CCL United Select Team (Finalist in the Vildjberg Cup in Denmark) ... produced a .970 save percentage during senior year, allowing only six goals with a 21-1 record ... played for Coach Ryan Sniegoski with Beach FC ECNL

Personal: Full name is Benjamin Colin Rhodes ... born in Kitty Hawk, N.C. ... son of Bo and Karyl Rhodes ... has an older brother, Wes ... intends to major in Political Science ... aspires to be a lawyer and soccer coach.

Why UNCW? "UNCW was the school that made me want to play college soccer. It was my first ID camp back when I was in eighth grade. Wilmington reminds me of home, but not too much of course. The coaching staff of UNCW - Coach Heaney, Coach Dunne, and Coach Lesko - all made me feel right at home from the beginning. The players and my new teammates all welcomed me right away and made it an all-around great environment."