UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State men's soccer head coach Jeff Cook adds to fall recruiting class with Ben Ofori from Westchester, N.Y.
The experienced defender comes to Penn State as a product of Pathfinder FC in the USL League Two and New York Soccer Club in MLS Next where he played for three years. The center back attended Edgenuity Virtual Academy and lives in Hopewell Junction, New York. He played club soccer for Quickstrike FC for four years.
Ofori graduated from Edgenuity in June and intends to major in Kinesiology at Penn State.
OFORI ON WHY PENN STATE
"I chose Penn State because I believe it will help me best achieve my future goals with its world class soccer program and opportunities for education", said Ofori.
COACH COOK ON OFORI
"Ben is a talented and determined defender who we feel has huge potential to impact our program in the future," said head coach Jeff Cook. "He really impressed us at our ID camp in the spring and we followed him with his club team where he performed well at a high level of competition. We are excited to welcome Ben to our program".
