Aaron Molloy Season 2019

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Finished Penn State career with 36 total points on 14 goals and eight assists…Drafted 16th overall in the 2020 Major League Soccer SuperDraft by the Portland Timbers.

Season: 2019: Totaled 24 points (9G, 6A), the most since Connor Maloney in 2014.

2019 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named one of 15 semifinalists for prestigious MAC Hermann Trophy, only the third Nittany Lion honored all-time…Earned spot on Big Ten All-Tournament Team…Named Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week (10/22)…Earned Top Drawer Soccer Player of the Week honors (10/22)…Was one of 30 candidates for men’s soccer Senior CLASS Award…Garnered Big Ten preseason honors for second-straight season…Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.

Season: Played and started in all 19 games…Netted career season-high nine goals…Added career season-high six assists for 24 total points…Served as team captain for second-straight season with Pierre Reedy…Went 3-for-4 on penalty kicks…Had one multi-goal game and one multi-assist game…Registered a seven-game point streak (10/6-29)…Considered a top-10 upperclassmen player by Top Drawer Soccer (No. 7)…Totaled 1,720 minutes on the pitch, most on team.

Rankings: Scored nine goals, second most in the Big Ten Conference and 55th in the nation…Totaled 24 points, tied for most in league and a top-50 mark nationally (No. 48)…Had six assists, fourth most in the conference and 88th nationally.

at Stony Brook (9/2): Tallied first career multi-goal game…Scored one of the goals on a penalty kick…Recorded season-high seven shots. at No. 15 UCF (9/6): Scored one goal on a penalty kick. No. 8 Indiana (10/6): Scored one goal to get Nittany Lions on the board. Northwestern (10/12): Recorded first assist of season on Liam Butts’ game-winning goal in overtime…Took six shots. Pittsburgh (10/15): Scored one goal on a penalty kick…Added one assist for three total points. at Wisconsin (10/19): Scored the eventual game-winning goal. James Madison (10/22): Netted the game-tying goal before the game was called early due to fog. Appalachian State (10/25): Recorded one goal and one assist for three points. No. 17 Maryland (10/29): Led Nittany Lions to comeback overtime victory…Had two assists, including one on the game-winning goal…Registered first career multi-assist game…Took six shots. Wisconsin (11/10): Had one assist in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal game. No. 21 Providence (11/24): Made NCAA Tournament debut…Scored one goal.

2018 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned Big Ten preseason honors…Named to the All-Big Ten second team…Was a United Soccer Coaches All-North Region third-team member.

Season: Appeared in 15 matches and started 14…Was a team captain…Recorded two goals and two assists…Logged 1,168 minutes in midfield.

Ohio State (9/16): Scored one goal and added an assist for a season-high three points in 3-1 victory over Ohio State. Detroit Mercy (10/17): Had an assist in shutout victory. at Maryland (10/23): Scored goal in final seconds of first half to cut team’s deficit to one.

2017 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Appeared in and started 16 matches in his first season as a Nittany Lion…Ranked second on the team with three goals…Scored first two goals of the season with one goal against both UC Irvine (9/1) and Loyola Marymount (9/3)…Logged 1,396 minutes.

Hofstra (8/25): Made Penn State debut. at UC Irvine (9/1): Scored first goal as Nittany Lion. at Loyola Marymount (9/3): Scored one goal. Northwestern (10/29): Recorded one goal. 

BEFORE PENN STATE
2016 • KEISER UNIVERSITY
Played in and started 15 matches as a freshman…Earned Sun Conference Freshman of the Year and second-team All-Conference honors.

PRIOR TO COLLEGE
Prepped in Dublin, Ireland, and played club soccer for the Bohemians…Earned PDL Player of the Week and PDL East Conference team honors…Scored eight goals and had one assist en route to PDL Young Player of the Year accolades…Named captain of the Bohemians and earned Bohemian U19 Player of the Year honors…Tabbed as an Irish Youth International in various age groups…Listed by the league as a “rising star.”

PERSONAL
Full name is Aaron Molloy…Son of Trevor Molloy and Jennifer Brazil…Has three brothers, Daebhan, Brayden and Parker, and three sisters, Aoife, Belle and Emme…Majoring in recreation, park, and tourism management…Born January 11, 1997, in Dublin, Ireland.