CAREER HONORS
2016 SECOND TEAM ALL-BIG TEN
2016 BIG TEN ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
2016 (Senior): Played in and started all 18 matches in his final season as a Nittany Lion … Anchored the backline and helped lead Penn State to four shutouts in his final season and 10 in his career donning the Blue and White … Scored the game-winning goal against No. 19 Michigan State (Oct. 15) … Logged 1,712 minutes on the pitch … Garnered All-Big Ten Second Team honors.
2015 (Junior): Played in 16 matches, starting 15 after transferring from Temple … Notched 1,471 minutes on the field …Posted nine shots, six of which landed on goal … Scored his lone goal of the season against then-No. 10 Indiana, which turned into the game-winner for the Nittany Lions.
BEFORE PENN STATE
2014 (Temple): Started all 18 games and played every minute of action for the Owls … Put two of his six shots on goal … Named Second Team All-American Athletic Conference and Philadelphia Soccer Six Teams for the second-straight year … Was a member of the Director’s Honor Roll for having a GPA above 3.0 … Named team captain prior to the season starting.
2013 (Temple): Started all 18 games, playing 1,680 minutes which ranked fourth on the team … Scored three goals and notched one assist … Earned second team all-conference and all-rookie team accolades … Selected to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Northeast Region Second Team … Named to the Top Drawer Soccer’s Freshman Second Team … Garnered the William “Bill” Wilkinson Freshman of the Year award from the Philadelphia Soccer Six … Selected to the Philadelphia Soccer Six All-Star and All-Rookie teams … Notched American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week honors after scoring a game-tying goal off a header against No. 24 UConn … Converted on a penalty kick against Memphis … Was a member of the Director’s Honor Roll for having a GPA above 3.0.
High School/Club/ODP: Prepped at Shattuck St. Mary’s … Was a member of the Shattuck St. Mary’s USDDA Academy Team … Ranked as the No. 65 recruit in College Soccer News for the Class of 2013 … Played for the United State U-17 Men’s National Team in Mondial Minimes Tournament in Montaigu, France and was named Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (Apr. 21-28, 2012).
Personal: Full name is Robert Spencer Sagel … Born Feb. 11, 1995…Parents are William and Anne … Has one brother, Billy … Father played collegiate football, basketball and baseball, while Billy played collegiate soccer … Majoring in labor employment relations.