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2024 Men's Soccer Roster

Avery Lehman '25
Courtesy of Paul Alderucci
Matthew Hamilton for Bates College
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Theophil Syslo/Bates College

9 Tife Agunloye

  • Position F
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 190
  • Class 2025
  • Hometown Monroe, Conn.
  • High School Choate Rosemary Hall (Connecticut Rush)
  • Major Economics / Philosophy

Biography

Career: One of 90 Senior Scholar Award-winners, who have participated in varsity sports for four years and maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or better. 

2024: Second Team All-Region.... First Team All-NESCAC.... First Bates men's soccer player to be named All-Region twice in their career since Terence O'Connell '06.... The only three-time All-NESCAC selection in program history, Agunloye led Bates in goals scored with six, including two game-winners.... He also dished out four assists while playing in 13 matches for the Bobcats.... His 1.23 points per match ranked fourth in the NESCAC.... Scored a pair of goals, including the eventual game-winner, in a 3-0 win over Saint Joseph's (Sept. 4).... Dished out an assist in a 2-0 win over Trinity (Sept. 7).... Scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over the University of New England (Sept. 10).... Scored a goal against Emerson (Sept. 14).... Scored a goal and notched an assist in a 3-0 win over Southern Maine (Sept. 18).... Played a key role in one of the most dramatic moments of the season, when he lofted a pass from the corner to junior Sebastian Iacovitti, who headed it home in the 90th minute to beat then No. 15 nationally ranked Bowdoin 1-0 on the new Russell Street Field turf (Sept. 24).... Scored a goal and dished out an assist in a 6-1 win over UMaine-Farmington (Oct. 1).

2023: Second Team All-NESCAC.... Led Bates in goals scored with four, including two game-winners.... He also dished out one assist while playing in all 15 matches for the third straight year.... Scored the game-winning goal and dished out an assist in a 2-0 win at the University of New England (Sept. 12).... Scored a goal in a 9-0 win over Maine Maritime Academy (Sept. 19).... Scored a goal at Tufts (Oct. 14).... Scored the game-winning goal as time expired in a 2-1 win over UMaine-Farmington (Oct. 17).

2022: Second Team All-Region.... First Team All-NESCAC.... NESCAC Fall All-Academic selection.... Selected to the College Sports Communicators Men's Soccer Academic All-District® Team.... Started all 15 matches for the Bobcats as a sophomore.... Topped all NESCAC players with his four goals vs. conference foes, the first Bobcat to do so.... Scored a goal against Bowdoin (Sept. 10).... Dished out an assist in a 3-0 win over Husson (Sept. 14).... Scored a goal in a 2-1 win over Trinity (Oct. 1).... Tallied an assist in a 2-2 draw with Hamilton (Oct. 8).... Scored two goals in a 4-4 draw at Wesleyan (Oct. 9).

2021: Saw action in all 15 matches, starting five as a first-year for the Bobcats.... Dished out an assist in a 9-0 win over Maine Maritime Academy (Sept. 7).... Scored first collegiate goal in a 6-0 win over the University of New England (Sept. 13).... Tallied an assist in a 2-1 win over Trinity (Oct. 3).

Club Team: Connecticut Rush

Minor: Digital and Computational Studies

Personal: 2021 graduate of Choate Rosemary Hall (Conn.) where he competed in soccer, basketball, and track & field.

Favorite book? Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Most influential person(s)? My family
Advice to your younger self? Life is not a solo project

Why Bates? Community and culture

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Historical Player Information

  • 29

    2021First Year

    F
    6'1" 175 lbs
    29
  • 11

    2022Sophomore

    F
    6'1" 175 lbs
    11
  • 9

    2023Junior

    F
    6'1" 175 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2024Senior

    F
    6'0" 190 lbs
    9