Josh Luchini

Chapel Hill, NC â?? Sep 9: NCAA Men's Soccer - Pitt at North Carolina at Dorrance Field in Chapel Hill, NC on September 9, 2022. (Credit: Andy Mead/YCJ)

Photo by: Andy Mead/YCJ

Position:
F
Height:
6-0
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Wexford, PA
High School:
North Allegheny

Career Highlights
2021 All-Patriot League Second Team
2019 Third Team All-America
2019 First Team All-Atlantic Region
2019 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year
2019 First Team All-Patriot League
2019 All-ECAC
2019 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List
2018 Third Team All-Patriot League

Single Game Career Highs (at Lehigh)
Goals – 3, 2x; last vs. Bucknell Mar. 20, 2021
Assists – 2 at Navy Oct. 23, 2021
Points – 6, 2x; last vs. Bucknell Mar. 20, 2021
Shots – 7, 2x; last at Fairleigh Dickinson Sept. 14, 2021
Shots on Goal – 5, 2x; last vs. Boston Sept. 28, 2019

Season Highs (at Lehigh)
Goals – 11 (2019)
Assists – 5 (2021)
Points – 24 (2019)
Shots – 60 (2019)
Shots on Goal - 29 (2019)
Minutes – 1,590 (2019)

2021 (at Lehigh): Starting forward who was named a Second Team All-Patriot League selection, making 16 starts in 17 appearances on the year...scored five goals with five assists for 15 points...tallied a pair of assists at Navy (10/23) and grabbed a brace with an assist vs. Boston U. (10/30), named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week for his performance...ends historic career with 25 goals, 12 assists and 62 points, along with 10 game-winning goals...went 2-for-2 in penalty kicks during the year...named a Preseason All-Patriot League selection.

Spring 2021 (at Lehigh): Saw action in three contests including two starts at forward...scored his second career hat trick vs. Bucknell (3/20), subsequently named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week (3/23)...registered an assist at Loyola Maryland (3/27)...named Preseason Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year and a Preseason All-Patriot League selection...named to Preseason Best XI by Top Drawer Soccer...named to the prestigious MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List...earned Second Team Preseason All-American honors from College Soccer News.

2019 (at Lehigh): Historic campaign capped off with receiving Third Team All-American honors by the United Soccer Coaches...Finished with First Team All-Atlantic Region honors and All-ECAC recognition...Named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year and a First Team All-Patriot League selection...Was named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week four times (9/9, 9/16, 9/30, 10/21)...Started and appeared in all 21 of the Mountain Hawks' contests on the year...Led the team and the Patriot League in goals with 11. Added two assists for a total of 24 points on the year...Scored a goal in four of Lehigh's first five games on the season and scored nine goals in the team's first nine contests, including his first career hat-trick vs. Boston U. (9/28)...Following the hat-trick and goal at Penn (9/24), was named National Player of the Week by the United Soccer Coaches on October 1...Led all Patriot League players in game-winning goals for the second straight year with five...29 of his 60 shot attempts were on goal for a SOG% of 48.3.

2018 (at Lehigh): Appeared in all 19 games, made 18 starts at forward next to Mark Forrest...named Third Team All-Patriot League...Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (10/19)...ranked No. 19 on Top Drawer Soccer's Top 100 Freshman of the midseason...earned Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors twice throughout the year (9/24, 10/8)...tallied his first career point in the form of an assist at home vs. Binghamton (9/7)...scored his first career collegiate goal and game-winner on Sept. 11, a golden goal at Rider in the 104th minute...scored two goals to lift Lehigh over Army West Point (9/22) 3-0 in the first Patriot League contest of the season...scored a goal on two shots against Cornell (9/25)...assisted on Mark Forrest's game-winner over No. 20 Colgate (10/3)...scored the game-winning goal, his third of the season, in a 1-0 win over Navy (10/6)...scored his fourth game-winning goal of the season in a 1-0 victory at Bucknell to lift the Mountain Hawks into the postseason...registered back-to-back assists against Holy Cross (11/3) and Colgate (11/9)...Luchini's four game-winning goals led all Patriot League players...Tied for fourth in the Patriot League for points (16).

Club: Played for North United from 2008-17 and Steel Town Magic from 2017-18.

High School: Attended North Allegheny high school in Wexford… In 2017, Josh earned All-Region honors as well as being voted a United Soccer Coaches Fall High School All-American… He posted 36 goals and 17 assists in his senior season at North Allegheny High School, earning himself the honor of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Player of the Year… Along with Nick Jennings, Josh was one of only 38 high school players in the country to be selected to play in the High School All-American Game and scored his team's lone goal in the game.

Personal: Born April 14, 2000… Son of Jean and Jim Luchini… Has one brother, Jamie who played soccer at Lehigh… Graduated with a degree in marketing from Lehigh University.