Andrew Jerod Hoxie (born October 8, 1986) is an American soccer player for

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in the

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Career

College and amateur

Hoxie grew up in Newport News, Virginia, and attended Denbigh Baptist Christian School, where he won a state championship with the Minutemen. The team was coached by his father, Hal Hoxie. He played four years of

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from 2005 to 2009 (redshirting in 2008), garnishing the CAA Player of the Year Award in his senior season, as well as earning third team All-American honors in 2009, and finishing his career with the Tribe with 91 points on 35 goals and 21 assists. During his college years Hoxie also played for

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in the

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, scoring 20 goals in 42 appearances in his 4 campaigns with the club.

Professional

Hoxie was drafted in the third round (37th overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by San Jose Earthquakes, having impressed professional scouts at the 2010 MLS Combine by scoring two goals and adding an assist in three games, but was not offered a contract with the MLS team. Hoxie signed with

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club

Rochester Rhinos Rochester New York FC, formerly known as the Rochester Rhinos, are an American professional soccer team based in Rochester, New York, United States. Founded in 1996, as the Rochester Raging Rhinos, they changed their name to Rochester Rhinos t ...

on March 30, 2010, and made his professional debut on April 10, 2010, in Rochester's season opening game against

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. He scored hs first professional goal on April 25, 2010, in a game against the Austin Aztex. Rochester re-signed Hoxie for the 2012 season on October 25, 2011. In November 2021, Hoxie signed with

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. On February 2, 2022, the Tropics conducted a trade with

that saw Hoxie and

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move to Utica in exchange for Ricardo Diegues and Alencar Ventura Junior.

Honors

Rochester Rhinos

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Regular Season Champions (1): 2010

Balitmore Blast

Ron Newman Cup (3): 2015, 2016, 2017

References

External links

William & Mary bio
*http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/55/main/2010/01/12/1739974/mls-combine-notebook-solid-on-day-two *https://web.archive.org/web/20100804094259/http://tribeathletics.com/story.php/7439/ *http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1110/major-league-soccer/2010/01/10/1736090/mls-combine-notebook-drenched-on-day-one *https://web.archive.org/web/20100803223600/http://tribeathletics.com/story.php/9543/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20100803223553/http://tribeathletics.com/story.php/9672/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoxie, Andrew 1986 births Living people American men's soccer players Legacy 76 players San Jose Earthquakes draft picks Rochester New York FC players Penn FC players Orange County SC players Soccer players from Oklahoma William & Mary Tribe men's soccer players Sportspeople from Enid, Oklahoma Sportspeople from Newport News, Virginia USL League Two players USSF Division 2 Professional League players USL Second Division players USL Championship players Major Arena Soccer League players Soccer players from Virginia Baltimore Blast players Men's association football forwards Florida Tropics SC players Utica City FC players