Honors & Awards
• BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (9/23/24)
• All-BIG EAST Second Team (2024)
2024: Played and started 15 game for the Friars…Scored the game-winning goal in the team’s upset win over No. 8 Seton Hall (9/20)…Named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (9/23)…Named to All-BIG EAST Second Team…Logged 1,249 minutes.
2023: Started in all 14 games played for the Friars…Tallied two goals and one assist… Logged 1,130 minutes
BEFORE PROVIDENCE: Played for Sporting Academy (2013-2019) … Attended Iowa Western Community College (2020-2021) and Franklin Pierce University (2021-2023)…Helped lead the Ravens to a Northeast-10 Conference Tournament Championship and NCAA Division II National Title in 2022… Named Northeast-10 First-Team All-Conference (2022) and CSC Academic All-District (2022)… Two-time National Champion with Sporting Clube de Portugal.
PERSONAL: Son of Ana Lopes and Bruno Vaza… Has one brother, Bernardo, and one sister (his favorite), Margarida… Married to his amazing beautiful wife, Romina...Has the best dog in the world, Daisy...Favorite athlete is Rodri… Favorite team is Sporting CP… Favorite movie is Avatar… Favorite food is Cozido á Portuguesa… Pursuing a Master’s Certificate in Global Education… Favorite hobby is spending time with family, friends and Daisy.