Duke University Blue Devils

2022: MAC Hermann Trophy Runner Up... United Soccer Coaches All-America First Team ... ACC Midfielder of the Year, becoming the first player in ACC history to win back-to-back Midfielder of the Year ... All-ACC First Team ... All-South Region First Team ... Started in all 19 of Duke's matches, and played 88 minutes or more in 17 of them ... Finished his junior year with two goals and five assists ... five regular season assists set a new career high ... tallied four points through the first three games of the year ... scored his first goal of 2022 from the penalty spot against Michigan ... assisted the game-winning goal in the regular season finale against Virginia Tech to help Duke finish undefeated ... scored again from the spot in Duke's first NCAA Tournament game in the Second Round ... ranked as the top player in TopDrawerSoccer's preseason and midseason Top 100 ... named to TopDrawerSoccer's National Team of the Week on Nov. 22 ... Member of TopDrawerSoccer's Preseason Top XI ... College Soccer News Preseason All-American.

2021: ACC Midfielder of the Year ... United Soccer Coaches All-American Third Team ... All-ACC First Team ... All-South Region First Team ... ACC All-Tournament Team ... Played in all 20 games, starting 19 of them, recording four goals and four assists for 12 points ... Led non-defenseman in minutes played with 1,717 ... Picked up his first point of the season on an assist for the game-winner at Syracuse (9/25) ... Tacked on an assist in a win over Louisville (10/1) ... Began a stretch of three-straight games with a goal with his first collegiate tally at Pittsburgh (10/9) ... Notched a game-tying goal on a penalty kick against Clemson (10/15) ... Buried another penalty kick goal in a win at Furman (10/19) ... Scored the go-ahead goal in the 88th minute to power Duke past UCLA in the NCAA Championship second round (11/21) ... Picked up an assist in the NCAA third round against Saint Louis (11/27) ... Named an honorable mention honoree to the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week on October 19 ... Tabbed to TDS's Best XI First Team at the end of the year ... Selected as a third team All-American by College Soccer News ... All-ACC Academic Team ... Named to Spring Dean's List with Distinction.

2020-21 – Started all 17 games as a central midfielder … All-ACC Third Team … ACC All-Freshman Team … Voted Duke’s Most Valuable Player … Second on the team with three assists … Recorded his first career point with the game-winning assist against NC State (9/26) … Also had assists in wins at Virginia Tech (3/6) and at Virginia (3/28) … Named to Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week after the win over the Hokies … Tabbed Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI first team and College Soccer News Freshman first team.

Scholastic Career

Top Drawer Soccer Rankings
IMG Academy 150: No. 15
Regional: No. 1 (International)
Positional: No. 7 (Midfield)
 
Before Duke: Comes to Duke after spending the past two years playing for West Ham United … Joined West Ham United in summer of 2018 and played for the U18 and U23 sides … Prior to his move to England he played for New York Red Bulls … Made his debut with West Ham at age 16 in a 1-0 victory over Swansea City … Made his first appearance as a sub against the same club in a Premier League 2 match two months later … A fixture in the U.S. Youth National Teams … Earned 15 caps with the U15 squad and 15 for the U17 side.

Personal: Son of Karen and Stephen Stroud … Has three older brothers, Dylan, Jared, Will … Jared spent several seasons with the New York Red Bulls and is a current member of Austin F.C. … Will is a member of the Colgate University men’s soccer team … Dylan was a member of the Washington and Lee men’s soccer team … Born April 23, 2002.

Last updated: 12/14/2022