2026-27 Men's Soccer Roster

#19 Vlad Walent Men's Soccer Roster

Height 5-9

Weight 165

Class Graduate Student

Hometown Lafayette, CO

High School Connection Academy

Bio

HONORS & AWARDS

AS A SENIOR (2025 – Wake Forest)

Appeared in all 17 matches, starting one
Logged 582 minutes on the pitch
Academic All-ACC
Recorded an assist in the 7-0 victory over Liberty (9/22)
Scored a penalty on his senior night en route to a 3-0 win in the regular season finale against Notre Dame and earned man of the match honors (10/31)

AS A JUNIOR (2024 – Wake Forest)

Started Wake Forest’s first two matches of the season, recording 85 minutes of action

AS A SOPHOMORE (2023 – Wake Forest)

Appeared in all 19 matches with 11 starts, recording seven points off of two goals and three assists in 736 minutes of action
Recorded assists in victories over Gardner-Webb (Sept. 12), Liberty (Sept. 17) and NC State (Oct. 6)
Registered goals against Wofford (Oct. 10) and the Deacs’ NCAA Tournament match against Indiana (Nov. 19).

AS A FRESHMAN (2022 – Wake Forest)

Appeared in all 20 matches with 13 starts during his debut season, recording 10 points off of four assists and three goals
Named to the ACC All-Freshman Team
Played 877 minutes
Started his collegiate debut in a 1-0 victory over UCF on Aug. 25
Scored his first career goal in a 2-1 victory over Air Force on Aug. 28
Also scored in ACC victories against Clemson (Sept. 24) and Boston College (Oct. 15)
Recorded an assist in three-straight matches against Fairleigh Dickinson (Sept. 13), Virginia Tech (Sept. 16) and George Mason (Sept. 20)
Also collected an assist in a 3-0 victory over Wofford on Oct. 18.

PREP & PERSONAL

Rated as the No. 47 prospect in the IMG Academy 150 and No. 20 defender in the country
Played with the Colorado Rapids Academy before signing a USL Amateur contract with the Colorado Springs Switchbacks
Made his debut with the Switchbacks on September 10, 2020
Son of Wynn Walent
Has a brother, Belony