Rochow's Career Stats
2012: Served as a co-captain with classmate Kip Zechman … played and started in 14 games in his final year … finished with four points on one goal and two assists … assisted freshman Kyle Forché on the game-winning goal against George Washington during the Jay Scully Memorial Tournament … tallied his marker against Big South newcomer Longwood University … also notched an assist against ACC foe NC State, making him one of three players with multiple assists.
2011: One of only two Keydets to play and start in all 18 games last season … played in all but 90 minutes of action, logging 1,579 minutes … finished as the second leading scorer, putting away three goals for six points … ripped 14 total shots, placing eight on goal … tallied markers in back-to-back games (at Belmont, at Mercer) … scored game-tying goal to force extra time in season finale against High Point.
2010: Played in all 17 games, starting 14 in the Keydet midfield ... Took 11 shots on the season with five on goal ... Played 65 minutes in the Big South Tournament match-up against Coastal Carolina (11/11), taking two shots.
2009: Played every minute of the Keydets’ 2009 season, the only VMI player to make that claim ... Was the VMI nominee for Big South Freshman of the Year ... started every game, one of only two Keydets to do so ... Had two goals on the year, scoring versus NJIT and Gardner-Webb ... Helped VMI’s back line to a 106-minute shutout run midway through the year, which came during the Gardner-Webb and UNC Asheville games.
High School/Club: First Team All-District, All-Region and All-State senior year ... Player of the Year in both district and region ... ODP State team member 2006-09 ...Team captain 2007 and 2008 ... ODP Regional team 2009 ... State Cup finalist in 2008-09 with Roanoke Stars’ U-18 Elite (first in state, 17th in nation), and was team captain of that squad.
Personal: Full name is David Forsythe Rochow (Pronounced: Row Ko) ... parents, Hawk and Joy played D-I athletics at Cornell University ... brother, Jim played soccer at Elon and Lynchburg ... also has a sister, Elizabeth ... majoring in mechanical engineering.
