Alfonso Castaneda

  • Award
    Rookie of the Week
  • Week Of
    10/11/2011
  • Sport
    Men's Soccer
  • School
    College of Staten Island
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Staten Island, NY
  • High School
    Susan Wagner

Alfonso Casteneda, a graduate of Staten Island’s Susan Wagner High School was awarded the CUNYAC/Applebee’s Rookie of the Week men’s soccer for the second time this season, following a four-goal week. Castaneda scored two goals in a 5-4 overtime loss to Medgar Evers, in which the Cougars’ Zeakiel Daley notched four tallies (two via penalty kicks). Then on Columbus Day, he scored another pair of goals in a 5-2 loss to St. Joseph’s (Long Island). Casteneda leads the Dolphins with 13 points (6 goals) on the season.