HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Hofstra University head men’s soccer coach Richard Nuttall Thursday announced that Lorenzo Selini, one of the top scholastic players in New York, has signed a National Letter of Intent with the school.

Selini will join the Pride in the fall of 2021.

“Lorenzo is a fantastic recruit for Hofstra University,” Nuttall said in a statement. “We have monitored him for a long time and are delighted to be bringing him into the Pride family. He fits our model of being a great person as well as a top-level player, and we look forward to working with him for the next four years.”

A midfielder from Newfield High School in Selden, N.Y., Selini was an All-American and the Newsday player of the year in 2019, following a junior season that saw him record 12 goals and 11 assists. He also has been a two-time All-New York State, all-region, and All-Suffolk County selection, in addition to being a two-time League III Most Valuable Player. He was an all-league pick as a freshman and Newfield’s rookie of the year.

In three seasons, Selini has recorded 27 goals and a school record 42 assists. He tallied seven goals and nine assists as a freshman in 2017 and followed that up with an eight-goal, 22-assist season as a sophomore as he helped the Wolverines to a league title and a spot in the Suffolk County finals. He has been a three-year captain and was team Most Valuable Player as a sophomore and junior.

Selini competes on the club soccer level for Lake Grove Newfield United 01. He has helped the team to No. 1 rankings in the Mid-Atlantic Region and in the East, and a No. 3 national ranking. He was part of a national finalist team in 2019, a USCS Mid-Atlantic Region championship in 2019, and Eastern New York championships in 2018 and 2019.

He is also a scholar-athlete as has been on Newfield’s high honor roll for the past three years and a member of the Italian Honor Society. Selini has been a three-time winner of the Newfield Minds of Motion Award.

Selini intends to major in entrepreneurship or business at Hofstra and aspires to play professional soccer after graduation.

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.