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Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2004
- Class:
- 1992
Rob Ukrop is considered to be the greatest soccer player ever to don a Wildcat uniform, and with good reason. He holds Davidson career records for goals, assists and points, plus single-season records for goal and points. Ukrop’s point total of 184 is nearly double that of the next closest Wildcat and ranks among the top 15 in NCAA history. After a junior season in which he scored 22 goals and dished out 12 assists — a school record at the time — he broke his leg early in his senior season. It turned out to be good fortune for Davidson as Ukrop returned the next fall for the finest season in Wildcat soccer.
Ukrop led the Wildcats to the 1992 College Cup, as it is now known, in Davidson’s first year serving as host of the event. Ukrop led the nation with 31 goals and 72 points to earn the Adi Dassler award, given to the nation’s top player. His goal and point totals in 1992 still rank among the top 10 in NCAA history. In 1990 he was a second-team All-American, then earned first-team honors in his historic 1992 campaign.
