#5 - Joseph Haboush
Position: M
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Richmond, Va.
Previous School: Benedictine (Va.)
Height: 5-9
Weight: 155

WHILE WITH THE RAMS:

• Played in 15 games in 2011 while drawing 11 starts
• Handed out four assists for four points
• Appeared in seven games for the Rams in 2010                                                                              
• Scored his first career goal in VCU’s 3-0 win over Howard University (9/12/2010)                  
•  Made five appearances for the Rams in an injury-plagued sophomore season in 2009 
•  Saw action in eight games with two starts in his rookie campaign with VCU in 2008 
• Assisted on VCU’s game-winning goal against Colonial Athletic Association rival Old Dominion (10/29/08), his first with the Black and Gold
• Made his first collegiate appearance in the Rams’ season-opening, 2-1 setback against top-ranked Wake Forest (8/29/08)
• Started his first match for VCU in a 1-1 draw at Georgia State (10/22/08)

HIGH SCHOOL:

• Three-sport athlete at nearby soccer power Benedictine High School, earning four letters in soccer, one in track and field and one in basketball
• Helped his team to the state championship game during his freshman and junior campaigns, taking home the title during that junior season
• Named team captain during his senior season when he was named First-Team All-Metro and was the leading assist man on the Cadets
• Two-time First-Team All-Metro performer and earned First-Team All-State honors during his junior year
• Spent two seasons as part of the Richmond Strikers U-16 Elite and U-18 Academy squads
• Two-time Super Y National I.D. camp invitee

GETTING TO KNOW JOSEPH:

• Born on August 28, 1990
• Son of Sam and Maral Haboush
• Has an older sister, Natalie
• A Aïtanît, Lebanon native majoring in International Relations with double minor in Political Science and Homeland Security at VCU

HABOUSH'S CAREER STATISTICS