As he heads into his fourth and final season at Rutgers-Camden, James Brett already has placed his name among the great goalkeepers in program history. In 68 career games (67 starts), Brett ranks second on the program’s all-time charts with 6,017:50 minutes in goal, 950 shots faced and 10 ties. He is fourth in saves (349) and wins (32), fifth in goals-against average (1.26) for all keepers with the NCAA minimum of 2500 minutes played, and seventh in save percentage (.806). He is within shouting range of moving into the career Top 10 in games played.
Brett appears three times among the program’s Top 10 single-season leaders in both goalie minutes and shots faced.
For the third straight season, Brett earned a berth on the All-New Jersey Athletic Conference team when he captured NJAC Second Team honors as a junior. During his sophomore year, he was named to the NJAC First Team and captured NJAC Goalkeeper of the Year honors, while he captured NJAC Honorable Mention as a freshman.
Brett also has served on the Rutgers-Camden Student-Athlete Advisory Committee during the 2016-17 and 2017-18 scholastic years.
Brett will serve as one of the Scarlet Raptors’ four captains this season.
Soccer 2017: New Jersey Athletic Conference Second Team…Finished third in the NJAC and 11th nationally with 1934:03 minutes played in goal…Played and started in 22 games…Posted a 9-9-4 record, two shutouts and a 1.58 goals-against average…Had 91 saves for a .728 save percentage…Faced 282 shots, the 10th-highest single-season total in program history…His 1943:03 goalie minutes rank ninth on the program’s single-season charts, while his four ties are tied for second, two behind the single-season mark of six, set by David Cunningham in 2006…ECAC All-Tournament Team (Nov. 18-19) while leading the Scarlet Raptors to the championship game, where he made seven saves while facing 17 shots as Rutgers-Camden dropped a 3-2 decision on a web day at host Lebanon Valley College (Nov. 19)…Had a season high of 10 saves in a 3-2 loss against Rowan University (Oct. 11), while facing his season high of 23 shots…Faced 21 shots and made nine saves to secure a 1-1 tie at William Paterson University (Oct. 21)…Made six saves to post his first shutout of the season in a 0-0 deadlock against Haverford College (Oct. 4)…Had two saves in a 2-0 win at Arcadia University (Nov. 12), part of his four-game ECAC tournament run in which he made 14 saves while posting a 3-1 record…Also played 45 shutout minutes during the Raptors’ eventual 2-1 win over Penn State-Abington (Oct. 1)…In his 22 starts, held opponents to one or no goals on 12 occasions… Played the full 110 minutes in four games, allowing one or fewer goals in three of them.
Soccer 2016: Named the NJAC Goalkeeper of the Year and a member of the NJAC First Team…NJAC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 19)…ECAC Division III Metro Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 20)…Rutgers-Camden Raptor of the Week (Oct. 3)…Started all 22 games in the Scarlet Raptor goal and played all but 61:20 in net for the Raptors during the season…Earned every decision for the 9-9-4 Scarlet Raptors, while posting a 1.15 goals-against average, 135 saves and an .839 save percentage…Had six shutouts and also played the first 73:40 in goal of the Raptors’ combined 4-0 shutout against Farmingdale State (Sept. 10)…Faced 341 shots…Collected 14 saves in back-to-back games against The College of New Jersey (Sept. 28, a 1-0 victory) and Ramapo College (Oct. 1, a 1-1 tie), tying his career high set as a freshman against Montclair State University…Also added 10 saves in a 0-0 tie against Swarthmore (Oct. 19)…Notched nine saves on two occasions, a 3-3 season-opening tie against St. Mary’s (Sept. 2) and a 2-1 loss to Rowan (Oct. 12)…Added eight saves in both of the Raptors’ ECAC tournament games, a 3-1 win over Hunter (Nov. 12) and a 1-0 loss to Drew (Nov. 13)…Faced a season-high 26 shots in the St. Mary’s game and played eight total games facing 20 or more shots…Had seven saves in his first shutout of the year, a 1-0 double-overtime win over Alvernia (Sept. 7)…Collected two saves in a 1-0 double-overtime win against Cabrini (Sept. 14) and seven saves in a 3-0 shutout over Rutgers-Newark (Sept. 17)…His seven saves helped the Raptors blanked No. 5/12-nationally ranked Haverford College, 1-0, on Oct. 5…Compiled three streaks of 200-plus consecutive shutout minutes: 277:00 (Sept. 2-11), 276:08 (Sept. 11-17) and 251:28 (Oct. 1-8).
Soccer 2015: Played in all 24 Rutgers-Camden games, starting 23, and posting every decision for the 14-8-2 Scarlet Raptors…Played 2,053:09 minutes out of the team’s 2,229 minutes in goal…Faced 327 shots and allowed 24 goals, while making 123 saves for an .837 save percentage…Collected six shutouts and a 1.05 goals-against average…Also had three assists (tied for third on the team) off of his booming punts, the highest recorded total for a goalie in program history…Earned All-NJAC Honorable Mention…Named NJAC Defensive Player of the Week Sept. 14, Nov. 2 and Nov. 9…ECAC Division III Metro Defensive Player of the Week Nov. 3 and Nov. 10…Honored as Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week Nov. 9…Named the NSCAA Division III College Player of the Week Nov. 10…Earned a spot on the Cialella Soccer Classic All-Tournament Team (Sept. 12-13)…His freshman statistics rank among the program’s single-season goalie leaders with 2,053:09 minutes (fourth), 14 wins (fifth), 327 shots faced (fifth), six shutouts (tied for seventh) and a 1.05 goals-against average (eighth)…Opened the season starting and playing the first 26 minutes in a three-goalie, 9-0 shutout over Rosemont College (Sept. 1) to earn his first collegiate win…Had his first full game in goal, and made eight saves, in a 2-1 overtime victory against St. Mary’s College (Sept. 5)…Allowed only one goal in a 1-0 loss to nationally-ranked Salisbury University (Sept. 6)…Posted a 0-0 double-overtime shutout, facing 26 shots and making 13 saves, against Christopher Newport University (Sept. 13), which was undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the nation at the time…In his lone substitute role, played the final 49:30 and picked up the win, making three saves, in a 1-0 victory over Cabrini College (Sept. 16)…Made two saves and collected his first collegiate assist when his punt set up a Brad Maine goal during a 3-1 victory against New Jersey City University (Sept. 21)…Made four saves in a 1-0 shutout over No. 25-ranked Rowan University (Sept 30)…Earned his second career assist, while adding two saves, in a 5-1 win over Ramapo College (Oct. 10)…Faced 15 shots and made nine saves in a sterling performance during a 2-0 shutout at Rutgers-Newark (Oct. 24), adding his third assist of the season…Notched another 2-0 shutout against 14th-ranked Stockton University (Oct. 28), making two saves…Continued his brilliant goalkeeping season in the NJAC playoff first round, making eight saves in a 2-1 victory over Rutgers-Newark (Oct. 31)…Posted four saves as the Raptors upset second-seeded Stockton University, 2-0, in the NJAC semifinals (Nov. 4)…Set his career high with 14 saves in a stellar performance in the NJAC finals, holding top seed and No. 3-ranked Montclair State scoreless through double overtime in a 0-0 draw and adding two saves on penalty kicks as the Raptors prevailed to win the NJAC title (Nov. 7)…Faced a season-high 28 shots in that Montclair State NJAC championship game…Made one save in the Raptors’ 2-1 double-overtime victory over No. 21 Eastern University (Nov. 14) in the opening round of the NCAA tournament…The lone goal he allowed in that game came on a penalty kick…Closed the season with 11 saves as the Raptors lost to No. 7-ranked SUNY-Oneonta, 2-0, in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
High School: Four-year soccer starter at Palmyra High School for Coach Mike Papenburg…Soccer Coaches Association of New Jersey First Team All-South Jersey as a senior in 2014…Added First Team All-State…Listed in Top 5 Goalkeepers in the State and as Goalkeeper of the Year…Two varsity letters in basketball and one varsity letter in baseball…Graduated in 2015.
Club Team: Burlington County Soccer Academy
Personal: Born April 7, 1997…Nicknamed “JB”…Enjoys playing ping pong and golf…Member of Rutgers-Camden’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)…Accounting major at Rutgers-Camden with a minor in Criminal Justice…Post-graduation plans include traveling the world…James is the son of Ciaran and Nancy Brett of Palmyra.
