2021-22 Men's Soccer Roster
Biography
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- Also runs on Chicago State track & field team, alongside teammate Olessson Cesalien
- Formed part of 4x100-meter relay team that represented Chicago State at the NCAA Championships for the first time
- Won the 2019 Western Athletic Conference 200-meter dash title
High School
- Attended Cornwall College in Montego Bay, Jamaica, the “Crocs”
- Ran track and field and played cricket from 2009-15
- In track and field, earned a bronze medal at National Championship meet in 2012
- Named CARIFTA champion in 2012
- Earned Western Championship MVP honors in 2010
Personal
- Full name: Ricordo Odain McKenzie
- Goes by “Rick,” nicknames include “Ricky” and “Cordo”
- Parents: Icilda Somers, Nelson McKenzie
- Has six sisters
- Also enjoys tennis and volleyball
- Majored in Graphic Design (undergraduate), now pursuing Master’s Degree in Geographic Information Systems
- Who influenced your athletic career the most? Ronaldinho
- Why Chicago State? “To help build the program”
- Favorite professional team: Real Madrid
- Favorite player: Cristiano Ronaldo
- Favorite food: Ackee and saltfish with dumpling
- Wears No. 7 because it’s considered the “perfect” number and, like Cristiano Ronaldo, who wears 7, he believes in “constant improvement towards perfection of a skill, talent or anything you do”
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2020-21Graduate Student
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2021-22Graduate Student
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