Queens College Athletics

Former Queens College men’s soccer student-athlete and Alum ‘19 Vincent Companion enters his fifth season as part of head coach Frank Vertullo’s coaching staff.
 
In four seasons Companion has helped the Knights record 39 wins with back-to-back East Coast Conference playoff appearances and two NCAA Tournament appearances. The 2022 season was the Knights’ best season in program history as Queens recorded a program-best 13-7 record while earning the #2 seed in the ECC Playoffs (highest in program history) before the program earned their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament as the #7 seed.
 
In 2023 the Knights would record back-to-back double-digit winning seasons while winning the ECC Championship for the first time in program history before winning their first NCAA Tournament game as the #10 seed against Notre Dame (OH).
 
Companion played for the Knights from 2015 to 2018, starting a total of 41 games in defense. He helped contribute to a stellar Knights defense during his senior year which saw the Knights post one of their best season with a 10-4-3 overall record, and 6-2-1 in East Coast Conference play.  
 
A member of the South Shore Futbol Club coaching staff in Suffolk county, Companion helped coached a 2004 boys team that went on to win the regional and state and regional championship en route to taking the national stage against the best 16 teams in the country. 
 
Companion graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education in 2019 and is currently a Physical Education teacher in Suffolk County.