Jay Alberts '99

Athlete - Soccer

As a four-year starter on Whitfield’s varsity soccer team, Jay led the Warriors through a crucial building period in the program’s history. He was a four-time all-conference selection, a three-time all-district and all-state selection and set the all-metro career scoring record his junior year. In addition, Jay received the Ginger Newton Jacobi ’73 Athlete of the Year Award in 1998 and was named the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Scholar Athlete in 1999. During his senior season, the Warriors advanced to the Final Four in the state tournament.

Jay continued his academic and playing career at Yale University where he became one of the most decorated players in Yale soccer history while earning his BA degree. He was one of only five players in Ivy League history to be named first team All-Ivy four times and finished his career at Yale second in career assists with 22 and fifth in points with 62. He became the first Yale player to be named Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 1999 after finishing with 21 points, the most ever by a Yale freshman. He was also named to Soccer America’s All-Freshman Team.

Jay’s playing career continued to the next level when he was drafted by the Kansas City Wizards as the 37th overall pick in the 2004 MLS Super Draft. He played the 2004 and 2005 seasons with the A-League Minnesota Thunder and also played with the Vancouver Whitecaps of the A-League. He returned to Yale in 2011 and served as an assistant coach until 2014.

Jay holds an MBA from Belmont University’s Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business. He is a wealth management advisor with UBS Financial Services here in St. Louis. An avid tri-athlete, Jay will represent Team USA in September at the 2016 ITU Long Course Triathlon World Championships.