| Joel Soriano | |
| Position: | Center |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lb: | 256 |
| League: | NBA G League |
| Team: | Greensboro Swarm |
| Birth Date: | 30 January 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Yonkers, New York, U.S. |
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| Draft Year: | 2024 |
| Career Start: | 2024 |
| Years1: | 2024–present |
| Team1: | Greensboro Swarm |
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Joel Soriano (born January 30, 2000) is a Dominican-American professional basketball player for the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Fordham Rams and the St. John's Red Storm.
Soriano grew up in Yonkers, New York and attended Archbishop Stepinac High School[1] He completed a post-graduate year at St. Thomas More School in Montville, Connecticut.[2]
Soriano became a starter during his freshman season with the Rams and finished the year with five double doubles.[3] As a sophomore, he averaged a near double-double, averaging 10.4 points per game and 9.2 rebounds per game. After the season, he entered the transfer portal.
On April 19, 2021, Soriano committed to St. John's.[4] During the 2021–22 season, he started 26 of 30 games, averaging 6.4 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.[5] Soriano broke out during the 2022–23 season, averaging 15.2 points and 11.9 rebounds per game. His performance earned him the Big East Conference Most Improved Player award and a second team All-Big East nod.[6] [7]
Soriano stayed with St. John's following the hiring of Rick Pitino as coach. Prior to the 2023–24 season, he was named to the Preseason All-Big East team and was placed on watchlists for the John R. Wooden Award and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award.[8] [9] [10]
After going undrafted in the 2024 NBA draft, Soriano signed with the Charlotte Hornets on September 11, 2024,[11] but was waived on September 28.[12] On October 27, he joined the Greensboro Swarm.[13]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Fordham| 30 || 12 || 19.5 || .455 || .000 || .686 || 6.6 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 0.9 || 4.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Fordham| 14 || 14 || 27.1 || .545 || .000 || .558 || 9.2 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 0.8 || 10.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| style="text-align:left;"| St. John's|30 || 26 || 18.9 || .569 || .000 || .729 || 5.5 || 1.1 || 0.1 || 1.7 || 6.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;"| St. John's| 33 || 33 || 30.4 || .563 || .000 || .730 || 11.9 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 1.4 || 15.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| style="text-align:left;"| St. John's| 31 || 30 || 28.2 || .582 || .438 || .699 || 9.4 || 1.4 || 0.2 || 1.8 || 14.1|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 128 || 115 || 24.7 || .553 || .438 || .700 || 8.5 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 1.4 || 10.3
Soriano is Dominican American and competed for the Dominican Republic national team in the 2018 FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship.[14]