2004 Islip grad turns soccer star

THEN
Age: 18, Islip High School
Interests: Maintaining top fitness, travel
What's Ahead: Education major with a full soccer scholarship to the University of Georgia.

NOW
Age: 25
Education: Bachelor’s degree in physical education, Hofstra University, 2008.
Occupation: Center defense, Long Island Rough Riders; soccer trainer, Intense Soccer Academy, Commack.
Current residence: Smithtown

If you’re into soccer on Long Island, you probably know Sue Weber, the Long Island Rough Riders’ center defender.

Weber, an admitted “homebody,” transferred from the University of Georgia to Hofstra University after her freshman year and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 2008.

She spent six months in 2009 playing for the Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer.

“I got to see areas I may not have seen and play against some of the best players in the world and with some of the best players in the world,” she said.

In 2010, Weber married Ron Alber, whom she met while at Hofstra, and the two now run Intense Soccer Academy in Commack.

Weber was sidelined for a time in 2009 after knee surgery but now is playing her third season with the Rough Riders.

Will she try something else?

“I’ll probably to continue playing until I’m 40. I don’t ever see myself stop playing soccer.”

Aside from volunteering, that is.

Once a month, Weber volunteers in the pediatric playroom at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip. “ I hang out with kids and go to rooms and beds and try to make them feel better.”