Eight years later, the 6-foot-11 Soriano is a 24-year-old grown man playing for Rick Pitino at St. John’s (13-8, 5-5 Big East), where he is one of the top big men in the nation.

Now that Soriano is at 9.8, there’s a new goal: 8 percent. When he hits that, Soriano joked, the number will probably go even lower. That’s fine with him, as is his undefined role.

Soriano earned a preseason All-Big East First-Team nod after putting up 15.2 points and a league-leading 11.9 rebounds per game last season. See Also Big East rivals predict St. John’s will be a ...

Joel Soriano #11 of the St. John’s Red Storm puts up a shot over Steven Ashworth #1 of the Creighton Bluejays during the second half. Jason Szenes / New York Post.

Joel Soriano dunks the ball during St. John’s win over UConn on Sunday. USA TODAY Sports. They received strong production from all nine players Anderson used in their biggest win since upsetting ...

NEWARK — Rick Pitino’s first steps as the new St. John’s coach were actually some pretty big leaps. Center Joel Soriano and point guard Daniss Jenkins — the two players he’d developed ...

St. John’s coach Mike Anderson fully expects the 6-foot-11 Soriano to take on a leadership role on this team and help fill the void left by leading scorer Julian Champagnie.

Joel Soriano’s recruitment wasn’t all rainbows and sunshine. Yes, coach Mike Anderson and his staff told the Fordham transfer how much they felt he could help St. John’s as the inside ...

For the first time this season, Joel Soriano is not in the starting lineup as St. John’s looks to snap its month-long woes and play its way back into NCAA Tournament consideration.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Joel Soriano didn’t pout. He didn’t complain. He listened. Getting sent to the bench was frustrating. But the new St. John’s big man didn’t take it as an insult.

St. John's Red Storm Joel Soriano spoke with FOX Sports' Kristina Pink at halftime against the Butler Bulldogs. Soriano scored 11 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in the first half.