Graduating Athletes: Men’s Soccer
May 12, 2016
Favorite team Memory
“Snowball fight against the women’s soccer team.”
Zach Sheppard, Goalkeeper
Major: Kinesiology
Stat: CSUSM first career leader in saves (134).
Post-graduation plan: “Working as a personal trainer while attending grad school for RDN.”
Ideal graduation trip: “Trip to Germany to watch Champions League.”
Advice to teammates who have yet to graduate: “Get to know people outside of your age range. Create/get a mentor.”
Thor English, Forward
Major: Kinesiology
Stat: Scored 16 goals out of 29 shots in frame.
Ideal graduation trip: “Jamaica.”
Advice to teammates who have yet graduate: “Enjoy your time while you can because the experience flies by.”
Yuki Hata, Midfielder
Major: Kinesiology
Stat: Played a total of 1,278 minutes, placing fifth in most minutes played.
Post-graduation plan: “Following my dream of becoming a pro Soccer player.”
Ideal graduation trip: “Brazil, because they have the most passion for soccer.”
Advice to teammates who have yet graduate: “Enjoy it.”
Luka Stevanovic, Midfielder
Major: International Business
Stat: 16 appearances at forward and midfielder.
Post-graduation plan: “Master’s Degree at Cal State San Marcos in International Business.”
Ideal graduation trip: “Belgrade, Serbia…Naturally.”
Advice to teammates who have yet graduate: “It goes by fast so fasten your seatbelts and enjoy it.”
Parker Radford, Defender
Major: Business
Stat: Helped preserve five shutouts.
Post-graduation plan: “Hopes in working in the Sports Marketing Industry.”
Ideal graduation trip: “It would be to travel around Europe.”
Advice to teammates who have yet graduate: “Don’t take these years for granted, it goes by very fast.”