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2014 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Skylar Thomas
- Position:
- Defense
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Pickering, Ontario, Canada
- High School:
- Dunbarton
At SU:
Won Play of the Year at the 2015 Cuse Awards for scoring the game winning goal off of a header against No. 2 Virginia this past season
Junior Year (2013): Team co-captain ... Started 13 games … Member of an Orange defense that recorded eight shutouts, tied for the fourth-most in the ACC ... Scored the first goal in SU's 5-0 shutout of NC State (10/4) ... Earned a spot on the College Soccer News Team of the Week on Nov. 5 for his role in SU’s 1-0 shutout of No. 19 Clemson (11/1) ... Named to the SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the spring.
Sophomore Year (2012): Started the team’s first 11 matches … Missed the remainder of the season due to injury … Contributed to eight of SU’s 12 shutouts before getting hurt … Scored his first goal of the year in a 4-0 win versus NJIT (9/7) at the Mayor’s Cup and was named the Mayor’s Cup XXXVI Garth Stam Defensive MVP. Also picked to the all-tournament team … Registered a goal in the second half of SU’s 2-0 win at Massachusetts (9/25).
Freshman Year (2011): Started all 13 games he played ... Led all Orange backs, and ranked fourth on the team, in scoring with five points (2 goals, 1 assist) ... Scored his first career goal in the team’s 2-1 victory against Canisius (9/1) ... Also had a goal at Siena (9/4) ... Tallied his first career assist in a 4-2 win versus Cincinnati (10/22) ... Part of an Orange defense that posted a 0-0 shutout at No. 11 Louisville (10/8) ... Started his college debut at Colgate (8/27) ... Invited to Canada’s U-20 training camp.
Prior to Syracuse: Four-year center back for Dunbarton … Led the team to three Lake Ontario Secondary School Athletics championships … Team captain his senior season … Played for the Canadian U-18 National Team in 2011 with SU teammate Jordan Murrell … Member of the Ajax Gunners club team.
Personal: Skylar Rutherford Thomas … Born in July 1993 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada … Son of Sydney and Sonia Thomas … One brother, one sister … Economics major.
