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Jersey Number 4
Elyad Shojaei
- Position:
- Defense
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 173
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Tehran, Iran
Awards: 2020-21 All-WAC First Team, 2019 All-WAC Honorable Mention
2020-21 (UTRGV): Played in all 10 matches ... Named to the All-WAC First Team … Scored first-career goal in win over HBU (3/31) … Recorded first-career assist in win over Air Force (3/26).
2019 (UTGRV): Played in 16 matches … Earned All-WAC Honorable Mention honors … Played in all 110 minutes vs. San Jose State (11/1) ... Played in all 110 minutes vs. Grand Canyon (10/19) … Made debut and first start against Wofford (9/1).
2018 (University of British Columbia): Attended school at the University of British Columbia.
Personal: Son of Seyed Shojaei and Farzin Arefi…Plans to pursue a masters of political science at Temple
2022: Named a team captain in his lone season with the Owls…Played and started in 13 of the team’s 16 matches…Top five on the team in minutes played with 1132...Two total shots including one on goal in 2-0 win over Stony Brook (10/18)….Earned Philly Soccer Six Defensive Player of the Week during the last week of August.
2021 (UTGRV): Played and started in all 17 matches … Played in a season-high 109 minutes at UAB (9/3) … made season debut at Central Arkansas.2020-21 (UTRGV): Played in all 10 matches ... Named to the All-WAC First Team … Scored first-career goal in win over HBU (3/31) … Recorded first-career assist in win over Air Force (3/26).
2019 (UTGRV): Played in 16 matches … Earned All-WAC Honorable Mention honors … Played in all 110 minutes vs. San Jose State (11/1) ... Played in all 110 minutes vs. Grand Canyon (10/19) … Made debut and first start against Wofford (9/1).
2018 (University of British Columbia): Attended school at the University of British Columbia.
Personal: Son of Seyed Shojaei and Farzin Arefi…Plans to pursue a masters of political science at Temple
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