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2017 Men's Soccer Roster

Andrew Hardyway
Andrew Hardyway
Andrew Hardyway

25 Thor Sveinbjornsson

  • Position MF
  • Ht./Wt. 5-8 / 160
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
  • High School Flensborgarskolinn HS
  • Major Accounting

Biography

CAREER HONORS
2017-18 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List
2016 NSCAA Scholar All-South Region Second Team
2016-17 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List
2015 Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference
2014 Sun Belt Freshman of the Year
2014 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team
2015-16 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List
2014-15 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List

SENIOR (2017)
Played in 11 matches, making two starts, for the Eagles as a senior ... Logged 402 minutes of action and tallied one assist ... Notched his assist in the Eagles' 2-1 win over Jacksonville on Sept. 27 ... Played all 90 minutes in the Eagles' 1-0 win over Houston Baptist on Sept. 8.

JUNIOR (2016)
Named to the 2016 NSCAA Scholar All-South Region Second Team … Prior to season, named to the Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference team … Appeared in 17 games, earning eight starts in the midfield for the Eagles … Recorded three assists in the Eagles' 4-1 season-opening win over Houston Baptist (Aug. 26) to give him three points on the season … His three assists was tied for second most on the team … Played 816 minutes, averaging 48.0 per match … Played all 90 minutes in the season-opener at Houston Baptist ... Also played 75 minutes at Presbyterian (Oct. 18), 72 minutes at Jacksonville (Sept. 5) and 71 versus UT Rio Grande Valley (Aug. 28) and Clemson (Oct. 25) … Took five shots on the year, including three in the game at Jacksonville.

SOPHOMORE (2015)
Named to the Preseason All-Conference Team … Appeared in 15 games for the Eagles, starting 13 … Assisted on one goal against Jacksonville (Oct. 13) ... Took 17 shots on the season with 6 being on frame … Averaged 84 minutes of work per game.

FRESHMAN (2014)
Named Sun Belt Freshman of the Year ... All-Sun Belt Conference First Team ... Scored two goals as a freshman midfielder ... Recorded first collegiate goal against Stetson ... Posted the game-winning goal against Appalachian State from the penalty spot ... Took 24 shots with 10 on frame ... Averaged 86 minutes played per game ... Earned President’s List honors in Fall 2014 and Dean’s List in Spring 2015.

HIGH SCHOOL
Went to Flensborgarskolinn High School ... Played for Fimleikafelag Hafnarfjaroar (simplified as FH) u-19 2010-13 winning three national championships with29 goals scored ... Trained with the Iceland u-18 national team in the winter of 2010-11.

PERSONAL
Thorvaldur Sveinbjornsson on March 30, 1994 in Reykjavik, Iceland ... Parents are Elisa and Sveinbjorn ... Has three siblings, Atli, Anna and Birta ... Aunt, Katrin Omarsdottir played at California-Berkley and now plays for Liverpool FC.
 
MAJOR
Accounting

Statistics

Season:
2017

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2014Freshman

    MF
    5'8" 160 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2015Sophomore

    MF
    5'8" 160 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2016Junior

    MF
    5'8" 160 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2017Senior

    Midfielder
    5'8" 160 lbs
    25