Chico State Athletics

Notable Awards
• CCAA All-Academic (2020, 2021, 2022)

As a Junior (2023)
- Started all 20 matches, logging 1,023 minutes
- Scored a career-high 3 goals
- Notched the Wildcats only goal in the NCAA DII Second-Round match vs CSU Pueblo (Nov 18)
- Recorded a game winner against Western Washington (Sept. 2)

As a Sophomore (2022)
- Started all 20 matches, registering 1,244 minutes
- Helped the Wildcats post a CCAA second-best 0.75 goals-against average
- Tallied 2 goals and 1 assist
- Scored both goals in back-to-back matches against Cal State East Bay (Oct. 6) and at Stanislaus State (Oct. 9)
- Only assist was at Cal State Monterey Bay in the CCAA Tournament first round (Oct. 30)
- Played in 3 fulltime matches

As a Freshman (2021)
- Played in all 18 matches, starting 14
- Appeared in all 17 matches as a true freshman, posting a pair of goals
- Netted first goal of his Chico State career vs. Fresno Pacific (Sept. 20)

Pre-Chico Days 
- A 2019 graduate of Rodriguez High School in Fairfield
- Earned four varsity letters
- Helped lead the Mustangs to the 2018–19 Monticello Empire League crown
- Named All-MEL and team MVP three times
- Named the league’s Offensive Player of the Year as a junior
- Also lettered in football, earning team MVP honors

Personal
- Born February 22, 2001, in Fairfield
- Son of John and Stephanie
- Has two siblings, Gianna and Gianfranco
- His hero is God (“Without God nothing is possible”)
- The person he most admires in the sports world is Lionel Messi (“for his composure and absolute domination in the world of futbol”)
- His favorite course at Chico State is MGMT 491 with Eva Shepherd
- Why he chose to attend Chico State: “The atmosphere on campus and my close friend (Garvin Brooks) and I would be on the soccer team”
- His greatest sports moment was scoring on a bicycle kick during the last minutes of the UPSL finals
- The most interesting thing he’s ever done is start a podcast and a YouTube channel
- The most impressive thing he’s ever accomplished is starting his own business, "Shout out Fusion NFC!"
- Has learned by playing soccer that “your mentality is everything!”
- Enjoys meditating when he has free time
- Considers slacklining his biggest non-sports talent
- Used to do modeling as a kid”
- At the top of his bucket list: “See the Pyramids in Egypt”
- Best advice ever received, "If you ain't first, then you're last. - Ricky Bobby"
- Majoring in business entrepreneurship
- Plans to play professional soccer, travel the world, and running his business