Michael Sauers Season 2016

#9
PositionFORWARD
Weight155 lbs
Height5-10
YearSenior
HometownGlen Arm, Md.

Collegiate Honors
All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (2016)

2016:
Received all-Pac-12 honorable mention ... Started 15 of 17 games in his lone season at SDSU after transferring from Maryland ... Logged 1,161 minutes on the year, which marked the most of any Aztec forward ... Ranked third on the team with three goals and tied for the third spot with seven points ... Played full time in five matches, including all 110 minutes in the season opener against UIC at the Gonzaga Soccer Tournament (Aug 26) ... Delivered the game-winning goal two days later in the 11th minute against Bradley to lift the Scarlet and Black to a 1-0 triumph (Aug. 28) ... Earned a spot on the all-tournament team after helping SDSU capture the team championship with a pair of victories at the Courtyard Marriott San Diego Central Tournament ... Scored on a penalty kick in the event opener vs. UT Rio Grande Valley as the Aztecs rolled to a 3-0 shutout (Sept. 9) ... Tallied the decisive goal in a 1-0 overtime thriller on a rain-soaked pitch at California, propelling SDSU to its first victory in Berkeley since 2009 (Oct. 16) ... Finished with two shots vs. UNLV in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 17).

Maryland (2013-15):
Appeared in 54 matches for Maryland over three seasons … All-ACC Freshman Team honoree in 2013 after notching five goals and an assist ... Ranked No. 32 following the 2013 campaign in Top Drawer Soccer's Men's Freshmen Top 100 ... Named to the ACC Championship All-Tournament Team that season.

High School:
Attended Archbishop Curley ... NSCAA All-American, All-South first team, all-region, all-state, all-metro and All-MIAA his senior season at Archbishop Curley ... A second team All-State, All-Metro and All-MIAA pick in 2011 ... Also played four years of golf at Archbishop Curley ... Member of the DC United Academy U-18 club team for two years.