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Leon Niklas Schwarzer

  • Class
    2017
  • Honors
    Men's Soccer (2016-2017)
- 2017 WCC Player of the Year
- 2017 1st Team All-WCC
- 2017 1st Team WCC All-Academic
- 2017 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American Second Team
- 2016 1st Team All-WCC

2017 (SENIOR): 
Took home multiple honors including WCC Player of the Year, All-WCC First-Team, WCC All-Academic and United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American Second Team honors…started and played in all 19 games for the Dons this season…tallied six goals and a team-high nine assists…notched a season high two goals against UCLA (Aug. 26)...assisted on two of the three goals against Gonzaga (Oct. 27)…provided an assist in both NCAA Tournament games…scored against UCLA, Butler (Sept. 3), San Jose State (Sept. 22), Portland (Oct. 29) and Pacific (Nov. 8).

2016 (JUNIOR): Took home first team All-WCC honors in his first season on the Hilltop... tied for the team lead with three goals during WCC play, which also tied for sixth in the conference... his five goals overall were the second-most on the team... netted the game-winner in the 72nd minute at CSU Bakersfield for his first USF goal... also scored against Air Force, Portland, Pacific and in the season finale at Loyola Marymount... added his lone assist of the season in a win over UC Davis... registered 24 shots with 11 shots on goal... led the team with 1,449 minutes on the pitch. 

2015 (SOPHOMORE AT USC UPSTATE): Started all 15 games, tallying nine goals and six assists... led the Atlantic Sun in assists for the second consecutive season... earned First-Team All-Atlantic Sun honors... named to the A-Sun All-Academic Team and the Academic All-District Team with a 4.0 GPA... earned A-Sun All-Tournament recognition... recognized as a member of the College Soccer News National Team of the week... named a “HERO” national player of the week on one occasion... earned the team MVP award... ranked second in the A-Sun in goals scored (9)... ranked No. 13 in the NCAA in points per game (1.60) and No. 23 in goals per game (0.60)... helped lead USC Upstate to the Atlantic Sun tournament final for the first time in school history.
    
2014 (FRESHMAN AT USC UPSTATE): Started all 15 games in the midfield for the Spartans... named to CollegeSportsMadness.com’s Atlantic Sun All-Freshman team… finished third on the team with seven points… totaled one goal and a team-best five assists… ranked fifth in the A-Sun in assists per game… member of the A-Sun All-Academic Team.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Played club soccer in the German Bundesliga and Westfalenliga for Preussen Munster U-17 and U-19... appeared in 14 matches in his last season in the U-19 Bundesliga, but injuries limited him to five starts... attended Immanuel- Kant Gymnasium... won the City Tennis Championship twice.
 
PERSONAL: Born Nov. 3, 1995 in Munster, Germany... parents are Armin and Sigrid Schwarzer... has a brother, Marc... enjoys playing tennis, snowboarding, skiing, and playing volleyball… obtained his official snowboard Instructor Certification in Austria in 2014... majoring in Business Management or International Business. 
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