Andrew Thomas Season 2020

In The News

• 10/25/19: Andrew Thomas’ next pset: Stanford goalie discusses life on and off the field - Inyoung Choi (Stanford Daily)

Career Accolades

• NCAA champion (2017)
• Three-time Pac-12 champion (2017-18, 2020)
• Three-time United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region (2018-20)
• Three-time All-Pac-12 First Team (2018-20)
• United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team (2019)
• College Soccer News All-America Second Team (2019)
• Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Third Team (2019)
• Two-time College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Nov. 11, 2019; Nov. 25, 2019)
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (Nov. 12, 2019)
• Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Freshman First Team (2018)
• College Soccer News All-Freshman First Team (2018)
• Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week (Nov. 27, 2018)
• College Soccer News National Player of the Week (Nov. 26, 2018)
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America First Team (2020)
• Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America (2019-20)
• NCAA Elite 90 Award (2019)
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region (2020)
• Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team (2019-20)
• Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2019-20)
• Pac-12 All-Academic First Team (2018)

As a Redshirt Junior (2020-21) • Pac-12 Champions

• United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region Second Team
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America First Team
• CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region
• CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Started all but one match, totaling 1,218:48 minutes in goal
• Led the Pac-12 and ranked 24th nationally with a goals against average of 0.690
  • Featured a save percentage of .727
• Made a season-high six saves in a 3-1 win at California (2/20)
• Totaled four shutouts on the year, including two stretches of back-to-back scoreless performances
• Played every minute of the game in all but three appearances on the year
• As a team, Stanford led the Pac-12 and was second nationally in shutouts (8) and 13th in goals against average (0.629)

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2019)

• United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team
• College Soccer News All-America Second Team
• Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Third Team
• United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region First Team
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• Two-time College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Nov. 11; Nov. 25)
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (Nov. 12)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
• NCAA Elite 90 Award
• CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Started all but one match, missing to train with the U.S. U23 national team in San Diego
• Totaled 1990:34 minutes between the pipes
• Ranked 11th nationally in save percentage (.805), 14th in goals against average (0.72) and 16th in shutouts (8)
• Made a season-high six saves twice, at No. 3 Akron (9/2) and at UC Santa Barbara (9/28)
• Saved four penalty kick attempts in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to defeat No. 20 Seattle (11/24)
• Made the game-clinching penalty kick save against No. 3 Clemson (12/6) to advance to the NCAA College Cup
• Featured two stretches of three-game shutout streaks throughout the season
• As a team, Stanford was 10th in the country in team goals against average (0.688) and tied for sixth in shutouts (11)

As a Redshirt Freshman (2018) • Pac-12 Champions

• Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Freshman First Team
• College Soccer News All-Freshman First Team
• United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region First Team
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week (Nov. 27)
• College Soccer News National Player of the Week (Nov. 26)
• Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
• Allowed 14 goals and posted a 0.626 goals against average while playing 2,013 minutes
• Appeared in goal in all but five minutes of the season's 2,018
• Ninth in the country in goals against average and seventh in solo shutouts (11)
• Third in the country in save percentage (.854) and tied for 13th in total saves (82)
• Seventh in the nation in goalie minutes played
• Seventh in school single-season history in goals against average, tied for sixth in shutouts and sixth in total saves 
• Made a career-high 11 stops in Stanford's third-round scoreless draw at Saint Mary's (11/25)
• Stopped the Gaels' first penalty kick in the shootout, which the Cardinal won 4-2
• As a team, Stanford was eighth in the country in team goals against average (0.625) and fifth in shutouts (12)

As a Freshman (2017) • NCAA Champions • Pac-12 Champions

• Redshirted

U.S. Soccer

• The only collegian on the U.S. Under-23 Men's National Team's 24-player roster for its Sept. 2019 camp in San Diego and friendly against Japan
• Participated in a U-23 training camp in Herriman, Utah from June 9-16, 2019
• Called for a combined preparation camp with players from the Senior and U-23 Men's National Teams from May 26-June 2, 2019 in Annapolis, Md.

Prior to Stanford

• Graduate of Merchant Taylors' School in Northwood, United Kingdom
• Member of Watford FC Academy (English Premier League) from age 9
  • Started multiple matches for Watford U23's and was invited to train with first team
• Enjoyed a successful short-term loan spell with England Football Conference side Wealdstone FC, covering for an injured starter
• Helped Watford U18's to Professional Development League South Championship (2016) and kept nine consecutive clean sheets in route to the title
• Competed in two England FA Youth Cups
• Helped Watford U15's to third place in N. Ireland Milk Cup with two penalty saves against Liverpool FC
• Deferred a Watford FC Academy Scholar contract at U16 in order to complete high school studies (A-levels)
  • Withdrew after U18 season for the opportunity to attend Stanford
• Alongside soccer, highly regarded cricket player (“cricketer”) and member of Middlesex CCC Academy from age 10
• Member of England's U17 national cricket team and competed against Pakistan and the UAE during a three-week series in Dubai
• Two-time national winner of England Cricket Board “talent test” – a two-day skills competition for England’s top youth cricketers
• Multiple prize winner at the Bunbury Cricket Festival, a select tournament for England’s 50 best U15 cricketers
• Channeled to Elite Development Program within the Middlesex CCC Academy
• Member of U15 national club cricket champions, Harrow St Mary’s
• Having divided time for 10 years, chose to pursue soccer over cricket with the decision to attend Stanford

Personal

• Full name is Andrew Delmos Thomas
• Born in Moscow, Russia
• Son of Svetlana and Matthew Thomas
• Younger brother Alex is at Carleton College
• Majoring in engineering physics
• Speaks Russian and holds triple citizenship (UK, U.S., Russia)