Amir Bashti Season 2016

In The News

• 10/20/15: Q&A: Quakes in College - Stanford freshman Amir Bashti - Sam Benavidez (SJEarthquakes.com)
• 6/14/15: The San Jose Earthquakes Academy: Built from the ground up -  Lyndsay Radnedge (Center Line Soccer) 

Career Accolades | Career Statistics and Single-Game Highs

• 48th overall pick by Atlanta United in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft
• 2018 United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-American
• 2018 United Soccer Coaches Scholar First Team All-American
• 2018 United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region First Team
• 2018 All-Pac-12 First Team
• 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-District
• 2018 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-West Region
• 2018 Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (Oct. 2, 2018)
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Oct. 2, 2018)
• College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Oct. 1, 2018)
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (Sept. 18, 2018)
• 2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• 2016 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Nov. 24, 2015)
• College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Nov. 23, 2015)
• Tied for first in school history in games played with Lee Morrison (88)
• Tallied 19 goals and 13 assists
• Put 72 of his 154 career shots on goal (.468)
• Five game-winning goals
• In his four seasons, Stanford won three national championships, four Pac-12 titles, had a 63-11-16 overall record (.789) and a 31-4-5 (.838) conference mark

As a Senior (2018) | Game-by-Game Stats

• United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-American
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar First Team All-American
• United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region First Team
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-West Region
• Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (Oct. 2)
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Oct. 2)
• College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Oct. 1)
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (Sept. 18)
• Appeared in all 21 matches and started 20
• Posted career highs in goals (7), assists (6) and points (20)
• Third on the team in scoring, tied for first in assists and third in points
• Tied for sixth in the conference in goals, tied for fifth in assists and fifth in points
• Collected his third career brace in a 3-0 win over Delaware (9/16), scoring twice in the span of two minutes
• Began conference with goals and assists in home victories against San Diego State (9/27) and UCLA (9/30)
• Also had a goal and an assist in a 3-1 win against Washington (10/21)
• Scored the 88th-minute equalizer in a 1-1 draw at Georgetown (9/3)
• Had a goal in a 4-2 win at Cal (10/7)
• Other assists came against No. 15 UMass Lowell (9/14), San Diego State (11/1) and UCLA (11/4)

As a Junior (2017) | Game-by-Game Stats

• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Appeared in all 23 matches and started six
• Scored six goals and had two assists
• Tied for second on the team in scoring and fifth in points (14)
• Second career brace came in a 5-0 win at San Diego State (9/28)
• Responsible for the game winner in a 5-1 victory over UCLA (11/2)
• Also scored against No. 24 Cal (10/8), No. 21 Washington (10/19) and San Diego State (11/5)
• Assisted on Foster Langsdorf's goal in a 1-0 win against Northeastern (9/3) in his first start of the season
• Also assisted on Langsdorf's strike in the 18th minute of a 3-0 victory at Oregon State (10/22)

As a Sophomore (2016) | Game-by-Game Stats

• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Appeared in all 23 matches, making four starts
• Tied for sixth on the team in points (7) on two goals and three assists
• Scored the winner in a 1-0 victory at No. 16 Washington (10/6), Stanford's first in Seattle since 2006
• Other goal came in the regular-season finale, a 2-1 win at Cal (11/11)
• Assisted on goals in wins over San Jose State (9/10), No. 25 San Diego State (10/13) and Pacific (11/2)
• Put 14 of his 21 shots on frame and tied for the team lead in shots on goal percentage (.667)
• Converted in the College Cup semifinal penalty kick shootout against No. 10 North Carolina (12/9)

As a Freshman (2015) | Game-by-Game Stats

• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Nov. 24)
• College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Nov. 23)
• Appeared in 21 matches, making one start, scoring four goals and adding two assists
• Scored twice off the bench to spur Stanford to a 3-1 victory over Santa Clara in the second round of the NCAA Tournament
• Was the first multi-goal game for a Stanford player in the postseason since Roger Levesque’s brace on Nov. 30, 2001 in a 3-1 win over Portland
• Earned his first career point assisting on Jordan Morris' winner in the 100th minute against Davidson (9/20)
• Scored his first career goals in back-to-back matches with Oregon State (10/11) and UCLA (10/16)
• First start came at San Diego State (10/18)
• Missed matches against Northeastern (9/4) and VCU (9/6) while with the U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team at the Stevan Vilotic-Cele Tournament in Serbia

U.S. Soccer

• Called by U.S. Under-19 Men's National Team head coach Brad Friedel for the 33rd International U-20 Men's COTIF Tournament in Valencia, Spain in the summer of 2016
• Also played with the U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team at the Dallas Cup in March 2016 and was part of a U-20 training camp in Miami, Florida in January 2016
• Traveled to Serbia in September 2015 with the U-20s for the Stevan Vilotic-Cele Tournament
• Came on in the 32nd minute of the United States' 6-1 loss to France in Senta (9/4)
• Entered a 2-0 victory over Israel in Backa Topola (9/7) in the 78th minute
• A veteran of three camps with the U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team
• Was part of a 20-player roster that traveled to Medugorje, Bosnia & Herzegovina, for training camp April 22-May 1, 2015
• In December 2014, participated in the U-18 MNT’s camp in Marbella, Spain, which also included two matches against Germany’s U-18s
• Took part in his first U-18 camp in late October 2014 in Carson, Calif.
• Also a United States U-14 (2010) and U-15 (2010-11) National Team player

High School/Club

• A 2015 graduate of Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, Calif.
• Was a kicker for the varsity football team as a junior and senior
• As a junior, football team won the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League and made it to the Central Coast Section playoffs for the first time in six years
• Product of San Jose Earthquakes Academy
• Scored a team-high 16 goals for the Quakes in 2014-15, starting all but one of his 22 appearances, as the team went 23-7-3
• Earthquakes won the U-17/18 West Conference and came in third overall at U.S. Soccer Development Academy Championships in Carson, Calif. in late July 2015
• Named to the Under-17/18 Starting XI for the West Conference by the U.S. Soccer Development Academy in 2014-15
• Also made the Academy's Under-15/16 Starting XI for the West Conference in 2013-14
• 2014 NSCAA Youth All-American
• Made the U-15/16 Academy quarterfinals in 2013-14, scoring a team-high six times in 25 matches 
• Scored three goals in 20 games playing alongside his brother in 2012-13 to help the Quakes' U-17/18 side to the Academy playoffs

Personal

• Born in San Jose, Calif.
• Son of Nusha and Iraj Bashti
• Older brother, Malek, plays soccer at UC San Diego
• 2005 MLS U-9 Dribble, Pass and Shoot National Champion
• Fluent in French and Spanish