Christian Sload Season 2017

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Finished Penn State career with eight goals and nine assists for 25 total points...Totaled four career game-winning goals.

2019 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (11/5)…Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for third-straight season.

Season: Appeared in 18 games with 16 starts as a striker…Scored career season-high five goals…Added five assists, second most on team…Totaled career season-high 15 points…Had three game-winning goals, second most on team…Registered one multi-assist game…Totaled 1,249 minutes on the pitch.

No. 5 Stanford (8/30): Recorded then-season high four shots. at Stony Brook (9/2): Scored first goal of season…Matched then-season high four shots. at No. 15 UCF (9/6): Scored game-tying goal to force overtime. at Stetson (9/8): Had one assist. Villanova (9/13): Tallied one assist…Took four shots. at Ohio State (9/21): Recorded assists on both goals in overtime victory in Big Ten opener…Registered first career multi-assist game. Northwestern (10/12): Recorded season-high six shots. Appalachian State (10/25): Had one assist. No. 17 Maryland (10/29): Scored game-winning goal in overtime in comeback on Senior Night. at Rutgers (11/3): Scored game-winning goal in overtime for second-straight game…Helped Nittany Lions remain undefeated on the road in regular-season play. Wisconsin (11/10): Scored once in Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal game…Registered third-straight game-winning goal. No. 21 Providence (11/24): Made NCAA Tournament debut.

2018 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for second-straight season.

Season: Appeared in 16 matches and made four starts…Recorded one goal and three assists to tie his career-best total of four points…Totaled 453 minutes.

at Villanova (9/8): Had one assist. at No. 21 Michigan (9/21): Scored in third minute of game on road in first start of season. Stony Brook (10/9): Recorded one assist.

2017 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.

Season: Saw action in 16 matches with five starts…Had one goal, scoring game-winner against Saint Francis (9/8) in double overtime…Had two assists for four total points…Played 802 minutes.

Saint Francis (9/8): Scored one goal, the game-winner in double overtime. Michigan (10/1): Had one assist. at Pitt (10/10): Recorded one assist.

2016 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in 11 matches…Scored his first collegiate goal against Saint Francis (9/9).

at No. 1 Stanford (8/26): Made collegiate debut on road against defending national champion. Saint Francis (9/9): Scored first collegiate goal. 

PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Played club soccer for FC Revolution and PA Classics…Helped FC Revolution to two Delco Championships and two indoor state cup championships…Attended Wilson High School in Reading, Pennsylvania…Helped the Bulldogs to two league championships and a state final appearance…Led Wilson to BCIAA Championship three times…Was a two-time first-team all-county player and second-team all-county member once…Nabbed NSCAA All-Region Player honors as well as PSCA all-state accolades in his junior season…Garnered Berks Player of the Year accolades as a senior…Scored 30 goals in final year…Also played basketball, earning all-county honors…Was a member of National Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Full name is Christian Riley Sload…Son of Tom and Jackie Sload…Has one brother, A.J…Father, Tom, played basketball at Alvernia University…Graduated with a degree in energy business and finance in May 2020...Born October 1, 1997, in Reading, Pennsylvania.