| Mahatha Oliver |
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IN 2003: Named a College Soccer News Third Team All-American ... selected as a NSCAA/adidas All-South Atlantic Region Second Team choice ... named a Soccer Times Third Team All-American ... named First Team All-ACC ... selected to the ACC All-Tournament Team ... twice named to Soccer America's Team of the Week for Week's 3 & 12 ... named to the Virginia Soccer Classic All-Tournament Team and to the Maryland Soccer Classic All-Tournament Team ... started all 18 games he appeared in ... scored four points resulting from two goals ... took six shots on the season ... recorded his first collegiate goal against #19 Saint Louis in the Virginia Soccer Classic (8/31) ... scored the first goal of the game in UVa's 2-1 victory over #3 Wake Forest (9/13) ... converted a penalty kick in the pk shoot-out with #2 Maryland following a 1-1 tie as Virginia won the ACC Championship Title (11/16) ... started all three games of the ACC Tournament against Clemson, #3 Wake Forest and #2 Maryland ... helped the UVa defense record seven shutouts on the season, including three shutouts in the postseason after a pair of 2-0 victories in the NCAA Tournament against Seton Hall (11/21) and #4 Wake Forest (11/26) and a 1-0 victory over #3 Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament (11/14) ... lettered.
IN 2002: Recorded 1,805 minutes of playing time after starting all 22 games he appeared in ... scored one point resulting from one assist (a game-winner) ... named Second Team All-ACC ... selected a NSCAA/adidas South Atlantic Region Second Team choice ... named an honorable mention All-America selection by College Soccer News ... named to the Virginia Soccer Classic All-Tournament Team (9/1) ... named to the Maryland/FILA Classic All-Tournament Team (9/8) ... recorded his first point of the season when he dished-out the game-winning assist on Alecko Eskandarian's goal in UVa's 3-2 victory over #25 Kentucky in the Virginia Soccer Classic (8/30) ... helped the UVa defense record seven shutouts through the regular season and ACC Championship ... helped Virginia record a pair of 1-0 shutouts against #1 Wake Forest and #5 Maryland ... one of only two players to start or play in every game for the Cavaliers ... took one shot in UVa's 3-2 victory over #25 Kentucky (8/30) in the Virginia Soccer Classic ... lettered.
IN 2001: Recorded 1,740 minutes of playing time after starting all 19 games he appeared in ... scored one point resulting from an assist ... named Second Team All-ACC ... selected to Soccer America's All-Freshman Team ... recorded his first collegiate assist (game-winner) when he sent a ball upfield to teammate Ryan Gibbs, who scored the game-winning goal in Virginia's 1-0 victory over VCU (10/6) ... helped Virginia post seven consecutive shutouts on defense through a 37-day period from September 9 - October 17 ... helped UVa record back-to-back shutout victories over Wake Forest (9/17) and North Carolina (9/22) ... helped Virginia record a 1-0 shutout victory over William & Mary (9/26) ... helped UVa record a 2-0 shutout win over N.C. State (9/30) ... played 90 minutes in UVa's 2-1 victory over Liberty (8/31) and 120 minutes in the Cavaliers 2-2 tie with UCLA (9/2) ... started both games in the Virginia Soccer Classic and the Maryland/Fila Classic ... played 90 minutes in Virginia's 4-2 victory over American (9/7) and in UVa's 3-2 win over Creighton (9/9) in the Maryland/Fila Classic ... lettered.
IN 2000: Did not appear in a game ... sat out the season to rehabilitate an injury.
HIGH SCHOOL: Parade All-American selection in 1998-99 and was named a NSCAA All-American in 1999 ... a two-time All-Metropolitan First Team choice and a NSCAA First Team All-South selection in 1998-99 ... a three-time team captain at DeMatha ... named a All-County and All-Conference selection three times ... competed on the Region I Olympic Developmental Program for four years and was a member of the U.S. National Under 18 (1998-99) and Under 20 (2000) National Team Pool ... also served as the team captain three of the five years he participated on the Maryland State ODP ... coached by current UVa men's assistant coach Craig Reynolds on the ODP Region I Team ... earned four letters in soccer at DeMatha Catholic for coaches Steve Powers (1997-99) and Rob Ryerson (1996).
PERSONAL: Born on November 5, 1981 in Oceanside, Calif. ... son of Mahatha and Karen Oliver.
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