Koty Millard

AWARDS/HONORS

• 2016 Third Team All-Conference USA
• 2015 Second Team All-Conference USA
• 2015 Second Team NSCAA All-Southeast Region
• 2016 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• 2016-17 C-USA Academic Honor Roll
• 2015 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• 2015-16 C-USA Academic Honor Roll
• 2014 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• 2014-15 C-USA Academic Honor Roll
• 2013-14 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

• 2013-14 C-USA Academic Honor Roll

2016 (Senior)

• Four-year letterwinner that played and started all 20 matches and was named Third Team All-Conference USA in his final season as a Gamecock… finished the year with six points (2G, 2A), 22 shots and 10 shots on goal… logged his first points of the season with an assist in the team’s 2-1 win vs. Georgia Southern (9/13) at Stone Stadium… recorded a season-high three points in the team’s 3-1 win over Georgia State (9/24)… booted in the opening goal from 25-yards out in the 22nd minute and assisted on Luca Mayr’s game-winner in the 50th minute… scored in the team’s 3-2 road win at Old Dominion (10/22)… selected to the C-USA and SEC Academic Honor Rolls for the fourth time.

2015 (Junior)

• One of four Gamecocks to start all 21 matches … Tied for the team lead with five assists while adding a goal … On both the All-Conference USA and NSCAA All-Southeast Region second teams … Tallied the first goal in the home win over Georgia Southern (8/31) … His first three helpers came as part of double assists against UNC Greensboro (9/8), at UAB (9/18) and at home over No. 7 New Mexico (9/25)… Also assisted on the icebreaker in the road win at Marshall (10/2) … Got the assist on the first goal in the victory over No. 13 Old Dominion (10/31) … Earned placement on the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week after that helper against the Monarchs … Named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week after his play in the shutout win over Coastal Carolina (11/7) … Garnered recognition on the Southeastern Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll and the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2014 (Sophomore)

• Drew 18 starts and played in 19 matches overall in the midfield … Scored five points on two goals and an assist, with both goals ranking as game-winners over ranked teams … Landed the golden goal in the double-overtime win over No. 25 Clemson (9/2) … Scored the game-winning goal in the Conference USA Tournament opener against No. 18 Kentucky after having an assist against the Wildcats in the regular-season meeting two weeks earlier … Played every minute in four matches: vs. Belmont, East Tennessee State and in both games at Old Dominion … Named to the Southeastern Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll and the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2013 (Freshman)

• Started 17 of his 18 appearances…posted two points on a pair of assists, both game-winners… scored his first point in the Garnet and Black with a game-winning assist to Kurtis Turner vs. FAU (Oct. 16)…fed Asa Kryst with a cross that led to a goal in the 85th minute to cap a furious comeback for a 4-3 win at No. 10 UAB (Nov. 3)…fired eight shots on the season, all in conference play, putting two on goal…named to the Conference USA Academic Honor Roll.

PRE-COLLEGE

• Four-year letterwinner at Cardinal Newman for coach Will Eudy … U18 U.S. National Team player pool … 2012 U18 U.S. National Team Camp … Named the 2013 South Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year … Rated as the No. 1 signee in the South Atlantic Region and the No. 12 overall midfielder by TopDrawerSoccer.com … Rated as the No. 24 overall graduate in the 2013 class in the IMG Academy Top 150 Rankings (TopDrawerSoccer.com) … 2012, 2011 High School All-American … HSSR 3-A Co-Player of the Year (2011, 2012) … Named All-State, All-Region (2010-2012) … 2012 State All-Star … SC Soccer “Super 22” … ESPN/Rise All-American … U15 U.S. National Team (2010), playing in four international games … U15 U.S. National Team training camp (2010).

PERSONAL

• Son of Lisa and Jimmy Millard, has a brother, Wyatt, and a sister, Tristan … Majoring in exercise science.