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Luca Mayr

  • position M/F
  • height 5-9
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Steyr, Austria
  • High school SV Ried
  • position M/F
  • height 5-9
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Steyr, Austria
  • High school SV Ried

Luca Mayr Bio

AWARDS/HONORS

  • 2018 Second Team All-C-USA
  • 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District 4 Team
  • 2018 C-USA All-Academic Team 
  • 2018 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
  • 2017 First Team All-C-USA
  • 2017 United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Second Team
  • 2017-18 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
  • 2017 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
  • 2016 C-USA All-Freshman Team
  • 2016-17 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
  • 2016-17 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2018 (JUNIOR)

  • For the second consecutive season, led the Gamecocks in points (11) with four goals and three assists en route to earning Second Team All-C-USA Honors as a midfielder… he also led Carolina in shots (54) and shots on goal (23)… he had a career-high two game-winners (tied for the most on the team), slotting home the winning goal from 35-yards out with 19.4 seconds left in the team’s, 2-1, victory at No. 19 Virginia Tech (10/1)… also had the game-winner in the second half of a 1-0 victory over Georgia State at home (10/23)… his 3.18 shots per game ranked in the top-50 nationally during the regular season… scored multiple points (goals and assists) in five different matches… had second career multi-assist game in a 2-1 victory vs. Lipscomb early in the season (8/27)… also a standout student, was one of eleven players named to the C-USA All-Academic Team… earned a spot on the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District 4 Team and the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2017 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Had a standout second season in Garnet & Black, leading the team in points (18), goals (6) and assists (6) en route to earning First Team All-C-USA and Second Team All-Southeast Region honors… started all 17 matches… his 18 points ranked fourth in the league… led the team with 47 shots (fourth in C-USA) and 19 shots on goal… went 2-for-2 on penalties, the team’s only PKs… tallied three points (1G, 1A) in Carolina’s season-opening win vs. USC Upstate (8/25), including the game-winning goal in the 65th minute… assisted on both of the team’s goals in a 2-1 victory over Mercer in SV1 (8/28)… rattled in Carolina’s only score in a loss at No. 5 Clemson (9/1)… helped lead the Gamecocks to a 1-0 win vs. No. 13 Furman (9/19) with the game-winning goal in the 50th minute… his performance against the Paladins earned him C-USA Offensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career… also scored goals vs. Virginia Tech (10/3) and vs. No. 14 FIU (10/14)… tallied three points (1G, 1A) in Carolina’s 3-2 comeback Senior Day win vs. Old Dominion (11/8)… also named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2016 (FRESHMAN)

  • Played and started all 20 matches his first season en route to being named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team… finished out the year with nine points (3G, 3A)… led the team with 52 shots and ranked second with 18 shots on goal… his 2.60 shots per game ranked fourth in C-USA… scored his first career goal in the second game of the season vs. Mercer (8/30)… scored the game-winning goal in the team’s 3-1 win at home vs. Georgia State (9/24)… logged his first career assist in the team’s 3-0 rout on the road at No. 18 Furman (9/20)… earned a spot on the C-USA Academic Honor Roll and the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

PRE-COLLEGE

  • A member of the SV Ried team in the Austrian Football Bundesliga … Scored a goal in a friendly match against Champions League side Galatasaray Istanbul … Made 19 appearances for Austria’s Youth National Team, scoring four goals as a winger and forward … Represented Austria in the 2013 UEFA European U-17 Championship in Slovakia and the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup held in the United Arab Emirates.

PERSONAL

  • Son of Birgitta and Peter Mayr … Has a brother, Robin … Attended high school at Hak Ried im Innkreis … Majoring in International Business.