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Olivia Candelino Season 2024

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Olivia Candelino Season 2024

PositionF/MF
Height5-5
ClassGraduate Student
HometownJacksonville, Fla.

HONORS AND AWARDS
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2022-23)
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2021-22)
Chi Sigma Alpha Honor Society (2021-22)
SEC All-Tournament Team (2021)
SEC Freshman of the Week (Mar. 15, 2021)
SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 21, 22, 23)

First Appearance: Oct. 13, 2020 vs. Ole Miss
First Start: Feb. 19, 2021 vs. Kennesaw State
First Goal: Feb. 19, 2021 vs. Kennesaw State
First Assist: April 17, 2021 vs. Virginia Tech 

SENIOR SEASON (2023)
Played in all 20 matches, earning a start in 15... ripped off 19 shots and placed six on frame... picked up an assist on a goal from Sydney Richards during the Tigers' 5-0 rout of Troy (Aug. 20)... set career highs for single-game shots (5) and shots on goal (4) at Army (Aug. 27)... helped force an own goal from the Black Knights in the 51st minute... season high for minutes played came at Syracuse (Aug. 24), seeing 75 minutes of action.

JUNIOR SEASON (2022)
Saw a late start to the season following a minor injury in the preseason... logged 874 minutes in 16 contests at forward, including 13 starts... scored one goal and assisted a trio of others... saw a season-high 75 minutes and found the back of the net against UMass Lowell (Sept. 8)... picked up an assist the very next match at Samford (Sept. 11)... recorded two more assists in back-to-back conference bouts at Kentucky (Oct. 6) and versus Mississippi State (Oct. 9)... took a season-high four shots both versus UMass Lowell and No. 18 Tennessee (Oct. 20).

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2021)
Started at forward in all 20 contests and logged 1,320 minutes … tied for the team lead and was tied for eighth in the SEC with eight assists … ranked fourth on the team with 12 points … put 13 of her 31 shots on goal (.419 SOG%) … registered her first two assists of the season in back-to-back games at Troy (Aug. 26) and vs. UAB (Sept. 2) … recorded her first career brace and a career-best four points vs. Chattanooga (Sept. 5) … fired off a season-high five shots vs. Alabama A&M (Sept. 9) … assisted in back-to-back games against Georgia (Sept. 17) and at Tennessee (Sept. 23) to start SEC play … put three of three shots on frame at Tennessee … assisted on the game-winning goal at Mississippi State (Oct. 7) … played 88 minutes and tallied her sixth assist at Ole Miss (Oct. 24) … was named to the SEC All-Tournament Team after assisting in back-to-back games against South Carolina (Nov. 2) and Arkansas (Nov. 4) … played a season-high 89 minutes in the NCAA Tournament contest vs. Samford (Nov. 12) ... named to the 2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll. 

FRESHMAN SEASON (2020-21)
Played in 17 contests and earned a start in all eight matches during the spring season … ranked third on the team with three goals and fourth with seven points, all of which came during the spring season … was named the team’s Most Improved Player … six of her 14 shots were on goal (.429 SOG%) … made her collegiate debut and logged four minutes against Ole Miss (Oct. 13) … made her first career start and found the back of the net for the first time in a 5-0 win vs. Kennesaw State (Feb. 19) … scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win against Georgia (Mar. 13) … was name the SEC Freshman of the Week for her effort against the Bulldogs … played a season-high 76 minutes in a 2OT contest at Louisville (Mar. 20) … turned in her second game-winning goal in a 3-0 win against South Alabama (Apr. 3) … fired off a season-high four shots against the Jaguars … turned in her first assist of the season in the regular season finale vs. Virginia Tech (Apr. 17) ... named to the 2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll. 

CLUB
Was a teammate of Jolie Baltzegar on Armada FC ... named the 2017-18 ECNL Southeast Conference Player of the Year and a ECNL All-American after totaling 56 points on 18 goals and 20 assists on the season ... earned an invite to the 2018 ECNL National Training Camp and was named to the 2018-19 ECNL Southeast All-Conference Team.

HIGH SCHOOL
Competed for The Bolles School and head coach Matt Tracy ... was named the 2019-20 Gatorade Player of the Year in Florida ... registered 311 points on 108 goals and 95 assists in her career ... led her team to three straight 2A State Championships while earning Florida Player of the Year awards from the Florida Times-Union and Florida Dairy Farmers in each of the last two seasons ... also named a 2019 Allstate All-American and to the 2019 Top Drawer Soccer Winter All-Region Team ... was a member of the Spanish Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Anthony and Jennifer Candelino ... has two siblings, Ross and Jillian ...  brother, Ross, plays basketball at the University of Wisconsin... her dad, Anthony, was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the fourth round of the 1985 MLB Draft and went on to play basketball at Marquette after an injury.