Elliot Panicco

Elliot Panicco (born 1996) is an American soccer player who was drafted by the Nashville SC in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft. He last played college soccer for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Panicco is the most recent recipient of the Senior CLASS Award for men's soccer, a national award recognizing the best senior men's college soccer player in the country.

Elliot Panicco
Personal information
Full name Elliot Panicco
Date of birth (1996-11-18) November 18, 1996
Place of birth Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Nashville SC
Number 30
Youth career
2011–2013 Hough Huskies
2013–2014 Carolina Rapids
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Charlotte 49ers 77 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Nashville SC 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 13, 2020

Career

Youth and college

In December 2014, Panicco graduated high school early and enrolled at UNC Charlotte during the Spring 2015 semester. Panicco played with the men's soccer team during their spring 2015 exhibitions. During the 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, his freshman year, Panicco was redshirted for the season. Starting his sophomore year, Panicco became a four-year starter for the 49ers program, amassing a total of 77 appearances for the team, as well as earning one assist during his college career.

Panicco made his college soccer debut on August 29, 2016 in a 6–0 victory against Hofstra, where he would record his first career shutout, and make four saves during the match. Panicco would then go on to register three consecutive shutouts following the victory over Hofstra. On September 17, 2016, during a conference slate against Old Dominion, Panicco would register his first, and only, collegiate assist, helping Charlotte prevail to a 2–0 victory. In total, Panicco made eight shutouts during his freshman campaign. He finished the 2016 season with a goalkeeping record of 12–4–2. Concluding the 2016 Conference USA men's soccer season, Panicco was named the Conference USA Men's Soccer Freshman of the Year and named to the Conference USA All-First Team.[1]

In 2017, in his second year, Panicco helped Charlotte reach the championship match of the 2017 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament, where they ultimately lost to Old Dominion. In his third-year, Panicco won the Conference USA Golden Glove Award and was featured twice on the TopDrawerSoccer.com national team of the week. Panicco was also named to the NCCSIA All-State Team. In his senior season, Panicco won the Senior CLASS Award for men's soccer.[2]

Honors

Individual
  • Senior CLASS Award: 2019[2]

David Schlee Memorial Award: 2017 Conference USA Golden Glove: 2019

  • Conference USA Golden Glove: 2018

Conference USA Golden Glove: 2016

  • Conference USA Men's Soccer Freshman of the Year: 2016[1]

All Conference USA 1st Team: 2019 All Conference USA 1st Team: 2018 All Conference USA 1st Team: 2016 All Conference USA Freshman Team: 2016

References
  1. "MSOC: All-Conference USA Honors Announced". Conference USA. November 8, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  2. "Charlotte's Elliot Panicco Wins 2019 Senior CLASS Award® for Men's Soccer". seniorclassaward.com. December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
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