Career: Nominated for Lowe's Senior CLASS Award... Three-time A-Sun All-Academic team member who has helped CU defense hold opponents to one or no goals 41 times in the last three seasons... Has played in 48 collegiate games with 40 starts... Owns 3.74 GPA as a biology/pre-med major and Spanish minor... Played summer of 2009 with Mississippi Brilla of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL)...
2008: Tabbed for the ESPN The Magazine / Academic All-District 3 Men's Soccer University Division team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)... Named to A-Sun All-Academic team for third-consecutive season... Presented Campbell's Coaches Award and Eric Brodin Award for Academic Excellence... Starting back for A-Sun regular-season champs... In first 11 for each of CU's school-record 12-straight victories, including a perfect 9-0 A-Sun regular season and 2-0 win over No. 7 North Carolina... Hit career highs for games played (18) and started (17), despite missing 2 outings due to injury... Starter on team that allowed the fewest goals (20), had the lowest team goals-against average (0.99) and most shutouts (9) in the Atlantic Sun...
2007: Earned A-Sun All-Academic honors for the second-straight year... Played in 15 games with 10 starts at outside back for A-Sun tournament champions... Missed 4 games due to injury... CU surrendered less than two goals in nine of the contests he played... First career point came on assist for Josue Soto's game-winning goal at Stetson (9/29)...
2006: Named to Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team... Presented team's Jim McVeigh Award as its most promising freshman in 2006... Played in 15 matches and started each of team's last 13 outings... Helped lead CU to the best team goals-against average (1.18) in the A-Sun... Was in starting 11 for each of CU's 7 A-Sun games... Helped hold Campbell opponents to one, or fewer, goals in 13 contests... Also in lineup for 1-0 win over 3rd-ranked North Carolina on (10/10)... Made collegiate debut as a reserve vs. Duquesne (9/9)... First collegiate start came in 3-1 win over High Point (9/20)...
Prep/Personal: Austin Cole Skakle was one of four members of the '87 CASL Elite team to join the Fighting Camels in 2006... Helped the Raleigh-based club qualify for the USYSA Region 3 Championship in Little Rock, Ark... Teammate of former Camel Ryan Freeborn at Cary HS, where the Imps won a pair of conference titles (2003, 2004)... All-conference and all-region choice... Notched 8 goals and 15 assists as a senior... Had 35 goals and 38 assists in 4-year prep career... Presidential Academic Scholarship recipient, who has earned President's List honors in each of his last five semesters, and Dean's List honors once.... Also a member of the Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society and the Campbell University Fellowship of Christian Athletes... Born May 3, 1988 in Durham, N.C.... Biology/pre-med major...
Career Statistics
Year MP/MS SH G A Pts. GWG
2006 15/13 5 0 0 0 0
2007 15/10 3 0 1 1 0
2008 18/17 7 0 0 0 0
Total 48/40 15 0 1 1 0
