West Virginia University Athletics

2022 (Redshirt Junior)

• United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Second Team
• All-Sun Belt Second Team
• Preseason MAC Herman Trophy Watch List
• Started all 18 games on defense
• Led the team with 1,578 minutes played
• Played all 90 minutes in 15 contests
• Scored game-winning goal against American (Sept. 6)
• Contributed to six shutouts

2021 (Redshirt Sophomore)

• United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team
• TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Third Team
• United Soccer Coaches All-North Region First Team
• Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team
• TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week Honorable Mention (Dec. 7)
• TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week Honorable Mention (Oct. 26)
• Played and started in all 21 matches, totaling 1,980 minutes
• Finished No. 3 on the team in minutes played
• Played 90 or more minutes in 17 of 21 matches
• Finished with two goals on the year; totaled 16 shots (six on goal)
• Helped back line post nine clean sheets on the year
• Scored the game-winning goal against Penn State on Sept. 3
• Also found the back of the net on Oct. 23, against Elon

2020-21 (Redshirt Freshman)

• Played in eight games, all starts, in 726 minutes of action
• Finished with two goals and one assist for five total points
• Fired three shots on the year, all of them on goal
• Scored on a penalty kick in his WVU debut on Feb. 26, at Charlotte
• Tallied the game-winning goal against Northern Illinois on March 6, with a 12th-minute penalty kick
• Recorded his lone assist of the year at SIUE on March 21
• Helped the Mountaineer back line complete six clean sheets on the season
• Played in 90 or more minutes five times

High School

• Attended Berufsbildungszentrum Schleswig for schooling
• Played his club soccer with Holstein Kiel for coach Nicola Soranno
• Three-time federal state cup winner
• Promoted to the Youth Bundesliga squad

Personal

• Son of Dirk Thiesen and Astrid Lorenzen
• Has one brother
• Birthday is October 31
• Majoring in general business
• Previously attended Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel in Germany
• Dean’s List
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll