West Texas A&M University Athletics

2016: Appeared in 14 matches including starting four of the five final matches for the Buffs in 2016 while recording 530 minutes on the field. He finished the season with two assists and four shots while playing in a defensive midfield role for WT. He played a career-high 78 minutes on Oct. 29 at Eastern New Mexico.

Notre Dame College: Started in 31 of 35 possible matches while logging 2,794 minutes in two seasons for the Falcons. He earned Mountain East Conference All-Freshman Team honors after scoring two goals during his freshman campaign.

High School: Graduated from Monteverde Academy (Fla.) in 2014 where he played on the boy’s soccer team that went 23-0-1 and finished the season ranked No. 1 by USA Today and TopDrawerSoccer.com.

Personal: Born on May 24, 1995. Son of Mario and Simone Silva. Has one sister, Gabriela. Majoring in business at West Texas A&M University.