University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Accolades

• Tabbed 2023 America East Striker of the Year, becoming the first Retriever soccer player to repeat as a major award winner since Pete Caringi III achieved the feat in 2012/2013 and only one of four players to bring home back-to-back accolades.  
• Selected to the America East First Team, becoming the first Retriever since Caringi III (2011-13) to earn three consecutive top honors.
• Also tabbed to the 2023 America East All-Academic Team  
• Named 2022 America East Striker of the Year, UMBC’s first major award winner since Malcolm Harris earned Defender of the Year honors in 2015. 
• The first Retriever Striker of the Year since Kay Banjo received that honor in 2014.
• Also tabbed to the 2022 America East First Team 
• Named to 2022 United Soccer Coaches Northeast Conference Second Team 
• Earned 2021 America East First Team honors
• Named to 2021 United Soccer Coaches Northeast Regional team
• Named the team’s Most Valuable Athlete for fall of 2021
• Named to 2021 America East Fall Honor Roll
• Earned 2020 (spring 2021) America East All-Rookie Team honors

• Reached the 10-goal plateau in back-to-back seasons and his 32nd career strike vs. UNH moved him into eighth place on the school's all-time list
• Moved into a tie for eighth place on the Retrievers’ all-time points list with 79
• Opened the season with a hat trick versus George Mason
• Posted his sixth career multiple-goal game with a pair versus No. 16 Cornell on Sept. 16
• Tallied a goal and an assist in UMBC’s historic three-goal rally in a 4-4 draw versus Navy on Oct. 3

• Netted a career-best 11 goals and added seven assists in 17 games
• His 29 points is the fifth-most (tied with Shawn Miller) for a junior in school history
• Posted a goal and career-best two assists in the opener versus Fairfield
• Added two goals each in victories over St. Francis Brooklyn, UMass Lowell and NJIT
• Set a school record by scoring 10 seconds into the contest versus St. Francis Brooklyn
• UMBC was 7-0-1 when he scored a goal 
• Tallied the game-tying goal in the 83’ in the Retrievers’ 2-1 win over Vermont on Oct. 22
• Went the distance (90 or 110 minutes) on nine occasions

• Ranked second in points, third in shots and second in shots on goal in America East
• Appeared in all 19 games with 18 starts
• Recorded team highs with nine goals and 23 points 
• Tallied five game winning goals, first in the league and 13th (tied) in the nation
• Named America East player of the Week on 9/20/21 after a two-goal, three-assist week versus Mount St. Mary’s and Hartford
• Had a first half natural hat-trick against Lehigh (4’, 10’, 26’) on Sept. 21
• Named 6 in Top Drawer Soccer’s America East Elite post-season rankings  

2020 (spring 2021)

• Led the Retrievers with 24 shots and 16 on goal
• Finished second in America East with 2.0 SOG per game and fourth with 3.0 shots per contest
• In his collegiate debut, scored the game-winning goal in the 106’ in the season opener versus GW (2/23)
• The aforementioned goal provided Head Coach Pete Caringi, Jr. with his 300th victory at UMBC
• Earned America East Rookie of the Week honors on 3/1
• Also hit the nets on a dazzling shot in the 81’ vs. St. Joseph’s (4/3)

BACKGROUND DATA: 

• Earned All-America, All-State and The Baltimore Sun All-Metro honors in 2019
• Part of two State Cup and two MIAA B Conference championship squads
• Led the metro area with 33 goals in 2019, including 11 multiple-goal games
• Competed in his father’s native Brazil against DI professional teams
• Father, Adauto Neto, scored over 100 goals in eight seasons with the Baltimore Blast
• Considered defending national champion Georgetown, Navy and Loyola (Maryland)
• Concordia’s Student Government Association president