Biography
Career
Games/Starts: 64/61
Stats Through 2017: 9 goals, 8 assists, 26 points, 3 game-winning goals, 5,099 minutes
Awards
United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-Atlantic Region – 2018
First Team All-Patriot League - 2018
Patriot League Tournament MVP – 2018
Patriot League All-Tournament Team – 2017, 2018
Colgate Athletics Scholar-Athlete of the Year – 2019
Patriot League Academic Honor Roll – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Raider Academic Honor Roll – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2018 (Senior)
Games/Starts: 23/23
Stats: 5 goals, 4 assists, 14 points, 1 game-winning goal, 45 shots, 16 shots on goal, 2,097 minutes
Best Games: Led Raiders with five goals and 14 points…racked up two goals and two assists in Patriot League Tournament to earn MVP honors and lead Colgate to third straight title…scored both postseason goals in 2-1 comeback win over Lehigh in semifinals (Nov. 9)…dished out a pair of assists to propel Raiders to 3-2 overtime win over American in quarterfinals (Nov. 6)…notched insurance goals against Hofstra (Aug. 30), Bucknell (Oct. 13), and Holy Cross (Oct. 24)…handed out assist on game-winning goal against Boston University (Nov. 2)…struck a season-high three shots on goal against Lafayette (Oct. 20) and Boston University (Nov. 2).
2017 (Junior)
Games/Starts: 19/18
Stats: 3 goals, 2 game-winning goals, 0 assists, 6 points, 15 shots, 5 shots on goal, 1,545 minutes
Best Games: Scored the game-winning goal in Colgate’s 1-0 win over Holy Cross (11/12) in the Patriot League title game to secure the Raiders’ second-straight league title and earn a spot on the All-Tournament team…also scored the game-winner in the Raiders 2-0 victory over American (10/7)…added a goal in a regular-season contest against UMass (9/16)…emerged as one of Colgate’s strongest midfielders, helping the Raiders secure eight shutouts on the season…played 90-plus minutes in 13 games, including all six of Colgate’s postseason games.
2016 (Sophomore)
Games/Starts: 21/20
Stats: 1 goal, 4 assists, 6 points, 15 shots, 6 shots on goal, 1,454 minutes
Best Games: Tallied a goal in a 4-3 overtime victory over Bucknell…assisted two of Colgate’s three goals in the Raiders’ 3-1 Patriot League Semifinal victory over Loyola to help lead the team to its sixth-ever Patriot League Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance…added assists in victories over Saint Francis (Pa.) and Boston University.
2015 (Freshman)
Games/Starts: 1/0
Stats: 3 minutes
Best Games: Appeared in one game for the Raiders against Duquesne on Sept. 20.
Before Colgate
Attended Horace Greeley High School … team captain for his academy team during his junior and senior seasons … during his freshman year his team was the Section 1 Division Champions… graduated Magne Cum Laude … also lettered in basketball during high school, where he earned the Coaches Award sophomore year.
Personal
Born: Oliver Thomas Harris in San Francisco, Calif.
Family: Parents are Christopher and Louise Harris of Chappaqua, N.Y. … has one sister…father played soccer at Colgate and mother was a member of the crew team, both graduated in ’87.
