Professional Career
First Round selection (19th overall) by Columbus Crew SC in the MLS SuperDraft in January of 2016 … became the first FGCU player ever drafted and the highest selection from the Atlantic Sun Conference in league history … made his international debut for Guatemala in a friendly against Honduras in February of 2016.
Career Overview
A four-time all-league selection, culminating with being named Atlantic Sun Player of the Year as a senior in 2015 … was a two-time A-Sun First Team selection as a senior and a junior … A-Sun Second Team pick as a sophomore … A-Sun All-Freshman Team selection … also named to the NSCAA All-Region Third Team as a senior and the A-Sun All-Academic Team as a junior … a central midfielder, he controlled the middle of the pitch for the Eagles for his four years … in that timeframe, FGCU played 69 total games, and he appeared in 67 of them with 65 starts … finished his career with 11 total points off two goals and seven assists … helped lead FGCU to A-Sun regular-season championships each of his four years with the Green and Blue, a pair of A-Sun Tournament titles and two berths in the NCAA Championship … helped guide the Eagles to a record of 34-24-12 in his career, including a dominant 20-3-4 mark in conference games.
As A Senior (2015) | Game-By-Game Stats
Named Atlantic Sun Player of the Year … A-Sun First Team selection … NSCAA All-Region Third Team … started 12 of the 13 games he appeared in and posted a career-high three assists – including both helpers in FGCU’s 2-1 win at Brown (Sept. 25) … his 1,097 minutes were the most by any non-defender or goalie on the team … issued the game-winning assist in the 89th minute against Princeton (Sept. 10) for a 3-2 victory which snapped what was at the time the nation’s longest unbeaten streak at 10 … helped lead FGCU to an unprecedented sixth-straight A-Sun regular-season championship with a league record of 4-0-1 … played an integral role in FGCU’s conference-leading defense as the Eagles led the A-Sun in goals allowed (13 – nine fewer than any other team), goals against average (0.88 – .45 better than any other team) and shutouts (seven – two more than any other team) … in A-Sun games, FGCU allowed just one goal in five matches and finished with a goal differential of +14.
Summer (2015)
Was called into the Guatemala National Team Camp where he spent time training with the full national club as the lone collegiate and amateur player in the camp ... spent the majority of the summer with the U23 Guatemala National Team in preparation of Olympic qualifying matches.
As A Junior (2014) | Game-By-Game Stats
Named to the Atlantic Sun All-Conference First Team for the first time in his career, one of a program-record eight all-conference selections for FGCU … also named to the A-Sun Academic All-Conference Team for the first time … controlled the middle of the pitch for the Eagles, playing in 19 of 20 games and making 18 starts … scored his lone goal at Northern Kentucky (Oct. 11) as part of a 3-1 win … attempted 10 shots on the year, four of which were on frame … helped FGCU allow the fewest goals in the A-Sun (15) – nine less than any other league member – and post nine shutouts – three more than any other A-Sun team … integral member of the Eagles’ backline which had a shutout streak of 495:40 broken in the 86th minute of the NCAA Tournament.
As A Sophomore (2013) | Game-By-Game Stats
Was named to the Atlantic Sun All-Conference Second Team … tied for fifth on the team with two assists … recorded his first assist to Xavier Silva in 3-2 loss at Seattle University … recorded second assist to Isaiah Madrid in 3-0 victory over USC Upstate … finished fourth on the team with 1,403 minutes played … started all 16 games … played at least 90 minutes in 13 matches.
As A Freshman (2012) | Game-By-Game Stats
Was named to the Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team … started in all 19 games … had six shots on goal … scored one goal … his goal was scored against USC Upstate (Oct. 12), which gave the Eagles a 1-0 win … had two assists ... both took place in the Bucknell game (Sept. 2) … had 14 shots … shot percentage was .071.
Personal
Born on Feb. 22, 1993 ... business management major ... son of Jaime and Claudia Saravia ... has a sister: Mariandree Saravia ... favorite athletes are Xavi Hernadez and Frank Lampard ... would like to meet Andres Iniesta ... also recruited by Boston College, VCU, NC State and Rutgers ... played alongside seven future Division-I soccer players ... chose FGCU because of its great facilities, beautiful campus, academic programs and quality soccer team ... has also played a few months with Guatemala National team U-20.
