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Jersey Number 2
Daniel Skistad
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 155
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Drammen, Norway
- High School:
- Drammen VGS
- Birthday:
- 1/16
- Major:
- MBA
Career Accolades
- 2021 C-USA All-Academic Team
- 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
- 2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal
- 2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Spring 2021 All-C-USA Third Team
- Spring 2021 All-C-USA Academic Team
- Spring 2021 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region Team
- Spring 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
- 2020-21 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal
- 2020-21 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal
- 2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2018-19 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal
- 2018-19 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Started in five of the 12 matches he played in
- Earned two assists during the season
- Became a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree, becoming one of two Owls tabbed with the recognition
- Earned C-USA All-Academic Team honors for the second year in a row
- Played 36 minutes in FAU’s 1-0 shutout win over Incarnate Word, where he drew the start
- Tallied an assist on one of FAU’s three goals in the 3-0 shutout win over Old Dominion
- Captured his second assist of the season in FAU’s huge 3-1 road win at UAB where he played 54 minutes off the bench for a second-half shutout
- Started in FAU’s 1-0 win at North Florida
- Played all 90 minutes of the match at No. 12 Kentucky, a season high
- Stepped up off the bench in FAU’s match vs. No. 4 Marshall in the C-USA Championship Semifinal match to play 28 minutes in the second half to close out the 3-1 win
- Played 16 minutes vs. No. 15 Kentucky in the C-USA Championship Title game
- One of eight on the team honored with the C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal and C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Earned his first All-C-USA Team honors, earning a spot on the Third Team
- One of three Owls tabbed to the 10-person All-C-USA Academic Team and later was recognized to the United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region Team and CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
- Key contributor to the Owls’ backline limiting opponents all season to 11 total goals and a 0.92 goals against average, which set new program records
- Started in all 12 games, while logging the fourth most minutes on the squad (1087)
- Played eight full matches without a substitution
- Got a shot off in the 1-0 win vs. North Florida, where he was also instrumental in the shutout
- A part of the 1-0 shutout win vs. Stetson, playing all 90 minutes on the pitch
- Got off a shot in the Owls’ 1-1 draw against St. Thomas
- Logged first career assist in FAU’s 4-0 rout over NCAA Tournament qualifier Jacksonville
- Limited Florida Gulf Coast to three shots in the 1-1 draw, where he played all 110 minutes
- Contributor to the Owls’ shutout at Old Dominion, logging all 90 minutes
- On his Senior Day, held UAB to just two shots, one of those being a PK, to elevate the Owls to a 2-1 feat and a winning season
- One of 19 named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Honored with the C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal, one of five men’s soccer student-athletes to do so
- Finished with the third most minutes played by an Owl defender, logging 1071 on the year and playing five matches in full
- Played all 110 minutes in draw at Stetson, the first for the Owls since 2016
- Part of the relentless backline responsible for four shutouts, including two over ranked opponents (No. 17 James Madison and No. 15 Marshall)
- Recorded two shots, including one on goal against No. 17 James Madison
- Helped in limiting Keiser to zero shots taken in the second half of the 5-2 victory
- Logged shots versus Keiser and Stetson
- One of 18 on the team to be named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Awarded with the C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal for earning higher than a cumulative 3.75 GPA
- Played in all 15 matches for the Owls and started in 13
- Played a major role on the backline that secured two shutouts on the season against St. Thomas and South Carolina
- Had two shots against New Mexico
- Played the third most minutes on the team with 1096 on the season
- Earned the C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal
- Named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Played for the youth and reserve teams of the top tier Norwegian side, Stromsgodset, receiving over 50 caps with the second team
- Won silver in the Norwegian U19 Championship in 2015
- Born on January 16
- Son of Paal and Hege Skistad
- His father played for Norwegian teams, Mjondalen and Stromsgodset
- Majoring in business at FAU
Men's Soccer Selection Show Reaction
Monday, November 17
Inside the Owls Burrow 2025-26 #13
Friday, November 07
Inside the Owls Burrow 2025-26 #12
Friday, October 31
Inside the Owls Burrow 2025-26 #11
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