Biography
Honors & Awards:
- 2023 Second Team All-Ivy League
- 2021, 2022 Honorable Mention All-Ivy League
- Two-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week
- Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Sept. 30, 2019)
Columbia Men's Soccer Record Book:
- No. 2 all-time in career saves (237)
2023: Played and started 13 of the team's 14 matches, totaling 1,103 minutes with two shutouts ... Made 53 total saves, averaging 4.08 saves per game and a .757 save percentage ... Ranked No. 2 in the Ivy League in saves per game, No. 3 in save percentage and No. 4 in total saves ... Ranked No. 36 in the NCAA in saves per game, No. 52 in save percentage and No. 86 in total saves ... Named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week twice during the season (Sept. 18, Nov. 6) ... Played all 90 minutes in 11 of the 13 games he started ... Made five saves in a 3-0 victory against Manhattan (Sept. 5) ... Tallied nine saves in a highlight-worthy game at Rutgers (Sept. 13) ... Went on to be named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career (Sept. 18) ... Earned a combined shutout in Columbia 2-0 victory against Quinnipiac, playing the game's first 68 minutes (Sept. 19) ... Posted a career-high 10-save performance in a 0-0 shutout on his Senior Night against Cornell, ending his Columbia career No. 2 all-time total saves (Nov. 4).
2022: Played and started 15 of the team's 16 matches in goal ... Played every minute of every match that he started, totaling 1,350 minutes ... Ranked No. 2 in the Ivy League in both total saves (56) and saves per game (3.73) ... Ranked top 100 in the NCAA in saves, saves per game and save percentage (.737) ... Picked up four shutouts ... Made five saves on seven shots faced in a 1-1 draw with Manhattan (Sept. 9) ... Made a season-high eight saves off 19 shots faced at Drexel (Sept. 20) ... Went for six saves in a 0-0 shutout versus Iona (Sept. 24) ... Boasted six saves in another shutout against Yale (Oct. 29).
2021: Played in 15 of Columbia's 16 games, earning 14 starts ... Recorded 1,339 minutes in goal with a 1.48 goals against average and two shutouts ... Averaged 5.33 saves per game, ranking No. 1 in the Ivy League and No. 9 in the NCAA ... Made 80 total saves, which was tops in the Ivy League and ranked No. 12 in the NCAA ... No. 2 in the Ivy League and Top 25 in the NCAA in save percentage (.784) ... Made five or more saves in six consecutive games from Sept. 13 - Oct. 5 ... Made a career-high 10 saves to help the Lions earn a 1-1 draw at Dartmouth (Oct. 23) ... Named Honorable Mention All-Ivy League.
2019: Played and started 15 of Columbia's 17 games in goal ... Posted a record of 5-6-4 and totaled 1,418 minutes ... Made a team-high 48 saves and ranked third in the Ivy League with 3.2 saves per game ... Was 3-for-3 on penalty saves ... Made his collegiate debut in the season opener at Omaha, earning the start and making six saves in a 1-1 draw (Sept. 6) ... Went all 110 minutes of a 1-1 draw in his Rocco B. Commisso Stadium debut against Army (Sept. 13) ... Earned his first victory in goal with two saves in a 3-2 Columbia triumph at UConn (Sept. 20) ... Made a season-high seven saves, including two in succession off a penalty attempt, en route to his first shutout in a 2-0 Lions win over Monmouth (Sept. 27) ... Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Sept. 30) ... Stopped a penalty for the second consecutive game to help the Lions win their Ivy League opener, 3-2, against Brown (Oct. 5) ... Earned his first Ivy League shutout at Dartmouth and stopped his third penalty attempt of the season (Oct. 26) ... Made it back-to-back shutouts by holding Fordham goalless in a 1-0 victory (Oct. 29).
Prior to Columbia: Played five years in goal for FC Dallas Academy (2015-19) ... Started 20 games in his final season ... Top appearances over five years came at the 2017 national semifinals against Real Salt Lake, as well as an appearance between the posts against NYCFC in the 2019 Winter Showcase ... Garnered national interest as part of the U.S. U14 and U16 National Team rosters ... Has been invited to the U.S. Soccer Training Camp ... Honors include being named to both the ODP Regional Team and State Team ... Academically, a recipient of Lone Star High School’s Award for Academic Excellency after graduating with a 4.6 GPA.
Personal: Born May 25, 2001 in Plano, Texas ... Son of Stacey and Mike Collodi ... Mother, Stacey, played collegiate volleyball and basketball at Colorado School of Mines ... Father, Mike, played collegiate soccer at Colorado School of Mines ... Grandfather, Mike Collodi, Sr., played collegiate football and baseball at Colorado School of Mines, as well as minor league baseball in the Los Angeles Dodgers farm system ... Chose Columbia over considerations from several schools, including Duke, Stanford, Maryland, Kentucky and Yale.
