Christopher Newport University

2025 -- Freshman -- Appeared in ten games during his first season with the Captains ... Made collegiate debut against Merchant Marine (Aug 29) ... Saw action in six home games and four games as the visiting team ... Appeared in the NCAA Tournament second round at Lynchburg (Nov 16) ... Scored first career goal with a tally against Regent on October 11 ... Played a season-high 42 minutes against the Royals ... Also logged double-digit minutes in the midfield in four more games 

At Freedom -- Earned first team All-District honors in 2024 and was a two-time second team All-District player for the Eagles ... Coaches Player of the Year in 2024 and 2025 ... Also played two years with Loudoun ECNL and two years with Northern Virginia Alliance ECNL ... Made national playoffs with Loudoun ECNL in 2023 ... Made national playoffs with Northern Virginia Alliance ECNL in 2024 ... Was selected as a first team All-Conference midfielder in 2023

Personal -- Shaurya Thakur was born in Ashburn, Va. ... Son of Sanjay and Lata Thakur ... Has one sister, Sarisha ... Favorite athlete is Neymar ... Person in history he'd most like to meet is Pele ... Dream vacation is a trip to Iceland ... Favorite food is lava cake with ice cream ... Favorite movie is Seven and favorite TV show is Death Note ... Majoring in Information Science