Oliver Posarelli

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-11
Weight:
170
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Verona, Italy
High School:
Agli Angeli
Prev School:
Montana State

Honors and Awards:
TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (Feb. 15, 2021)
BIG EAST All-Academic (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21)
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Oct. 15, 2018)

Feature Stories:
New Goals for Posarelli's Last Season on the Team (Sept. 22, 2020)
MSOC Returners, Chemistry Could Result in 2019 Success (Aug. 27, 2019)

2021-21 (RSr.): Started all 13 games as a senior ... Played all 93 minutes against Loyola Chicago (Feb. 3) ... Played all 95 minutes against Northern Illinois, tallying one shot (Feb. 7) ... Played the full game in a 1-0 win over Saint Louis, helping the backline keep its third straight clean sheet ... Was named to the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week on Feb. 15 ... Tallied one shot and played all 105 minutes against Creighton (Feb. 20) ... Played in all 90 minutes of action at DePaul and picked up a yellow card (March 6) ... Played the full 110 minutes in a 0-0 draw at Butler (March 10) ... Started against Xavier in a 2-1 win (March 17) ... Picked up a yellow card in 94 minutes in an overtime win at Creighton (March 20) ... Played the full 107 minutes in a 2-1 double-overtime win against DePaul (March 24) ... Stayed on the field for all 94 minutes in a 1-0 overtime win over Butler on senior day (March 27) ... Played all 90 minutes in the BIG EAST tournament semifinals against Seton Hall (April 15) ... Had a shot while playing the full 110 in the PK victory over Loyola Marymount (May 2) ... Played the full 90 minutes in the 2-1 defeat in the Sweet 16 to Indiana (May 6).

2019 (Sr.): Started and played 39 minutes in the season opener against UAB (Aug. 30).

2018 (Jr.): Had first start in a Marquette uniform against Penn, and went on to start 15 of 19 games throughout the 2018 campaign ... Earned BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll accolades after his efforts on the back line in the 4-0 shutout against St. John's.

Prior to Marquette: Played two seasons for Montana State where he earned first team All-GNAC honors as a sophomore and second team all-league honors as a freshman … Was also named GNAC Player of the Week once … Prior to college, he attended Agli Angeli High School and played club soccer for Arzignano (Serie D) and A.C. Cievo Verona (U19 Serie A).

Personal: Born in Pisa, Italy … Son of Paolo Posarelli and Enrica Ballarini … Has one younger brother, Pablo … Plans to study marketing.