Beto Soto

Marquette Men's Soccer 2023-24 media day at Al McGuire Center on August 8, 2023 in Milwaukee, WI.

Photo by: Josh Meitz

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-8
Weight:
145
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Houston, Texas
High School:
Houston Dynamo Adademy

Honors and Awards
BIG EAST Freshman of the Year (Spring 2021)
Third Team All-BIG EAST (Spring 2021, 2021)
BIG EAST All-Tournament Team (Spring 2021)
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Sept. 6, 2021)
Top Drawer Soccer Second Team All-Freshmen Best XI (Spring 2021)
College Soccer News First Team All-Freshmen (Spring 2021)
No. 12 on Top Drawer Soccer Postseason Best Freshmen Rankings (Spring 2021)
No. 28 on Top Drawer Soccer Mid-Season Best Freshmen Rankings (Spring 2021)
BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
2023-24
BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2023 (Sr.): Saw action in all 15 games, starting in 12 of them ... Credited with a season high of two goals against UTRGV (Sept. 8) ... Recorded one goal at UConn (Oct. 14) ... Registered a season high of five shots at Butler (Sept. 23) ... Obtained one assist against Detroit Mercy (Sept. 1), Wisconsin (Sept. 11) and DePaul (Oct. 18).

2022 (Jr.): 4G-2A-10 Points ... Played in all 18 games and started in 16 ... Registered four goals on the season matching career-high ...Recorded 24 shots on goal ... Assisted on two goals ... Competed in 1246 minutes of play.

2021 (R-Fr.): 4G-3A-11 Points ... Named to the All-BIG EAST Third Team ... Played in 16 games, started 14 ... Finished second on team in points (11) and goals (four) ... Scored team-high three game-winning goals on season ... Led team in shots (30) and shots on goal (18) ... Recorded season-high two points with a goal and assist against Kansas City (Sept. 3) ... Scored one goal against SIUE (Aug. 29), Xavier (Oct. 6) and Creighton (Oct. 9) ... Notched one assist against DePaul (Oct. 16) and Butler (Oct. 20) ... Registered over 1100 minutes at forward.

2020-21 (Fr.): 3G-1A-7 Points ... Just the second player in Marquette history to be named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year ... Third Team All-BIG EAST honoree ... Named to BIG EAST All-Tournament Team ... Named to Top Drawer Soccer's Second Team All-Freshmen Best XI ... Started in 12 of the team's 13 games ... Two of his goals were game-winners ... Has started at striker in every game in 2021 ... Started at forward and played 84 minutes against Loyola Chicago (Feb. 3), scoring the game-winning goal in overtime in a 1-0 victory in his first collegiate game ... Tallied one shot in 83 minutes in his second start against Northern Illinois (Feb. 7) ... Tallied one shot on goal in 81 minutes against Saint Louis (Feb. 13) ... Played 90 minutes against Creighton (Feb. 20) ... Scored the eventual game-winning goal off a free kick to take down DePaul on the road (March 6) ... Both of his shots against the Blue Demons came on frame ... Had three shots (two on goal) to create the team's best scoring chances in a 0-0 draw at Butler (March 10) ... Started and played 69 minutes against Xavier (March 17) ... Scored his third goal of the season and tallied a team-high five shots (two on goal) in a 2-1 overtime win over Creighton (March 20) ... Had two shots in 76 minutes played in the double-overtime win over DePaul (March 24) ... Tallied three shots, including one on goal, in an overtime win over Butler (March 27) ... Tallied three shots, including two on goal, in the BIG EAST tournament semifinals against Seton Hall (April 15) ... Had 3 shots and converted the first penalty in the victory over No. 4 Loyola Marymount (May 2) ... Played 51 minutes in the 2-1 defeat to No. 2 Indiana (May 6).

Prior to Marquette: Played for the Houston Dynamo U19 team the past few years … Practiced with Houston Dynamo's MLS team in the summer of 2019 … In 2018, his team was named the USSDA Central Conference Team of the Year … Participated in the U.S. U16 National Team Camp in the summer of 2017.

Personal: Son of Leticia and Heriberto … Majoring in criminology and psychology.