GREENSBORO, N.C. – It's official. Theo Collomb is the most popular Division I men's soccer player in the country.
 
The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) sophomore forward made a clean sweep of three major National Player of the Week Awards when he was honored by the United Soccer Coaches Wednesday afternoon.
 
That recognition capped off a memorable week of awards for the Clermont, France native. To recap, Collomb was named the College Soccer News National Player of the Week on Monday and the TopDrawer Soccer National Player of the Week and Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Week on Tuesday.
 
There are no more awards to win this week for Collomb, the nation's leading goal scorer.
 
"Earning all these national honors was something crazy for me," Collomb said. "I expected to be Man of the Week for the SoCon, but not winning three national honors. It took me a bit to realize what I just did because it's something that happened in the 80's for UNCG and it's like being part of the history of the program. It's exactly why I came here. The team is putting UNCG back on the national level by proving every week how good we are."

"All the honors I won this week are definitely dedicated to my teammates/staff who put everything together to be successful this week. Now, we have to focus because the conference games are coming and we know what our objectives are."
 
By now if you've been following, you know can probably recite Collomb's statistics from the week of Sept. 20-26 by memorization.
 
However, in case you're new to this space, here's all Collomb did over the last seven days for the Spartans. He helped UNCG win a pair of matches by scoring five goals and recording two assists for a total of 12 points.
 
Collomb scored two beautiful goals to lead UNCG to a pulsating 3-1 victory over second-ranked Clemson on Sept. 21, one of the best wins in the history of the program. It was Clemson's first loss of the season. Clemson entered the game with six consecutive shutouts and one goal allowed.
 
"It was a crazy week for sure we started by playing Clemson a team that was in 7 wins out of 7 games with just one goal against and we just outplayed them," Collomb said. "It was fantastic and of course scoring two goals against the best defense in the country was something huge for me, but it was definitely a team victory. When I scored, everyone was celebrating with everyone not just the one who scored. It proved that the goal was as important as the assist or the pass before. It was a team effort and it was a pleasure to shine because of it."

He ended the week by notching his first career hat-trick during a 7-0 victory over VMI in the Spartans' Southern Conference opener last Saturday with goals in the fourth, 15th and 40th minutes. For good measure, Collomb assisted on goals from Maycol Reyes in the seventh minute and Micah Albert in the 17th minute.
 
Collomb leads the nation in goals per game (1.38), points per game (3.12), goals (11), and points (25) and is third in the NCAA in game-winning goals (3) and eighth in shots per game (2.25). He has registered 19 career goals during his time as a Spartan.


Including Tuesday's 1-0 overtime road win at Coastal Carolina, UNCG has a six-match unbeaten streak in which it has outscored opponents, 22-1. 
 
UNCG is currently 7-2-1 after finishing the month of September with a 6-1-1 record. Collomb scored 10 of his 11 goals in the month of September. He has four multi-goal scoring games this season (Stetson, Winthrop, Clemson, and VMI).
 
The Spartans are fifth in the United Soccer Coaches South region poll and receiving votes in the national poll.
 
The Spartan Scoring Machine leads the country in scoring offense (3.11) and goals (28). The Spartans are second in points (82), points per game (9.11), and goal differential (20). UNCG is third in assists (26) and assists per game (2.89).
 
The Spartans are also eighth in shots on goal per contest (7.44) and have scored three or more goals in a match five times this season.
 
UNCG returns to action on Saturday when it hosts Mercer at 7 p.m.
 

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