Honors and Awards:
MAC Hermann Finalist (2018)…2018 Senior CLASS Award Winner…United Soccer Coaches' First Team All-America...CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team...2018 No. 1 Player in Top Drawer Soccer Midseason Top-100…Summit League Offensive Player of the Year (2017 and 2018)...Summit League First Team (2015, 2017 and 2018)...Summit League Athlete of the Month (November, 2016, October, 2017, September, 2018)...Summit League Offensive Player of the Week (10/16/17, 10/23/17, 10/30/17, 8/27/18, 9/10/18, 9/17/18, 9/24/18, 10/8/18)... Summit League Second Team (2016)…United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week (9/18/18, 9/25/18)…College Soccer News National Player of the Week (8/27/18, 9/17/18)…College Soccer News National Team of the Week (10/24/16, 11/7/16, 8/27/18, 9/17/18, 9/24/18, 11/5/18)…Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week (9/18/18)…Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (8/27/18, 9/17/18, 9/24/18)…Summit League Tournament MVP (2016)…2015 Summit League Newcomer of the Year…USL PDL Player of the Weekend (08/27/18)…CoSIDA Academic All-District (2018)....United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-West Region.
Career:
Made 83 career appearances, starting 67 matches, scoring 51 goals and adding 15 assists…83 appearances tied with Scott DeVoss and Sam Hamilton for the most in Denver's Division I history...Netted 19 game-winning goals Set Denver’s career records in points (117), goals (51) and game-winning goals (19)…Tied Denver’s career record in appearances with 83…Led a Denver senior class that entered the NCAA Tournament third in the country in wins (61-11-10) and second in the country in percentage of points earned at 78.5%...Reached the century mark in points on October 5, 2018 with the 43rd and 44th goals of his career…Scored multiple goals in season openers three times in his four-year career.
2018:
Captain…Played and started in all 21 matches, scoring 28 goals and adding four assists…Netted 11 game-winning goals…Tallied nine multi-goal matches, including the first five hat tricks of his career and a four goal game in the Summit League opener at Omaha…Entered the NCAA Quarterfinal weekend first in the country in points per game (2.86), first in total points (60), first in goals per game (1.33), first in total goals (28), 14th in shot accuracy (60.6%), first in game-winning goals (11), second in shots per game (4.71) and first in shots on goal per game (2.86)… Became Denver’s record holder in single-season points (60), goals (28) and game-winning goals (11)…2018 goal total eclipsed Denver’s previous career record goal tally of 27…As of Nov. 6, scored eight more goals than the next closest player in the national rankings…His first hat trick on Aug. 24 against Monmouth was the fastest hat trick in Denver’s DI history, and was the 15th fastest from first to third goals in NCAA DI history…Three of his four goals on Sept. 23 at Omaha came 3:51 apart, the eighth fastest three-consecutive goals by the same player in NCAA DI history...NCAA RANKINGS: First in the country in points per game (2.86), first in the country in total points (60), first in the country in goals per game (1.33), first in the country in total goals (28), 14th in the country in shot accuracy (.606), first in the country in game-winning goals (11), second in the country in shots per game (4.71) and first in the country in shots on goal per game (2.86).
2017:
Played in 19 matches, starting 17 of them…Scored a team-high nine goals to co-lead the Summit League in the regular season, and netted a league-best five in Summit League play…Added four assists for a team-high 22 points…His 22 points sits eighth in Denver’s Division I single-season history…Scored game-winning goals against at Fort Wayne (10/14) and at Oral Roberts (10/21)…Netted two game-tying goals, including equalizing against Omaha in the regular season with 16 seconds remaining in regulation.
2016:
Played in all 24 matches, starting 13 of them…Scored nine goals and tallied five assists in the campaign for 21 points (seventh in Denver’s DI single-season history)…Led Denver with five-game winning goals (second in Denver’s DI history) in an eight-match stretch…Scored an extra time winner against [RV/-] New Mexico (10/19), a Summit League winner against Oral Roberts (10/22), two goals, including an extra time winner over [RV/28] Portland (11/3), two goals including the winner in the Summit League final against Omaha (11/12), and the winner in Denver’s NCAA Round of 16 match against Washington (11/26)…Three of his other goals were game-tying goals.
2015:
Appeared in all 19 matches making 16 starts… Led the team with 48 shots and tied as the team leader in goals with five… Tallied two assists… Scored the game winning goal against Bakersfield (8/29), his first of two in the match...Also scored in Denver's league opener against Western Illinois (9/26), in Denver's 1-1 draw against IUPUI (10/2) and the opener in Denver's 2-1 win over Gonzaga (10/5).
Before Denver:
No. 79 ranked player in the Class of 2015 according to College Soccer News...On Top Drawer Soccer’s All-American Watch List...Played his club soccer for Pequeninos do Jockey in 2013, winning the Gothia Cup and earning the Golden Boot...His recent success with Montverde Academy includes being named the MAST MVP, earning All-Tournament Team honors and winning the Golden Boot...Helped lead Montverde to a 117 match unbeaten streak and national championships each of the last two years.
Personal:
Son of Roberto and Claudia Shinyashiki...Has four siblings; Marina, Ricardo, Arthur, Leandro
Chose DU because of the great soccer program, and the University’s excellence in academics.
Franks on Shinyashiki:
Andre's unselfish work rate and leadership is what attracted us to him. As a forward, you do not always see players who are willing to scrap and fight for every ball, but Andre never takes a play off. His ability to score goals and get his shot off his something that will make him special here. We will look to Andre’ to score goals here at the University of Denver. We are confident that his goals will come through his movement off the ball and ability to combine.
Potempa on Shinyashiki:
Andre Shinyashiki is a young man of tremendous motivation, ability, and character. He is a winner on and off the field of competition in every sense of the word and knows how to create chances and score goals. I look forward to monitoring Andre's progress at the University of Denver as I know he is in great hands and he will bring great things to their program. We wish him much success at the next level.
