2024 Men's Soccer Roster
Luis Sahmkow
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Richardson, Texas
- High School:
- Plano East
Career Highlights
2024 First Team All-ACC
2024 USC All-South Region First Team
2024: Earned First Team All-ACC accolades … One of two Panthers to start in all 20 matches … Led the team in points with 21 … Recorded nine goals and three assists … Compiled a team-high .645 SOG% … Notched two game-winning-goals … Tallied three games with 3+ points … Registered consecutive braces against Louisville (9/13) and Cleveland State (9/17).
2023: Appeared in 13 matches while earning a career-high 11 starts at forward for the Panthers during his junior season… Posted a career year with six goals and a team-high 12 points on 22 shots (11 on goal)… Finished the season going 3-for-3 on his penalty kick opportunities… Recorded his first career hat trick with three goals and six points on a career-high five shots in the 5-1 win over FDU (9/18)… The three-goal game marked the first for a Panther since 2018… Netted goals in back-to-back games twice on the season including in wins over Howard (8/28) and Wake Forest (9/9)… Buried a goal in the road loss to Syracuse (9/22)… Posted five games with multiple shots including two with multiple shots on goal… Named to the All-ACC Academic Team for the second straight season.
2022: Was a key reserve for the Panthers as he appeared in 15 matches and earned six starts at forward during his sophomore season… Closed out his impressive campaign ranking third on the team with four goals, three assists and 11 points while notching 11 shots (six on goal)… He netted goals in three straight games (Oct. 10 – Oct. 17) for the first time in his career… Scored the game-tying goal in the 78th minute in the draw against #10 Denver (Oct. 10)… Netted his first career game-winning goal in a 1-0 road win over Virginia Tech (Oct. 14), scoring in the 59th minute… Posted his first career three-point game (goal & assist) in the 5-2 home win over #25 Duquesne (Oct. 17)… Scored in NCAA Tournament Second Round win over #16 Akron (Nov. 20).. Collected an assist in back-to-back games for the first time in his career, picking up helpers against #11 Marshall (Sept. 2) and Howard (Sept. 5)… Went 1-for-1 on penalty kick chances (vs. #10 Denver)… Played a total of 559 minutes on the year… Earned All-ACC Academic Team honors for the first time in his career.
2021: Appeared in 10 games… Scored one goal and tallied one assist with one shot in 132 minutes of play… Made his first collegiate appearance vs. Duquesne (8/26), playing 16 minutes… Recorded his first career goal at home vs. Virginia Tech (10/29) to help Pitt clinch its second-straight ACC Coastal crown… Registered an assist in the NCAA Tournament Second Round vs. Northern Illinois (11/21).
High School: Attended Plano East High School in Plano, Texas… After five games at the junior varsity level freshman year, moved up to varsity where he was named MVP and was the season goal leader for both JV and varsity… Named Second Team All-District as a freshman.
Club: Played for Solar F.C.… From 2018-21, played solely for Solar F.C., earning multiple top finishes and awards… Placed second in the U15/16 Dallas Cup and third in the U15/16 US Nationals in 2018… In 2019, named DA U/16/17 National Champions… Competed in the MLS Next in 2021, leading the league in goals (28) and winning the U19 Dallas Cup championship and named MVP in the final… Played in the U19 MLS Cup semifinal that same season.
Personal: Son of Reinaldo Sahmkow and Veronica Melton… Has a younger brother, Diego… Born in Venezuela and moved to Texas at the age of seven… Fluent in both Spanish and English… Enjoys playing golf, tennis and traveling.
