UNCP Athletics

AS A REDSHIRT-JUNIOR (2015):
Named to the PBC All-Academic Team and the NCCSIA All-State Squad ... Played in all 15 games for the Braves with 12 starts, totaling 1082 minutes of action ... Third on the team with three goals ... Notched his lone assist in a Sept. 12 match with Georgia Southwestern ... Fourth on the sqaud with seven points ... Racked up a season-high 110 minutes in a standstill with North Georgia ... Totaled 25 shots, including 10 on goal ... Fired a season-high three shots on goal in a Sept. 26 contest with Clayton State.

AS A REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE (2014)
A member of the squad that earned the Team NSCAA Academic Award … Named to the PBC All-Academic Team … Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar ... PBC Presidential Honor Roll ... DII ADA Academic Achievement Award … As a forward, he played in 17 games with 14 starts to his credit to record 1211 minutes on the field … Finished the season with two points as he notched his only goal in the 3-3 draw with Brevard to log UNCP’s second goal of the game … Took 23 shots, 10 of which (.435) were on goal … Registered a season-high five shots against Brevard and four against Georgia Southwestern … Recorded a season-high 108 minutes in the standstill with Brevard prior to 92 minutes in the standstill with Montevallo.

AS A REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN (2013)
Garnered the D2 Academic Achievement Award … A member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll ... As a midfielder, he played in 13 games with six starts to his credit to record 486 minutes on the field … Finished the season with two points as he notched one goal … Recorded his only goal of the season in the 5-0 shutout victory over Mount Olive … Took six shots, three of which (.500) were on goal … Registered a season-high four shots against Mount Olive … Recorded a season-best 72 minutes in the contest against Flagler … UNCP skyrocketed to No. 15 in the national rankings for the second time in the Phil Hindson era after starting the season with a 5-1-0 record … During the season, the Braves shutout then-No. 3 Lander to mark one of the biggest wins in school history from a rankings standpoint.  

BEFORE UNCP
Attended UNC Charlotte and played soccer for Kevin Langan … As a freshman, the 49ers went 15-4-3 and 7-1-1 in conference … Redshirted his first year of collegiate soccer.

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Leesville Road High School under coach Paul Dinkanor … A three-year letterman in soccer … Named to the all-district and all-region teams … Registered 11 goals and 15 assists as a senior … Helped the Pride capture the CAP 98 championship in 2010 … Played club soccer for CASL Chelsea USSF Academy U18 under coach Carlos Somoano.

PERSONAL
The son of Claudia Cuervas and Mirko Theis … Has three brothers, Tadeo, Mihael and Ivo … Ranked 70th out of his 580-member senior class with a 4.2 weighted grade point average … Graduated with honors … Was a liaison and member of the Spanish club … A business administration major at UNCP.