David Goldsmith

Classroom

David Goldsmith is a 2015 CoSIDA Academic All American Third Team honoree and 2015 NSCAA All-North/Central Second Team Scholar-Athlete. Goldsmith also was named to the 2014 and 2015 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team, the 2014 and 2015 Big East All-Academic Team and the Butler Athletic Director’s Honor Roll 2013-2016. Hamilton was recognized as one of the Top 100 Outstanding Student Recognition Nominees and a part of the Blue Key National Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Deltale Honor Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars and Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society. He has made the BIG EAST’s five-player Weekly Honor Roll twice.

Character

Goldsmith was elected by his teammates as a captain in both 2015 and 2016. “David is one of my favorite student-athletes to work with. He is extremely appreciative of all the support provided by coaches, staff, athletic trainers, academic staff, professors and others. Every time—every time—you pass him in the hallway or see him on the field, he stops to have a conversation with you. Even as he was named National Player of the Week by four outlets last week, in every interview, he went out of his way to discuss team success and goals moving forward.” - SID John Dedman

Community

Goldsmith has been heavily involved in the community during his time at Butler. He has been active with the St. Mary’s Childhood Center Shoebox Christmas wrapping by wrapping shoe boxes with Butler athletes in order to give to children at the center Christmas gifts for the past three years. Goldsmith has been a Top Soccer session volunteer in which he spent a session working with disabled children and adults coaching them in soccer and other movement skills. He also was a part of the Fundraiser on the Human Movement Board in which he was in charge of raising money for the Human Movement Club.

Competition

For the week of Sept. 12, 2016, Goldsmith was named National Player of the Week by NCAA, NSCAA, College Soccer News, and TopDrawerSoccer, while also being BIG EAST Player of the Week after scoring four goals over two games against ranked opponents. In 2015, he finished among the top 15 nationally in goals per game (third), points per game (11th) and shots on goal per game (12th). Goldsmith was also named to the 2016 Preseason All-BIG EAST Second Team also previously earning spots in 2014 and 2015. In 2015 he finished second on the team in scoring with 23 points, tied for the team lead with 11 goals, including three game-winners. Goldsmith also finished second on the team in shots with 43, and his 11 goals were tied for fourth in the BIG EAST, while his 23 points were sixth in the conference.