Carl-Oscar Andersson

Height:
6-1
Weight:
155
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Falkenberg, Sweden
High School:
Falkenbergs Gymnasium

2011:

Became Mercer’s field general and offensive facilitator as a true freshman due to his talent and creativity dribbling and passing the ball from his center midfield position … One of just four Bears to appear and start in all 20 games … Finished tied for fifth on the team with eight points on one goal and six assists … His six assists ranked second on the team and tied for fifth in the A-Sun Conference … Accumulated 21 shots, including 10 shots on goal … Registered his first collegiate point with an assist against Georgia State (Sept. 9) … Assisted on the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over Central Arkansas (Oct. 15) … Scored arguably the most important goal of the entire 2011 season for Mercer when he buried a shot in the 79^th minute to give the Bears a 1-0 win over ETSU (Oct. 22) … Finished the season by being voted onto the A-Sun All-Freshman team and named an All-Academic selection by the Atlantic Sun.

High School:

Played for Falkenbergs FF under head coach Tomas Askenbrand … Helped squad win the Elite League title in the 2009 Outdoor Regional and finish runner-up in the 2009 National Indoor Championship … Named best talent on the club for the 2010 season … Selected to multiple Swedish regional teams and Swedish elite camps.

Personal:

Son of Tomas and Annika Andersson … Born on 04/02/1992 … Has one older sister Caroline (20) and two younger brothers Alexander (15) and Wilfred (2) … Lists Ryan Giggs as his favorite athlete and Manchester United as his favorite sports team.