University of Vermont Athletics

Jim St. Andre 1990 - Soccer

A third-team All-American and three-time All-New England goalie and the 1990 winner of the Russell O. Sunderland Memorial Trophy for character, leadership and overcoming obstacles, Jim St. Andre, a 2000 Hall of Fame inductee, was the backbone of the most successful men's soccer team in UVM history.

St, Andre, a tremendous athlete with great quickness and timing, was the third in a string of outstanding goalies at UVM following in the footsteps of Hall of Famers Bart Farley and Skip Gilbert. As great as Farley and Gilbert were, St. Andre equaled or exceeded their excellence with a tremendous career that included school-records of 43 career shutouts (second all-time in NCAA Division I history), a 0.66 career goals-against average (16th all-time nationally and the best in conference history) and a scoreless streak of 729:15 (more than eight full games) which ranks ninth all-time in NCAA history.

When he left UVM, he also set the NCAA record for career minutes played by a goalkeeper. St. Andre started out his career with a solid freshman campaign in which he started all 18 games for Coach Ron McEachen, allowing just 18 goals and posting a 0.94 GAA with seven shutouts. As a sophomore, he was named to the NSCAA All-American Third-Team after recording a New England record seven consecutive shutouts and posting a school-record 0.46 goals-against average. He recorded 11 shutouts that season as the Catamounts went 11-3-5.

In 1988, St. Andre's junior season, the team went 10-6-3 as he led the North Atlantic Conference in goals against average (0.87) and shutouts (9.5) and was named All-New England. He posted seven straight shutouts again, tying his own New England Division I record, and participated in the New England All-Star game. It was during this season that he put together his record scoreless streak.

St. Andre's finest season was the UVM men's soccer programs best as well. As a senior he was named to the All-North Atlantic Conference, First-Team and the NAC All-Championship Team as the Catamounts stormed to a 19-3-1 overall record. Along with Hall of Famers Mike Mason, Kevin Wylie and Roberto Beall, he helped lead Vermont to a spot in the NCAA East Regional Finals where they fell to Rutgers in overtime. He was the top goalkeeper in New England in 1989, recording six straight shutouts, a school-record 15 shutouts and allowed just 11 goals in 23 games. He did not allow a goal in two NAC tournament games, both played in front of overflow (5,000-plus) crowds at UVM's Centennial Field. He was third in the country in GAA that season (0.44) and ranked second in shutouts.

St. Andre played through pain for much of his career, battling chronic hip and knee injuries, and was honored for his fortitude with the Sunderland Memorial Trophy at the 1990 Senior Letterwinners' banquet.

McEachen recently said St. Andre "is the quickest goalkeeper I have ever seen, and one of the best to ever play the game at the collegiate level."

St. Andre went on to play professionally for a number of teams, including the New England Revolution of the MLS, the US National Beach Soccer Team, the Colorado Foxes (APSL) and the Milwaukee Wave and New York Kick (NPSL). He was the first-ever starter in goal for the Revolution in 1996, the inaugural MLS season. He started 15 games that season and posted a 1.81 GAA. He also served as a in-studio commentator for the World Cup in 1998 on ESPN, and has done color commentary on Fox Sports and ESPN for MLS and International Soccer.