2022: 2022-23 Academic All-PacWest Team Kristjansson has once again played and started in all 18 games this season for the Urban Knights recording 1,619 minutes played as a Midfielder and bringing his career total to over 6,500.
2021: 2021-22 Academic All-PacWest Team … One of five Urban Knights to appear and start all 15 games in 2021, logging the third-most minutes on the team with 1,355 minutes played … Ended the campaign with one goal for two points … With the goal, Kristjansson has scored one goal in every season with the exception of the shortened COVID-19 year in 2020-21 … Contributed to two shutouts as a defender … Totaled six shots, four of which were on goal (.667) … Season highs: Minutes – 110 (9/22 at HNU) … Goals – 1 (10/25 at APU) … Points – 2 (10/25 at APU) … Shots – 2 (9/5 at PUC) … Shots on goal – 1 (four times; last: 11/4 vs CUH)
2020-21: Appeared and started in all six matches during the COVID-19 shortened season, playing in nearly every minute of every match for a total of 540 minutes, the fourth-most on ART U … Recorded one assist for one point … Contributed to two shutouts as a midfielder in the last two matches of the season (2/21/21/ vs DUC; 2/26/21 vs HNU) … Totaled six shots on the season (tied for fourth-most), four of which were on goal (.667; third-most on ART U) … Season highs: Minutes – 99 (2/3/21 vs FPU) … Assists – one (2/6/21 at DUC) … Points – one (2/6/21 at DUC) … Shots – two (twice; last: 2/21/21 vs DUC) … Shots on goal – two (2/21/21 vs DUC).
2019: 2019-20 Academic All-PacWest … appeared and started in 15 matches totaling 1,375 minutes … scored one goal and tallied one assist for three points … recorded six shots with three on goal.
2018: One of two Knights to appear and start in every match ... scored one goal against Fresno Pacific (
Oct. 6)... played second-most minutes (1,654).
Previous Experience: Kristjansson graduated from Fjolbrautaskoli Gardarbaejar in 2017 ... captained his U19 club and become a two-time futsal champion.
Personal: Gilli Kristjansson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland ... parents are Kristijan Hardarsson and Geirlaug Geirlaughsdottir, both of whom were on the Icelandic national team for track and field ... his father went to the Olympics for long jump ... favorite movie is Forrest Gump ... favorite food is Icelandic lamb ... favorite musical artist is Coldplay ... life hero is his grandfather ... Interaction & UI/UX Design major.
