YUMA, Ariz. – NJCAA All-American and Arizona Western Men's Soccer's third-leading scorer, Shoki Yoshida, has signed to continue his career at Florida Gulf Coast University after helping the Matadors to a national runner-up finish in 2022.

Yoshida played in 19 games and made 15 starts as a sophomore this past fall, scoring nine goals and recording an assist in his lone season at Arizona Western. Yoshida scored five goals in the final six games.

Yoshida earned NJCAA Second Team All-American honors, finishing as the Matadors' third-leading scorer with eight goals. Yoshida scored in five of the final six games including the game-winner over Salt Lake in the NJCAA DI Men's Soccer Championship Semi-Final, smashing in a penalty in the second half to break a 1-1 tie. The sophomore from Hyogo, Japan also scored the game-winning goal in a 3-2 win over Pima on October 18 to clinch the ACCAC title. Yoshida was also named First Team All-ACCAC and All-Region DI. 

The forward from Hyogo, Japan came to Arizona Western after spending his freshman season at Wilmington University where he scored five goals in 20 games as a freshman.

Florida Gulf Coast University is an NCAA DI institution located in Fort Myers, Fla., and competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished last season 8-5-4 and reached the second round of the Atlantic Sun Tournament.