Hall of Fame
Paul Andrew was a standout midfielder as a member of the Plymouth State University men’s soccer team from 1992-95, helping re-establish the Panther men's soccer program as one of the best in New England. He served as captain for three seasons while earning a pair of Little East Conference major awards and three consecutive First Team All-LEC selections his sophomore through senior years
A native of Paisley, Scotland, Andrew made an immediate impact at PSU and within the LEC in 1992 as a freshman, earning the Little East Rookie of the Year honors after scoring five goals with a league-best 18 assists for 28 points.
Andrew’s sophomore season was his most decorated, as he was named the LEC Co-Player of the Year, alongside teammate and 2016 LEC Hall of Fame inductee Brett Scaccia, and earned the first of two consecutive NSCAA Second Team All-Region honors. Despite missing the first half of his senior season with an injury, Andrew was named First Team All-LEC for the third straight year and was selected to participate in the New England Senior All-Star game.
Andrew helped lead the Panthers to a four-year record of 44-24-3, with three consecutive postseason appearances in an era prior to the establishment of LEC tournaments. Plymouth State went 13-5-0 in both 1993 and 1994 while qualifying for the ECAC Division III New England Championship Tournament. PSU went 12-6-1 in Andrew’s final season in 1995, and made its return to the NCAA tournament for the first time since the 1989 campaign, falling 2-0 to eventual national champion Williams.
Andrew earned Academic All-America and Academic All-District honors from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) as a junior and a senior. He earned Third Team Academic All-America in 1993 and First Team Academic All-America in 1994. He finished his career and remains second in program history for career assists (34), and his single-season mark of 18 assists in 1993 stood as the standard until 1997.
Andrew earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from Plymouth State in 1996, and was inducted into the Plymouth State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003.