Jeremi Abonnel returns after getting soccer team to NCAA Tournament with severely torn glute

Keeper overcame painful injury to play at end of last season

The time remaining in Jeremi Abonnel’s college soccer career was thought to be running short last fall.

He participated in SLU’s senior day ceremony and had plans to seek a professional career in 2025. At best, the Atlantic 10 goalkeeper of the year could hope for a few more games with the Billikens as they began navigating their way through the conference tournament.

But even that appeared unlikely as he lay on a trainer’s table at George Mason with a severely swollen right buttock. Events of the previous days left him barely able to walk.