Biography
Honors
All-MVC: 2021 (1st), 2020-21 (1st)
MVC Forward of the Year: Spring 2021
MVC All-Tournament Team: Spring 2021 (MVP)
MVC Offensive Player of the Week: March 23, 2021, March 2, 2021, Nov. 3, 2022
United Soccer Coaches All-Region: Spring 2021 (1st)
United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America: Spring 2021 (1st)
United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region: Spring 2021
CoSIDA Academic All-District: Spring 2021
MVC Scholar-Athlete Team: 2021 (HM), 2020-21 (1st)
MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021
MVC Academic Honor Roll: 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21
2022
Started every match for the Bears during their 2022 campaign while spending 1,165 total minutes on the pitch... Led MSU in goals with nine, a number that also topped the Missouri Valley Conference standings... Added four assists for a total of 22 points... Had a shots on goal percentage of .556 after putting 25 shots on goal... Had three, two-goal games against UC Irvine (Aug. 28), Bradley (Oct. 1) and SIUE (Nov. 2) … Scored a goal in the Bears’ NCAA tournament game against Creighton (Nov. 17) ... Named the MVC Player of the Week on Nov. 3... Named the MVC Forward of the Year along with earning first-team honors... Named to the United Soccer Coaches All-America team.Â
2021
Appeared in 16 games, starting 14... Logged 1,042 during the fall 2021 season... Scored three goals and tallied two assists... Helped the team to a .573 goals against average which ranked No. 3 in the nation... Scored his goals against Rockhurst (Aug. 29), Eastern Ill. (Sept. 15) and Drake (Sept. 29)... Played a season-high 86 minutes in the Bears' 2-1 win over Central Arkansas (Aug. 8)... Was named to the first-team All-MVC.
2020-21
Played in all 14 games, started in 13 of them… Finished as the league leader in points (22), goals (7), assists (8), game-winning goals (3) and shots on goal (18)… Registered at least one point in six straight matches to begin the season with four goals and five assists during that stretch… Notched a pair of two-goal outings against Drake (March 22) and Evansville (March 30) with his first career brace coming in the match versus the Bulldogs… Assisted on the game-winning goal in the MVC Championship against Loyola (April 17)… Became the first MSU player to record seven or more goals AND assists in the same season since Danny May totaled eight apiece in 2004… Named MVC Forward of the Year, MVC Tournament MVP and to the All-MVC first team… Earned United Soccer Coaches All-West Region first team honors… All-MVC Scholar-Athlete first-team selection... United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America first team and Scholar All-Region... CoSIDA Academic All-District.
2019
Appeared in all 20 matches with 15 starts… Logged 1158 minutes with 19 shots, two goals, and an assist… Scored in the opening five minutes of the match against Evansville (Oct. 26)… Earned an assist on the game-winning goal for the Bears in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Denver (Nov. 21).
2018
Played in 15, starting in five games for the Bears… Scored his first career goal against Western Illinois (10/2) at the 6:22 mark off a corner kick… Added 10 shots with four on goal during the season.
High School
Mulatero played for Torino, Bra, Pinerolo, and Campobasso at the youth and senior levels. During his last season, Mulatero played in 19 games scoring three goals. He spent one season at University in his native Italy before coming to the Bears.
Personal
Nicolo Mulatero was born March 10, 1997 in Turin, Italy… Son of Luca and Aurora Mulatero… Has one sister, Matloe… Economics major at Missouri State.
