Bio: Three-year letterman...has yet tomiss a game in his career...has eight goals, three assists, 11total points, and 301 ground balls in 48 career games...dominatingface-off specialist who has won 63 percent of his career attempts(510 of 809)...served as one of four captains for the 2010season...tied and set the NCAA record for fastest goal to start agame during the 2010 season...Royals's all-time leader in groundballs and face-off percentage (.630).
Junior Year (2010): Started every gamefor the third straight year...led the Royals in face-off percentage(.673) and ground balls (94)...scored five goals and had an assistto finish with six total points...tied the NCAA Division III recordfor the fastest goal to start a game when he scored in the openingsix seconds of play in the Royals's 16-3 victory over MoravianCollege on April 21 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; three days later,set the record by scoring in the opening five seconds of play inScranton's 18-1 win over Penn State-Abington on April 24 atFitzpatrick Field...won more than 50 percent of his face-offattempts in 12 of 15 games...scooped up a season-high 10 groundballs apiece in a 12-5 upset of then #12th-ranked Ithaca on March2, in a 15-13 win over Utica on March 6, and Penn State-Abington,all of which were played at Fitzpatrick Field...played a major rolein Scranton's upset of Ithaca in the season-opener by winning 15 of18 face-offs...finished first in face-off percentage and second inground balls in the final Landmark Conference statisticalrankings.
Sophomore Year (2009): Started all 16games...posted a team-leading face-off percentage of .586...wasvoted second-team all-Landmark Conference in a ballot conductedamong the conference's eight head coaches...led team in groundballs with 87, including 11 in a 20-10 win against CazenoviaCollege (March 14) and 10 in a 10-9 win against Goucher College(April 29)...finished third in the Landmark Conference in groundballs and ground balls per game average (5.4)...finished with twogoals and one assist for three total points...tallied a goal apiecein a loss to R.I.T. (March 11) and in a win over Moravian (April15)...won at least 50 percent of his face-off attempts in 12 of 17games...won 15 of 17 face-off attempts in the Royals' 8-6 loss tothe United States Merchant Marine Academy in the championship gameof the Landmark Conference tournament on May 2 in Kings Point, NewYork.
Freshman Year (2008): Appeared in all 17games...face-off specialist who won a remarkable 201 of 305attempts (.638)...led the team in ground balls with 120, includingfive games in which he scooped up at least 10...had a season-high14 ground balls in a 13-9 win over Centenary (April 2)...won 50percent-or-more of his face-off attempts in 13 of 17games...registered the first point of his career with an assist ina 10-6 win over Susquehanna (March 15) and scored his first careergoal in a 16-6 victory over Medaille (March 18)...his ability todominate face-offs fit perfectly with then head coach Kevin Dugan'sball-control offense...finished tied for first-place in groundballs per game (7.06) in the final Landmark Conference statisticalrankings.
Awards & Honors
Landmark Conference 2nd-Team Selection (2009)
