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3 - Gil Weintraub
| Height: | 6-3 |
| Year: | Junior |
| Hometown: | Encino, Calif. |
| High School: | Montclair College Prep |
| Position: | Setter |
| House Affiliation: | Kirkland |
Junior
· 2009
Team captain ... Earned EIVA All-Academic honors ... Played all 75 sets for the Crimson, finishing fourth in the EIVA and 14th in the nation with 12.29 assists per set ... Contributed 1.28 digs, 0.76 blocks, 0.47 kills and 0.25 service aces per set with a .385 attack percentage ... Had 63 assists against Stevens Institute Jan. 31 with five digs and four blocks ... Totaled 62 assists with four kills and four blocks against East Stroudsburg Feb. 7 ... Set a career high with 67 assists and added 13 digs and a season-high three service aces against Newbury Feb. 17, breaking the 1,000-assist plateau in the process ... Posted 57 assists, six digs and three blocks against Rutgers-Newark March 6 ... The next day against NYU, had 59 assists with four digs and three blocks ... Posted his 100th recorded block at East Stroudsburg March 14 ... Had 66 assists, six digs and five blocks at NYU March 28 and followed that up with 63 assists and a career-high 14 digs the next day at Sacred Heart ... Handed out 50 assists with six digs against Sacred Heart April 11 to reach the 1,500-assist barrier ... Completed the year with 56 assists, four kills, a career-high eight blocks and a season-high 10 points at George Mason April 22.
Sophomore
· 2008
One of four Crimson players to appear in all 55 games in 2008 ... Finished the season ranked first on the team, first in the conference and first in the nation in service aces (.564) ... Ranked first on the team, sixth in the EIVA and 16th in the nation in assists (11.29) ... Dished out 26 assists and had one service ace against Rutgers-Newark (Feb. 1) ... Had 45 assists, four kills and six digs in a win over Sacred Heart (Feb. 2) ... Had three service aces, one solo block, two block assists and 35 helpers against Springfield (Feb. 5) ... Against Rutgers-Newark (Feb. 15) he recorded a season's-best seven digs, 37 assists, two kills, one service ace, one solo block and five block assists ... Earned a match-high 61 assists with two service aces, five digs, one kill and two block assists against Mt. Olive (Feb. 16) at the Golden Dome Classic ... Named to the All-Golden Dome Classic team ... Dished out a season's-best 58 assists, recorded four service aces, had one solo block and three block assists against NYU (Feb. 22) ... Had four block assists and 38 helpers against New Haven (Feb. 29) ... Recorded 43 assists, three service aces, two block assists and two kills against Stevens Institute (March 1) ... Tied a season-high with four kills while recording 40 assists and three service aces against Johnson & Wales (March 5) ... Recorded four kills for a second-consecutive match against St. Ambrose (March 7) while dishing out 41 assists ... Had 32 assists, one service ace and four block assists in a loss at Springfield (March 8) ... Had a season's-best five service aces while recording 42 assists, four block assists and three kills against Mount Olive (March 15) ... Knotched two service aces, four blocks, nine digs and 38 assists as the Crimson defeated Sacred Heart (March 28) ... Had three kills, 39 assists and five blocks against NYU (March 29) ... Had three service aces, six digs and 46 assists in the season-ending victory over New Haven (April 2).
Before Harvard
Earned four varsity letters in volleyball ... Three-time team
captain ... First-team All-League MVP during senior year ... Named
to first-team all-league sophomore year ... Alternate for the 2006
Men's Junior National Volleyball team ... Club team won the bronze
medal in 2006 Junior Olympics ... Named Athlete Scholar of the Year
for at Montclair ... AP scholar with merit and member of the
National Honor Society ... Three-time Montclair Student of the Year
Personal
Concentration: human evolutionary biology ... Member of the Boy
Scouts.









