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1A - Alexandre Popp
| Year: | Sophomore |
| Hometown: | Palo Alto, Calif. |
| High School: | Menlo-Atherton |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| House Affiliation: | Currier |
2009 (Sophomore):
Started 11 games, making 98 saves ... Named to the CWPA
Scholar-Athlete Team with a "Superior" distinction ... Stopped
eight shots against No. 13 Pacific (Sept. 5) ... Made eight saves
in win over George Washington at Princeton Invitational (Sept. 12)
... Turned aside 11 shots against Fordham at Princeton Invitational
(Sept. 13) ... Made nine saves against Fordham at ECAC
Championships (Sept. 19) ... Earned the victory, stopping 10 shots
against Connecticut College at ECAC Championships (Sept. 20) ...
Recorded a career-high 15 saves in win over Queens (Sept. 26) ...
Against Pomona-Pitzer at Claremont Convergence, turned aside nine
shots (Oct. 2) ... Made eight stops against No. 14 Concordia at
Claremont Convergence (Oct. 3) ... Had four saves in victory over
Connecticut COllege (Oct. 8) ... Turned aside seven shots against
Iona (Oct. 11) ... Stopped 11 shots against St. Francis (N.Y.)
(Oct. 18) ... Made seven saves in win over Connecticut College at
Northern Division Championships (Nov. 7).
2008 (Freshman):
CWPA Scholar-Athlete Team ... Made his collegiate debut
in net against Washington & Jefferson at Cambridge Invitational
(Sept. 13) ... Had six saves in win over Queens (Oct. 18) ... Made
one stop in win at Connecticut College (Oct. 23).
High School:
Three-year starter on water polo team and two-year
letterman in swimming at Menlo-Atherton High ... Captained water
polo squad in 2007-08 ... All-Peninsula Athletic League and
conference Most Valuable Goalkeeper as senior ... All-Central Coast
Section first team ... High School All-American ... Named team Most
Valuable Player ... MVP of Division I team at CCS All-Star game ...
Palo Alto Daily News Most Valuable Goalkeeper ... Selected
as Palo Alto Weekly News Player of the Week ... Team won
school's first CCS championship in 2007 ... Blocked 5-meter shot in
sudden death overtime to clinch a spot in the CCS final ...
Recorded over 300 saves as senior and 215 as junior ... AP Scholar
with distinction ... Awarded Bank of America Certificate for
Foreign Languages ... Recipient of President's Award for
Outstanding Academic Excellence ... Received Rotary Club of Menlo
Park Honor Scholarship ... Tutored non-English speaking students at
local Garfield Elementary School.









