Tim Bemer Class: Freshman Hometown: Strafford, PA High School: Malvern Prep Height / Weight: 5-11 / 185 Position: Defense

Can play both short-stick defensive midfield and long-stick defensive midfield ... has a good IQ for the game of lacrosse ... a competitive player ... hails from a solid program at Malvern Prep.

PREP AND PERSONAL: A two-sport athlete in lacrosse and football at Malvern Prep ... lettered three years in lacrosse and two in football ... named captain of his lacrosse team during his senior season ... earned all-city honors as a junior in lacrosse ... collected over 60 ground balls in 2006 as a key component of the team's talented defensive unit ... his prep team has been nationally-ranked each of the past three seasons, including his junior year when they won the Pennsylvania state title ... his squad took home a conference (Inter-Ac) title his sophomore campaign ... member of the 2006 EPSLA champions ... hails from the same high school as current Irish players Sean Dougherty and Mike Creighton ... son of Pamela and David Bemer ... father played basketball at Plymouth State ... has three siblings ... intends to major in business/economics ... named to the Dean's List as he posted a 3.667 GPA during his first semester at Notre Dame in the fall of 2007 ... currently enrolled in the First Year of Studies.