Alex Wharton Class: Senior Hometown: Baltimore, MD High School: Gilman School Height / Weight: 5-11 / 160 Position: Attack Birthdate: 07/03/1985

Capable attackman with good skills ... had a breakout junior campaign and will look to build off of that this season ... aggressive player around the net ... excellent feeder who has a good knowledge of the game ... has played in 26 career games with 10 starts ... has totaled 22 points on 10 goals and 12 assists ... 16 ground balls ... earned a monogram as a junior ... one of the team's top students as he boasts a 3.461 cumulative GPA.

AS A JUNIOR: Played in a career-high 14 games, making eight starts, also a career-high total ... tallied career bests in points (18), goals (8) and assists (10) ... picked up a career-high seven ground balls ... attempted 18 shots ... whistled for one penalty, totaling one minute ... tallied a goal and an assist in an 11-8 win at Penn State ... picked up an assist in an 11-8 setback at #15 North Carolina ... also notched an assist in a 16-5 triumph at #19 Drexel ... dished out a career-high two assists in a 7-6 loss at Dartmouth ... totaled a goal and an assist in an 11-3 win at Brown ... matched a career-high output with two assists in a 15-5 triumph of Villanova ... notched his first hat trick in a 16-4 league win over Air Force ... also collected an assist against the Falcons to give him a career-best four points ... followed that up with two goals in a 14-6 victory over Denver ... tied a career-high with two ground balls against the Pioneers ... upped his career-long point streak to five games with a goal and an assist against Lehigh, a 14-2 win ... the only game he missed all season was a 12-6 win at #20 Ohio State ... earned his first monogram.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in seven games, including two starts ... missed time due to an injury ... picked up four ground balls and attempted five shots ... made his first collegiate start in the season-opener against #14 Penn State ... the Irish topped the Nittany Lions 8-4 ... also started in a 9-6 setback to #8 Cornell ... took a career-high two shots against both Penn State and Bellarmine.

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in five games, notching two goals and two assists ... scored goals on his only two shots of the season ... picked up five groundballs ... made collegiate debut in season opener at #21 Penn State, where he collected one ground ball ... assisted on a goal and picked up a ground ball in a 22-6 win over Butler ... notched a goal, an assist and a season-high two ground balls in a 12-11 loss to #20 Fairfield ... tallied a goal in the season finale, a 16-5 victory at Ohio State.

PREP AND PERSONAL DATA: Two-sport standout at the Gilman School ... lettered three years in lacrosse and football ... as a senior in lacrosse, he garnered all-city and all-conference honors ... was also team MVP along with being team captain that season ... team was nationally ranked his final three seasons ... totaled 75 goals and 100 assists during his scholastic career ... all-conference quarterback as a senior ... football squad went undefeated and achieved a No. 14 national ranking his junior year ... team won back-to-back conference titles during his sophomore and junior seasons ... Top 205 Camp All-Star and won a recreational state title with the Cockeysville Lacrosse Club ... attended same high school as teammate Dave Caperna and former Fighting Irish football players Victor Abiamiri and Ambrose Wooden ... son of Amanda and Michael Wharton ... has one younger sibling ... father ran track at the University of Virginia ... born July 3, 1985, in Annapolis, Md. ... carries a 3.461 cumulative GPA ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as a political science major.

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