| Nathan Kenney |
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WORTH NOTING: A throwback midfielder ... brings flash and energy to practice everyday and it carries over to games ... plays both ends of the field and made several key plays en route to last season's national championship ... should enjoy more action on the offensive end this season ... expected to remain a defensive stopper and a threat in transition.
AT VIRGINIA: 2003-- Steady player who played primarily in a defensive midfielder role ... among the top-four midfielders in terms of playing time ... played in every game ... four goals and two assists ... career-high 22 ground balls ... scored two goals in the opener vs. Drexel ... added assists against Princeton and Towson ... had career-high three ground balls on two occasions--Johns Hopkins, North Carolina in the ACC Tournament ... scored his first playoff goal in the first round against Mount St. Mary's ... added another playoff goal against Georgetown in the quarterfinals ... shadowed Johns Hopkins' Bobby Benson in the NCAA title game and held him to just one goal ... turned in a huge defensive play late in the game when he knocked the ball away with a big hit on Chris Watson to set up UVa's final goal. 2002--Played a lot of important minutes ... saw his time increase throughout the season ... scored four goals (on just nine shots) and had seven ground balls ... scored on four of his last six shots ... scored his first goal against North Carolina in a tight 10-9 win ... scored the next game against Duke ... scored a career-high two goals in a win over Butler ... named to the ACC Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four letters in lacrosse as a midfielder ... All-American as a senior ... holds school record for most goals in a season ... All-Midwest and All-State as a junior and senior ... MVP of US Lacrosse All-Star game following his senior season ... MVP of Michigan/Ohio Underclassmen game in 2000 ... played at The Stony Brook School as a freshman and sophomore ... was Long Island Rookie of the Year in 1997 ... All-Suffolk County and All-League in 1998 ...member of silver medal winning team at the 1999 Empire State Games ... lettered four times in football ... All-League at The Stony Brook School in 1998 ...All-Region as a junior ... helped lead Detroit Country Day to a state championship in 1999 ...normally a wide receiver, he started the title game at quarterback due to an injury to the regular starter and led his team to a win over the previously unbeaten opponent.
PERSONAL: Son of Carol and John Kenney ... born 8-11-82 in Easton, Pa. ... has three brothers, Jake (25), Derek (24) and Adam (19) ... father coaches lacrosse at Detroit Country Day and played football at UVa ... his brothers are all college lacrosse players--Jake at Princeton, Derek at UVa and Adam, currently playing at Penn State ... sociology major.
KENNEY STATISTICALLY
| Year | Games | G.Balls | Shots | Goals | Assists | Pts | Pen |
| 2002 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6-4:30 |
| 2003 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6-4:00 |
| Career | 32 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 12-8:30 |
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