Mark Koontz Class: Senior Hometown: Columbus, Ohio High School: Upper Arlington H.S. Height / Weight: 6-2 / 210 Position: Defense

WORTH NOTING: One of the top defensemen in the country ... preseason first-team All-American by Face-Off Yearbook ... outstanding athlete with tremendous stick skills ... adept at pushing the ball up field on clears ... expected to see time in the midfield this season ... may be asked to play even bigger role on face-offs and transition play ... a great athlete with outstanding footwork ... team tri-captain for second year in a row ... All-ACC the last two years ... could become UVa’s first three-time All-ACC defenseman and the fourth in league history ... has led ACC long sticks in ground balls the last two seasons ... enrolled in UVa’s very competitive McIntire School of Commerce ... has been named to the ACC Honor Roll for his academic achievement and athletic participation each season.

AT VIRGINIA: 2001—First-team All-American ... All-ACC ... third year as starter ... tri-captain ... shared the team’s defensive MVP award with Tillman Johnson ... was a steadying influence on a defense that featured two freshmen and another player with limited game experience ... second on team with 67 ground balls ... tops among ACC long sticks and fourth overall in the conference ... scored season’s lone goal vs. Syracuse ... seven ground balls in good defensive effort vs. Princeton ... snapped up a career-high 11 ground balls, including eight in the second half, in quadruple overtime win over Johns Hopkins ... helped the defense shut down Hopkins in the second half, allowing just one goal in the game’s final 44 minutes ... was named the ACC Player of the Week for his play in the win ... led team with seven ground balls as UVa downed top-ranked Maryland 7-2, holding the Terps to their lowest scoring output in 53 years ... eight ground balls, second-highest total of career, vs. Duke ... had seven ground balls in win over his hometown team Ohio State ... earned third letter. 2000—Second-team All-American ... All-ACC ... ACC All-Tournament ... one of only three sophomores named first or second-team All-American (teammate Conor Gill was named to the first team, while Syracuse midfielder Josh Coffman was on the second team) ... first UVa sophomore defenseman named all-conference since Scott Lind in 1984 ... joined Gill as the only sophomores on the All-ACC team ... started all 15 games ... led team’s long sticks with 72 ground balls ... was third overall on team ... was also tops among ACC long sticks and fifth in the conference ... snared seven ground balls vs. Princeton ... led all UVa defensemen with a season-high eight ground balls in a regular season win over Maryland as the Terps were held to their lowest goal output of the season ... shut down his man in that game and didn’t allow him to take a shot or record an assist ... was named ACC Player of the Week for his play in the win ... had seven ground balls vs. North Carolina in the ACC Tournament semifinals ... his final ground ball was certainly his biggest ... scooped up a loose ball in front of the Virginia crease and raced down field ... hit Ian Shure just past midfield with a fine pass ... Shure got past his man and slid an off-balance shot into the net to win the double overtime contest for Virginia ... snagged six ground balls in the ACC Tournament finals against Maryland ... tied his season-high with eight ground balls in front of a record crowd at Ohio State in his hometown of Columbus ... had six ground balls and a key assist vs. Duke in the NCAA quarterfinals ... lettered. 1999—Played in all 16 games, starting several games throughout the spring ... 35 ground balls second only to Ryan Curtis among team’s close defensemen ... scored vs. Maryland in the ACC Tournament on his only shot of the season ... assisted on a Gill goal vs. Massachusetts ... lettered.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three times in lacrosse ... two-time All-State and All-Midwest ... earned All-America honors ... team captain ... team, region, and state defensive MVP ... played in North-South game ... also played football ... earned All-League, All-State, and All-District honors ... holds school record for most receptions in a game and in a season.

PERSONAL: Son of Diane and Jeff Koontz ... born 8-15-79 in Columbus, Ohio ... has a sister, Paula (28) and a brother, Greg (25) ... straight-A student in high school ... grandfather played baseball for the Boston Red Sox ... commerce major, concentrating in finance.

KOONTZ STATISTICALLY

Year	Games	G.Balls	Shots	Goals	Assists	Pts
1999	16	35	1	1	1	2
2000	15	72	3	0	2	2
2001	14	67	1	1	0	1
Career	45	174	5	2	3	5