Player Bio: Michael Hirsch - NAVY OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

Michael Hirsch

	Class: Junior
	Hometown: Schwenksville, Pa.
	High School: Perkiomen Valley

	Height / Weight: 5-11 / 201
	Position: D

Hirsch in 2009 (So.): Suffered a season-ending knee injury in practice on the Wednesday prior to the Maryland contest ... earned his first career start in Navy's victory over Georgetown where he caused a turnover and grabbed a pair of grounders ... came into the Colgate game (regular season) in relief of Thomas Zimmerman late in the fourth and cause a Brandon Corp turnover to give the Mids the final possession of the game ... credited with both his first ground ball of the year, as well as his first caused turnover in Navy's loss to North Carolina.

2008 (Fr.): In his rookie season, saw action in eight of the 16 games, including his collegiate debut against VMI in the season opener ... helped Navy secure a No. 3 national ranking in fewest goals allowed per game (scoring defense), surrendering 104 goals in 16 games (6.50) ... going into the NCAA quarterfinals, the Mids had been ranked No. 1 for seven consecutive weeks ... the Mids held 10 of their 16 opponents to seven or fewer goals, winning 22 in a row when achieving this feat ... it has given up double-figure goals just nine times in the last 46 games (2006-present) and 11 times in the last 62 games (2005-present) ... Navy held seven of its foes scoreless in the opening stanza ... grabbed a pair of ground balls against Holy Cross in a game played at Texas Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys.

More on Hirsch: A 2006 graduate of Perkiomen Valley School, Hirsch spent the 2006-07 academic year at the Naval Academy Prep School ... a four-year lacrosse letterwinner, he led Perkiomen Valley to the 2006 Penn Valley Lacrosse League title with a 12-5 record ... garnered All-State (Pa.) recognition as a senior, while also being named an Under Armour All-American ... earned All-EPSLA lacrosse honors as a junior and senior ... named to the NAPS Superintendent's List ... sister, Jennifer, played soccer at Quinnipiac ... full name is Michael William Hirsch ... born March 29, 1988, in Abington, Pa. ... son of Joseph III and Linda Hirsch ... majoring in Systems Engineering ... twice named to the Commandant's List ... ranked among the top 15 precent of his class in military order of merit ... in overall order of merit, stands in the top 38 percent of the class of 1,100 students.