Player Bio: Zack Schroeder - NAVY OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

Zack Schroeder

	Class: Junior
	Hometown: Deer Park, N.Y.
	High School: St. Anthony's

	Height / Weight: 6-1 / 169
	Position: LSM

Schroeder in 2008 (So.): Proved to be one of Navy's top long stick defensive midfielders after seeing limited action as a rooie ... played in all 16 games, including the Mids three postseason contests (2 NCAA games, 1 Patriot League Tournament game) ... 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 ... Maryland, who owned the nation's seventh-ranked scoring offense, was unable to score against the Mids' defense for the first 41 minutes of the game ... held Lehigh and Holy Cross to a combined 36 shots (back-to-back games) ... held the Mountain Hawks without a shot in the first quarter, while the Crusaders managed just two shots in the opening half ... picked up 25 ground balls, including a career-high three on multiple occasions including the Mids' NCAA Tournament victory over North Carolina ... turned in three points on two goals and an assist ... punched in goals against Army in the annual Star Game, as well as contributing a goal to Navy's 8-7 NCAA Tournament win over the Tar Heels ... aided Nick Mirabito on his goal against Colgate en route to an 8-3 Navy win.

2007 (Fr.): Saw action in four games, including the season opener against Saint Joseph's ... picked up his only ground ball of the year in the opener ... also appeared in the North Carolina (regular season), Canisius and Holy Cross games.

More on Schroeder: A 2005 graduate of St. Anthony's High School, Schroeder attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2005-06 academic year ... earned a pair of letters in lacrosse and football (kicker/punter) ... led St. Anthony's to the 2004 Catholic High School Lacrosse League Championship with a 16-5 record ... football team won back-to-back Catholic League titles in 2003 and `04, posting a 10-1 record in each of those years ... served as team captain of the lacrosse team in his senior year, while also receiving recognition as the unsung hero of the team ... earned All-Catholic League honors as a senior and was named the long pole midfielder of the year in the league ... also earned All-Catholic League kudos as a junior ... member of the National Honor Society ... graduated from the same high school as teammates Michael Beggins and Ryan O'Leary, as well as former All-American defenseman Chad Donnelly ... father, John, played lacrosse at Massachusetts ... brother, Nicholas, was a close defenseman Limestone College (`07) ... uncle, Michael Wetherell, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1982 ... full name is Zachary Thomas Schroeder ... born April 10, 1987, in Oceanside, N.Y. ... son of John and Lisa Schroeder ... majoring in Economics.