A defensive midfielder ... has played in 11 career games ... a competitive, tough and athletic player ... can play either the short-stick defensive midfield position or with the long-stick ... one ground ball ... has a good IQ for the game of lacrosse ... an intelligent and mature player ... one of the team's top students ... member of Notre Dame's Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) ... spent the 2009 fall semester studying in Australia ... hails from a solid program at Malvern Prep.
AS A JUNIOR: Did not see game action in 2010.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in nine games ... saw time in regular-season wins over Loyola, Dartmouth, Villanova, Air Force, Quinnipiac and St. John's ... picked up a ground ball in a 10-2 win over Quinnipiac ... helped the Irish win the GWLL Tournament by playing against Quinnipiac in the semifinals and Ohio State in the title game ... appeared in the team's only setback, a 7-3 loss to Maryland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
AS A FRESHMAN: Appeared in two games ... played in a 19-7 win over Bellarmine in the GWLL opener ... also saw time in a 10-6 triumph of Quinnipiac in the semifinals of the GWLL tournament ... called for one penalty, resulting in one minute of penalty time.
PREP AND PERSONAL: A two-sport athlete in lacrosse and football at Malvern Prep ... lettered three years in lacrosse and two in football ... named captain of his lacrosse team during his senior season ... earned all-city honors as a junior in lacrosse ... collected over 60 ground balls in 2006 as a key component of the team's talented defensive unit ... his prep team has been nationally-ranked each of the past three seasons, including his junior year when they won the Pennsylvania state title ... his squad took home a conference (Inter-Ac) title his sophomore campaign ... member of the 2006 EPSLA champions ... hails from the same high school as former Irish players Mike Creighton and Sean Dougherty ... son of Pamela and David Bemer ... father played basketball at Plymouth State ... has three siblings ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters ... majoring in economics and political science ... boasts a 3.526 cumulative GPA.
