Peter Christman Class: Senior Hometown: Simsbury, CT High School: Westminster Height / Weight: 5-11 / 175 Position: Midfield

Will serve as a team captain this season ... a three-time monogram winner ... looking to have a stellar senior campaign ... will be counted on to lead the first midfield group ... has had an impact since the beginning of his freshman campaign ... has played in 47 career games, including 20 starts ... 52 points on 25 goals and 27 assists ... has collected 42 ground balls ... arguably the quickest athlete on the team ... presents match-up problems for opposing teams ... has developed into a good defensive player ... handles the ball well ... good passer ... a smart and poised player ... one of the team's top students as he boasts a 3.622 cumulative GPA ... made the Dean's List with a 3.883 grade-point average in the fall of 2008.

AS A JUNIOR: A starter in all 17 games ... posted career-high numbers in goals (14), assists (20) and points (34) ... matched a careerhigh with 15 ground balls ... totaled 53 shots ... notched three game-winning goals and three man-up tallies ... scored two of the team's biggest goals of the season ... notched the game winner in overtime in an 8-7 triumph of #10 Colgate during the first round of the NCAA Championship ... earlier in the season, he put the Irish on top for good with 23 seconds remaining in a 7-6 win over #13 Albany ... the goal against the Great Danes was his first of the season and it helped the Irish improve to 3-0 ... scored a goal and dished out a careerhigh three assists for a career-best four points in a 16-6 win at Villanova ... registered two assists in an 8-6 setback at North Carolina ... tallied a goal and two assists in a 19-7 win over Dartmouth ... scored a goal in a 13-6 win over #11 Drexel ... netted two goals in a 19-7 victory at Bellarmine in the GWLL opener ... notched assists against #19 Denver (L, 9-8) and Quinnipiac (W, 16-6) ... scored a goal and matched a career-high with three assists in a 14-7 win at Lehigh ... had one goal and two assists in league wins over Air Force (13-5) and #9 Ohio State (17-12) ... recorded two assists in a 10-6 victory over Quinnipiac in the GWLL tournament semifinals ... scored two goals and assisted on another in a 9-2 triumph of #10 Ohio State in the championship game of the GWLL tournament ... lone point against Colgate was the game-winning goal in overtime to send the Irish to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship ... posted two goals and an assist in an 11-9 loss to #3 Syracuse in the NCAA quarterfinals.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Appeared in all 15 games ... made two starts ... notched eight points on a career-best six goals and two assists ... attempted 22 shots ... picked up a careerhigh 15 ground balls ... tallied a goal in setbacks to #4 Cornell and #15 North Carolina ... dished out an assist in an 11-3 win against Bellarmine in the GWLL opener ... scored goals in a career-best three straight games, wins against Brown (11-3),Villanova (15-5) and Air Force (16-4) ... deposited a goal in a 14-2 triumph of Lehigh ... registered an assist in a 14- 9 win at Quinnipiac in the regular-season finale ... matched a career-high with three ground balls against both North Carolina and Lehigh. AS A FRESHMAN: Had an immediate impact for the Irish as he played in all 15 games and made one start ... registered 10 points on five goals and five assists ... picked up 12 ground balls ... whistled for two penalties, totaling 1:30 in penalty time ... had an impressive collegiate debut as he scored two goals in an 8-4 win over #14 Penn State in the season opener ... dished out assists against #5 Hofstra and Brown in back-to-back games ... tallied a goal in an 8-7 win over Dartmouth ... upped his point streak to four games with a seasonhigh two assists in a 9-8 win at Butler in the GWLL opener ... made his first collegiate start against #18 Denver ... notched a goal and picked up a season-high three ground balls in a 10-7 win over Lehigh ... scored a goal and assisted on another in a 14-10 loss at #1 Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Three-sport letterwinner at the Westminster School in Connecticut ... earned three letters in both lacrosse and soccer, along with two in basketball ... team captain of soccer, basketball and lacrosse teams his senior year ... voted Team MVP of lacrosse team as a senior ... selected all-conference and all-state as a senior ... chosen the "Stewart Lindsay" Attackman of the Year of Western New England Division I ... selected All-American as a senior ... finished career with 46 goals and 77 assists ... best high school performance came as a junior in a 19- 13 win over Trinity Pawling, when he had three goals and seven assists ... participated in the Connecticut Super-Junior All-Star Game ... also participated in the Peak 200 All-Star Game, New England Prep Division 1 Senior All-Star Game and the Senior Showcase ... son of Jay and Peter Christman ... mother graduated from Notre Dame in 1980 ... has three younger siblings ... was a student government officer in high school as a senior ... born on July 19, 1987, in Hartford,Conn. ... member of Notre Dame's Academic Honors Program ... carries a 3.622 cumulative GPA ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as a political science major.

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