Biography
CAREER STATISTICS
2016: 16 played/15 started, 896:19, 170 saves, 148 goals, .535 save percentage, 9.91 GAA, 8-7 record
2017: 13 played/13 started, 750:45, 130 saves, 130 goals, .500 save percentage, 10.39 GAA, 7-6 record
2018: 15 played/14 started, 886:13, 143 saves, 152 goals, .485 save percentage, 10.29 GAA, 7-8 record
2019: 16 played/16 started, 941:47, 204 saves, 180 goals, .531 save percentage, 11.47 GAA, 12-4 record
Career:Â 60 played/58 started, 3475:04, 647 saves, 610 goals, .515 save percentage, 10.53 GAA, 33-25 record
CAREER HONORS
2019: Third-Team USILA All-American
2019: First-Team All-Ivy
2019: Honorable Mention ECAC All-Star
2019: Ivy League Tournament Most Outstanding Player
2019: Ivy League Player of the Week (4/1)
2019: USILA National Team of the Week (4/1)
2019: Academic All-Ivy
2019: Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Co-Performer of the Year
2018: Ivy League Player of the Week (3/19)
2017: Ivy League Tournament All-Tournament Team
2017: Ivy League Player of the Week (2/27)
2016: Co-Ivy League Rookie of the Year
2016: Second-team All-Ivy
2016: Ivy League Player of the Week (3/28)
2016: Four-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (4/25, 3/28, 3/7, 2/22)
IN THE PENN RECORD BOOKS
2019: Single-Season Saves (No. 5, 204)
Career Minutes: (No. 1, 3,475)
Career Saves: (No. 2, 647)
2019: Third-team USILA All-American … First-team All-Ivy … Honorable mention ECAC All-Star … Ivy League Tournament Most Outstanding Player … One-time Ivy League Player of the Week (4/1) … One-time USILA National Team of the Week selection (4/1) … Academic All-Ivy … Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Co-Performer of the Year … Ranked No. 13 in the nation in saves per game (12.75) … Recorded 204 saves, No. 5 all-time in a single season by a Quaker … Finished career with 647 saves, No. 2 all-time by a Quaker … Played 3,475 career minutes, a new Penn program record and No. 15 all-time by a Division I player … Was 12-4 in goal with an 11.47 GAA and .531 save percentage … Had 13 games with 10+ saves … Was .500 or above in save percentage in 11 of 16 games … Started all 16 games in goal … Made 12 saves against No. 3 Maryland (2/16) … Had 12 saves at No. 5 Penn State (3/2) … Made 11 saves at No. 11 Villanova (3/8) … Made 14 saves while allowing just four goals against Saint Joseph’s (3/10) … Made 18 stops against Princeton (3/16) … Made 22 saves in 3OT win over No. 2 Yale (3/30) … Stopped 15 shots while allowing just nine goals at Brown (4/6) … Allowed just five goals while making seven saves against Dartmouth (4/20) … Stopped 16 shots against Brown in the Ivy League Tournament (5/3) … Made 16 saves in Ivy League Tournament championship game against Yale (5/5) … Made nine saves while allowing eight goals against Army West Point (5/11) in NCAA Championship first round … Made 14 saves against No. 5 Yale (5/19) in NCAA Championship quarterfinal.
2018: Played all but 18:52 in goal for the season ... Finished with a .485 save percentage and a 10.29 goals-against average ... Named Ivy League Player of the Week after a career-high 20-save performance while allowing just seven goals in Ivy win at Princeton (3/17) ... Made 16 stops in Penn's Ivy Tournament semifinal game with No. 1 Yale (5/4) ... Had 13 saves and allowed just seven goals in Ivy win over Harvard (4/14) ... Made 13 saves, allowing eight goals, vs. Villanova (3/10) ... Had 10 saves in Penn's 10-9 win over No. 1 Duke (2/24), the program's first-ever win against a No. 1 team ... Followed that up with 10 saves against Penn State (3/3) ... Allowed just three goals, making seven saves, in a win over Navy (3/6) ... Came off the bench after first quarter to make seven saves and allow just four goals as Penn defeated Michigan (2/17) ...Â
2017: Started all 13 games in goal and played all but 42:19 between the pipes… Chosen to the Ivy League Tournament All-Tournament team... Recorded at least 10 saves in six out of 13 games on the year… Tied a career-high making 17 saves in a loss at Brown (4/8)… Allowed just four goals in a 9-4 win at home against Dartmouth (4/22)… Had a season-high .750 save percentage in the season-opening win at Saint Joseph’s (2/18)… Ended the year on a three-game swing making 14 saves vs. Dartmouth (4/22), 12 saves vs. Virginia (4/29) and 13 saves in the quadruple-overtime loss in the Ivy League Tournament vs. Yale (5/5)… Also grabbed 18 ground balls on the year and caused two turnovers… Named the Ivy League Player of the Week to start the season with a 16-save performance against Virginia (2/25) which knocked off the then top-10 opponent.
2016: Started all 15 games in goal, played all but 7:41 between the pipes ... co-Ivy League Rookie of the Year with teammate Simon Mathias ... Second-team All-Ivy in goal ... Had nine games with 10 or more saves ... Listed fourth on the Inside Lacrosse list of top 25 early-season freshman performers on March 10 ... Had 17 saves and allowed just four goals, an .809 save percentage, in Ivy win at Dartmouth (4/23) ... Made 16 saves and allowed four goals, an .800 save percentage, in win over Lafayette (3/8) ... Saved 14 shots while allowing six goals, a .700 save percentage, in Ivy win over Cornell (3/26) ... Had 15 saves, allowed seven goals (.682 save percentage) in win over Penn State (3/5) ... In first collegiate start, made 12 saves in 12-10 win over Michigan (2/20) ... Followed that up with 16 saves in a loss at Virginia (2/28) ... Had 13 stops at Villanova (3/12) ... Made 12 saves in Ivy win over Harvard (4/16) ... Came up with 10 stops in 7-6 Ivy League Tournament loss to Yale (5/6).
High School: Four-year letter winner in lacrosse … Backstopped Belmont Hill to Independent School League (ISL) titles in 2013 (15-1 record) and 2015 (14-2) … Also the goalie in 2014, when Belmont Hill was ISL runner-up and finished 14-3 … ISL All-League honorable mention as a senior … Goodban Biology Prize … AP Scholar Award … High Honors student … Investment Club … Sustainability Club … Advanced Science research … Biology Board … Computer Programming Club.
Personal: Son of Beth and Robert Junkin … Father played football at Penn … Brother, Lee, played lacrosse at Colorado College … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
