Biography
CAREER STATS
2014: 4 played/0 started, 0 points, 0 shots, 0 GB, 0 CT, 0x1 FO (.000)
2015: 13 played/9 started, 0 points, 1 shot, 13 GB, 7 CT, 1x4 FO (.250)
2016: 14 played/1 started, 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points, 1 shot, 17 GB, 7 CT, 7x29 FO (.241)
2017: 13 played/11 started, 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, 3 shots, 14 GB, 7 CT, 0x4 FO (.000)
Career: 44 played/21 started, 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points, 5 shots, 44 GB, 21 CT, 8x38 FO (.211)
CAREER ACCOLADES
2017: Honorable Mention All-Ivy, USILA Scholar All-America
2017: Appeared in all 13 games and made 11 starts as a close defenseman… Honorable Mention All-Ivy… Picked up 14 ground balls and caused seven turnovers on the season… Picked up two ground balls and caused two turnovers vs. Virginia (4/29) as part of the ACC Showcase game… Notched two ground balls each in games vs. Michigan (3/11), Cornell (3/25), and Virginia (4/29)… Took three shots on the season… Took two shots vs. Virginia (4/29).
2016: Played in 14 of 15 games, making one start on defense and playing mostly as a long-stick defensive middie ... Scored first collegiate goal in Ivy Tournament loss to Yale (5/6) ... Also had three ground balls and a caused turnover against the Bulldogs ... Had first collegiate point, an assist, and added two caused turnovers and three ground balls in Ivy win over Cornell (3/26) ... Had two CT and three GB in win at UMBC (4/19) ... Scooped up four ground balls, added a caused turnover vs. Maryland (3/29) ... Had two GB in win over Penn State (3/5).
2015: Played in all 13 games, starting nine on the defensive unit ... Tied for third on the team with seven caused turnovers ... Had a shot, two caused turnovers and two ground balls in Ivy win over Dartmouth (4/18) ... Had two CT and one GB against Villanova (3/7) ... Opened the season with a caused turnover and a ground ball against UMBC (2/14) ... Caused a turnover against both Princeton (3/14) and Virginia (4/25) ... Had four ground balls at Penn State (2/28) ... Picked up two GB in OT win at Saint Joseph's (2/17).
2014: Saw time in games against Denver (3/1), Princeton (3/15), Dartmouth (4/19) and Towson (4/22) ... Lost his only faceoff against the Pioneers.
High School: Lettered three times in lacrosse, captain as a senior … Helped New Canaan to county titles his junior and senior seasons (combined record 38-7) … Two-time USLacrosse All-America … Two-time all-state … Three-time All-FCIAC … Also lettered twice in ice hockey and once in soccer … Helped hockey team county titles in 2009-10 and 2010-11 (combined 48-4 record) … National Honor Society member … Model UN Club … New Canaan CIAC Male Scholar-Athlete in 2013 … Harold S. Kenney Award recipient for Male Scholar-Athlete … Kiwanis Club Award recipient for sportsmanship … AP Scholar with Distinction.
Personal: Son of Kim and Michael Persky … Has an older sister at Stanford (Jana), a younger sister (Kyla) and a younger brother (Kevin) … Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business.
