VMI Athletics

2021: Played and started in five games during senior year…recorded two shots as a goalie during Air Force…finished with 44 saves during the season…tallied seven groundballs and one caused turnover during year…finished career with 241 saves.

2020: Started at goal for all four games during the Covid-19 shortened season … named the SoCon Defensive Player of the Week on March 3 following a career-high 17 saves at Mount St. Mary’s … recorded 217 minutes in the circle for the year … earned a 12.98 goals-against average and tallied 39 saves on the season (.453 save pct.) … faced 139 shots through the four matches … tallied five groundballs.

2019: Saw action in only four games due to injury after starting every game as a freshman in 2018 … played a season-high 36 minutes against No. 12 High Point on Mar. 15, earning eight saves and a .500 save percentage for the game … played 30 minutes at Bellarmine on Apr. 6, claiming five saves on 14 shot attempts … had five saves against Mercer on Mar. 23 … earned two saves in just eight minutes of action vs. Hampton on Mar. 30 … picked up four groundballs including three at High Point on Mar. 15.

2018: Ranked 21st in the nation and first in the Southern Conference in saves per game at 10.62 … ranked fourth on the team in groundballs with 23 for the season … started all 13 games at goal, registering nearly 700 minutes (696:21) in the circle … earned 138 saves for the year with a season-high 16 coming against Mount St. Mary’s on March 3 and at High Point on April 13 … three times claimed 13 saves for a single game for his second highest total for the year … allowed 150 goals for the year for a 12.92 goals-against average … faced 469 shot attempts during the season ... named to the SoCon Honor Roll and to the Dean's List.

High School: Coached by Newton Babb at Page HS in Greensboro, N.C. … lettered four years as a goalie … earned second team All-State and Most Valuable Defensive Player as a senior as he logged a 66 percent save percentage … registered the school record for most saves in a single game … three-time captain of the team … named Defensive Player of the Year both at the school and the conference … also a member of the wrestling team for two years and three years with the cross country team … played club lacrosse for Triad Elite … captain of the wrestling team … Marine Corps Scholar Athlete of the year … Summer 2017 played in the Great 38 game and the Triad All-Star game.

Personal: Older sister Anne Bennett played golf at North Carolina … plans to major in mechanical engineering.