Erik Peters

Photo by: Brian McWalters

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Photo by: Patrick Tewey

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Position:
Goalie
Height:
5-10
Weight:
170
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Highlands Ranch, Colo.
High School:
Rock Canyon

At Princeton
2022
* 2022 Inside Lacrosse mid-season honorable mention All-American
* has a 11.29 goals-against average and .559 save percentage
* one of 25 nominees for the Tewaaraton Award
* has at least 14 saves in seven of 15 games
* had 15 saves with five goals against (.750 save percentage) in the NCAA win over BU; also had an assist
* made 17 saves in 14-10 win over Yale in quarterfinals
* has made 32 saves while allowing 15 goals in two NCAA games (.681 save percentage) after allowing 37 goals and making 23 saves (.383 save percentage) in the last two regular season games (against Harvard and Cornell)
* made 19 saves in the regular season against Maryland
* has 204 saves on the season, which ranks sixth in a season by a Princeton goalie, one away from fifth and seven away from third
* made 57 saves in a three-game stretch against Maryland, Georgetown, Rutgers
* had a career-high 21 saves against Rutgers to earn Ivy Player of the Week award for second straight week; also named to the USILA Team of the Week after the Rutgers game
* had 17 saves while allowing eight goals against Georgetown to earn Ivy Player of the Week honors; made 10 saves in the second half and six in the fourth quarter
* made 15 saves in 12-10 win over Dartmouth
* had 14 saves and seven goals-against in regular season win over Boston University
* Princeton’s starting goalie since midway through the 2019 season

Saves in a season
1. William Cronin (277 in 1973)
2. Kevin Gray (231 in 1975)
3. Kevin Gray (211 in 1976), Peter Cordrey (211 in 1981(
5. Christopher Corcoran (205 in 1985)
6. Erik Peters (204 in 2022)
2020 - started all five games ... had a .518 save percentage and 11.40 goals-against ... made 16 saves in a 16-12 win over Virginia ... made 15 saves with 11 goals against in the 18-11 win over Johns Hopkins

2019 - started the final nine games of the year ... had a .528 save percentage and 11.44 goals-against average ... also had an assist ... made 17 saves with four goals against at Dartmouth ... reached double figures in saves in eight of his nine starts ...

At Chaparral High School (Attended Freshman Year) - Lettered in Lacrosse... Wrestled

At Rock Canyon High School - Lettered three times in lacrosse ... twice in doubles tennis... Lettered in community service (over 100 hours)...Team captain as a senior in lacrosse and tennis... 2017 US Lacrosse Academic All-America ... 1st Team All-State ... Two time First Team Academic All-State in lacrosse and tennis... Two time Second Team All-Conference Selection ... played club lacrosse with Team Colorado and DoCo Lacrosse Club ... National Honor Society Inductee...highest honor roll every semester of high school ... Graduated with highest honors (4.0 GPA or above) ... AP Scholar with Honor

Personal -- born Oct. 20, 1998 ... son of Nick and Karen Peters ... mother graduated from Suny Cortland and father graduated from University of Northern Colorado ... older brother Alek (22) graduated from Ithaca College ...Younger sister Callandra (16) attends Rock Canyon High School