Chris Peyser

Position:
Defense
Height:
6-1
Weight:
180
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Manhasset, N.Y.
High School:
Manhasset

At Princeton

2009- honorable mention All-Ivy League...named co-Division I Defenseman of the Week by Christian Swezey of Inside Lacrosse along with teammate Chad Wiedmaier after Hopkins game... preseason third-team All-America... has started 42 straight games on defense... second on team with 16 caused turnovers... had two caused turnovers in win over UMass...had three caused turnovers against Brown... team tri-captain 2008 - started every game ... honorable mention All-Ivy League ..had three caued turn overs against Brown...team tri-captain 2007 - started every game ... honorable mention All-America ... honorable mention All-Ivy League ... shut out Cornell’s David Mitchell, who had 31 goals in 10 games prior to facing Princeton ... shut out Hofstra’s Ryan Miller in 5-4 Princeton win ... held Dartmouth’s Nick Bonnacci without a goal until Princeton had built a 9-2 second-half lead ... 2006 - played in every game as fourth close defender ... had first career point with assist against Dartmouth ... preserved Princeton’s Ivy title-clinching win at Brown by forcing a turnover in the final 30 seconds ... started against Butler when Ryan Schoenig faced off and played mostly shortstick ... faced-off with longstick four times against Yale.

At Manhasset
Lettered four times in lacrosse and three times in football and indoor track ... high school lacrosse All-America ... named
Defenseman of the Year ... all-county and Academic All-County as an offensive lineman/linebacker in football ... all-conference shot putter in track ... National Honor Society ... Wendy’s High School Heisman state finalist ... high honor roll all 16 quarters.

Personal
Born Aug. 27, 1987 ... son of the late Edward Peyser and Diane Peyser ... father graduated from Dickinson; mother is a graduate of Bucknell ... younger sister Lauren is a sophomore lacrosse player at Bucknell ... a politics major with a certificate in political economy ... senior thesis is on the political economy of terrorism.