John Bennett

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Position:
Defense
Height:
6-2
Weight:
215
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Chevy Chase, Md.
High School:
Georgetown Prep

Did you know? ... John Bennett was named the Ivy League Player of the Week after Princeton’s 6-4 win over Johns Hopkins last year.

At Princeton
2006 - Princeton’s top longstick midfielder ... forced seven turnovers in win over Hopkins ... missed final three games of regular season with groin injury before returning to play in both NCAA tournament games ... 2005 - played in all 12 games as one of top two longstick midfielders ... led team with 23 ground balls ... played on the wing on face-offs ... 2004 - played in 13 games as one of top longstick midfielders ... also was a key as a wingman on face-offs ... had nine ground balls.
At Georgetown Prep
Lettered in lacrosse and football ... both teams were ranked No. 1 in Metro area senior year ... Met Player of the Year in lacrosse as senior ... lacrosse team was ranked No. 1 nationally in some polls ... football team did not lose a game during his varsity
career ... a dean’s list student.
Personal
Born March 15, 1984 ... son of William and Elayne Bennett ... father played football at Williams before earning a law degree at Harvard and a Ph.D. at Texas ... younger brother Joe will play football at Princeton next year ... a politics major ... senior thesis topic is Ronald Reagan’s economic record.