Johns Hopkins University Athletics

2007: Made an immediate impact in his first season at Hopkins after transferring from Fairfield • Played in all 17 games and started the final seven on close defense • Finished second on the team with 70 ground balls and added one goal and one assist while winning 1-of-2 faceoffs • 70 ground balls are the most by a non-faceoff specialist at Hopkins since John Gagliardi had 72 in 1997 • Wasted little time demonstrating ability to come up with loose balls as he grabbed seven ground balls in a 7-6 double-overtime victory against Princeton in the inaugural Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Classic and added a career-high eight at Syracuse and seven against Virginia • Scored first goal as a Blue Jay and added five ground balls in a regular-season loss against Duke and matched career-high with eight GBs in regular-season-ending win against Loyola.

At Fairfield: Two-year starter at Fairfield on defense as he played in all 29 games with 18 starts in two seasons (2005, 2006) with the Stags • Helped team to a share of the 2005 GWLL Championship and a trip to the NCAA Tournament • Finished 16th in the nation in ground balls per game (5.06) as a freshman and totaled 123 ground balls in his two years • Led the team with 42 ground balls in 2006.

At John Jay: Three-year member of the varsity lacrosse team (missed entire junior season with an injury) • Two-time all-league, all-section and All-Journal News/North County selection • Helped team to section championship game as a freshman and senior and section semifinals as a sophomore • Earned three varsity letters in football as a standout two-way player (quarterback/cornerback) • Garnered all-league honors as a junior and senior and added all-section and All-Journal News honors as a senior.

Personal: Matthew L. Bocklet • The son of Michael and Terry Bocklet • Born March 26, 1986 • Anthropology major.