2019 Field Hockey Roster
Alex Halpin
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Mohegan Lake, N.Y.
- High School:
- Lakeland Senior
Graduated in December of 2019 with a degree in biology
2019: Played in 11 games and made three starts ... Named ACC Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 29 after playing the entirety of wins over Boston College and Old Dominion ... Played the end of the NCAA Championship win over Princeton and made a save on a penalty stroke with no time remaining on the clock
2018: Appeared in 13 games, allowing three goals in 265 minutes of play ... Had a goals-against average of 0.79 ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll and the NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Earned Dean's List honors in spring 2019
2017: As a sophomore, appeared in eight games ... Allowed six goals in 164 minutes of play ... Goals against average of 2.57 ... Named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad and the ACC Academic Honor Roll
2016: As a redshirt freshman, appeared in 21 games and started 11 ... Made 36 saves for a save percentage of .621 ... Allowed 22 goals for a goals against average of 1.48
Before UNC: Redshirted during the 2015 season at UMass-Amherst … Graduate of Lakeland Senior High School, which she attended her sophomore through senior years … Team captain as a senior … Earned state, regional and sectional championships all three years … Third-team All-America and all-region as a senior … Recipient of Con Edison Athletic Scholar Award and U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete Award … Also played lacrosse, captaining the team as a senior … Member of the varsity swim team during her freshman year at Kennedy Catholic High School … AP Scholar with Honor and recipient of President’s Award for Academic Excellence
National/International: Member of the U.S. Under-21 Junior National Team … Also played for U19 team and competed in Germany … 2013 AAU Junior Olympics silver medalist
More on Halpin: Daughter of Teresa and Edward Halpin … Has one sister, Cassie, who is a redshirt freshman on the UNC team … Favorite pastimes are traveling, kayaking and playing music … Sings and plays guitar at open mic nights (She and Morgan Goetz won the team's preseason talent show in 2017) … Performed the national anthem at some of her field hockey and lacrosse games in high school … Hopes to go on to dental school after graduation … Dream job is to be an orthodontist or surgeon
