Peyton Klawinski

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-9
Weight:
200
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Memphis, Tenn.
High School:
Memphis University School

General: Three-year returning letter winner for the Tar Heels in the midfield corps...started in the first midfield as a sophomore after being on the scout team as a freshman...Coach Breschi says his hope is Peyton can return to his sophomore year form and make a major impact in 2017...Breschi says he’s big, thick, strong, can run and posseses tremendous potential...can play both right and left handed...projected to play in second midfield this year...Dean’s List honoree each of his first three years at Carolina, including fall semester of 2016.
2016 (Junior): Played in 17 games...scored six goals and had three assists...each of his nine points came in a different game...scored goals in first three games of season and in back-to-back games against Maryland and Duke...named a 2016 preseason third-team All-America...named to ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2015 (Sophomore): Started in first midfield unit as a sophomore...played in 17 games, starting 13...scored 19 goals and had three assists for 22 points...had three goals and an assist against both UMass and Richmond...had hat tricks versus High Point and Notre Dame...scored a pair of goals versus Syracuse...winner of Kevin Reichardt Memorial Award as the team’s Most Improved Player...member of the Rising Star program in the Carolina Leadership Academy...named to All-ACC Academic Team...tapped for ACC Academic Honor Roll for second straight year.
2014 (Freshman): Played in four games in his freshman season…made appearances in each of the first three games of the season…scored his first career goal against Furman…followed up that performance with two goals against Manhattan...converted one man-up goal…picked up three ground balls…member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll…named to the Dean’s List in the fall 2013 semester.
Prep: One of the top-ranked midfielders in the high school Class of 2013...graduate of Memphis University School...coached there by Eliott Dent…played four years of lacrosse there as a midfielder…finished his career with 155 goals, 101 assists, 256 points and 202 ground balls…as a senior, he had 63 goals, 40 assists, 103 points and 58 ground balls, his best campaign as a prepster…also had a spectacular junior year when he had 44 goals, 27 assists, 71 points and 66 ground balls…in his first two varsity seasons combined he had 48 goals, 34 assists, 82 points and 78 ground balls…captain of his high school team as a senior…led MUS to state championships three straight years…offensive MVP of state title game in 2013…U.S. Lacrosse All-America three years in a row (’11-’13)…named to Under Armour Underclassman South Team in 2012…first-team All-State selection…Best of Preps Lacrosse Player of the Year in 2012 & 2013…graduated Magna Cum Laude…won MUS’s James R. Haygood, III, Award as the best all-around athlete…member of cum laude society, National Honor Society, math honor society and National Junior Latin Honor Society…Dean’s Scholar and Faculty Honor Roll member for four years...played summer lacrosse for No Excuse club team...attended Jake Reed Blue Chip.
Personal: Full name is Peyton Welby Klawinski…son of Lawrrence and Karen Klawinski...has a brother Cade, 17…was born May 10, 1995 in Memphis, Tenn. …business administration major…his father played football and lacrosse at U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1980...extremely active in community service...writes pen pal letters to elementary school kids, was second in money raised for Vs Cancer Foundation as a sophomore and is active in UNC student-athlete visits to UNC Children’s Hospital.

Catching Up With Peyton Klawinski
Section #1: Lacrosse Related
My favorite thing about wearing Carolina Blue is the color.
I love competing for this incredible coaching staff because they are 100 percent bought in.
My most underrated strength about my lacrosse game is my on-the-run shot.
My best friend on my high school lacrosse team was Franklin Martin and he is now playing at Air Force.
Every high school recruit should dream of becoming a Tar Heel because it’s great.
Section #2: Your Interests
An ideal Saturday afternoon in the summer is spent playing golf.
My teammate with the best taste in music is Luke Goldstock because he plays everything.
My favorite professional sports team is the Denver Broncos.
The best movie I’ve ever seen on a lacrosse bus trip is The Lincoln Lawyer.
The foreign country I would love to visit most is Switzerland because I want to climb the Alps.
Section #3: Food
My favorite tailgate food is hot wings.
My favorite fast food restaurant is Chick-Fil-A because their sandwiches are incredible.
Sweet, salty or both? Sweet.
My favorite food made by a relative is Dad’s steak with bernaise sauce.
My favorite Chapel Hill dining spot is Lucha Tigre.
Section #4: Digging into your Personality
If I possessed the gift of time travel, I would back to the day we won the national championship.
The person in history I would most want to have dinner with is Chris Kyle.
People would be very surprised to know I haven’t ever been out of the country.
In a quarter century I would love to be living in Charlotte and working at an investment bank.

Peyton Klawinski’s Career Statistics
Year   GP/GS   SH   SOG   G   A   PTS   GB   CT
2014   4/0   5   3   3   0   3   3   0
2015   17/13   44   26   19   3   22   10   0
2016   17/0   29   14   6   3   9   4   0
Totals   38/13   78   43   28   6   34   17   0
Peyton Klawinski — 7 multi-goal games (1 in 2014, 6 in 2015); 8 multi-point game (1 in 2014, 7 in 2015)
Career Highs: Goals: 3 vs. High Point, 2-10-2015; 3 vs. Massachusetts, 2-14-2015; 3 vs. Richmond, 3-14-2015; 3 vs. Notre Dame, 4-18-2015; Points: 4 vs. Massachusetts, 2-14-2015; 4 vs. Richmond, 3-14-2015; Ground Balls: 2 vs. Virginia, 4-3-2015.