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  David DeGraff
David DeGraff

Player Profile
Hometown:
Naperville, Illinois

High School:
Naperville Central High

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 170

Position:
Goalkeeper

Birthdate:
05/20/1981

2003: Played and started 21 games...had career-high 127 saves with only 32 goals against him...posted five shutouts, one off his career-high...was named the MAC Player of the Week for Oct. 13...First-Team All-Ohio selection...finished fifth all-time in Mid-American Conference history with a 1.40 career goals-against-average in nearly 7,000 career minutes played...earned BGSU's Gary Palmisano Most Valuable Player Award

2002: Started every game for the Falcons while totalling 1,731:48 minutes played... posted two shutouts vs. Buffalo (3-0, Sept. 29) and Akron (1-0, Oct. 27)... allowed one goal or less in seven of his final 11 games of the season, posting a 1.34 gaa. during that stretch... made season-high nine saves at Michigan (Oct. 9)... named First-Team All-Ohio and First-Team All-MAC... named to MAC All-Tournament team and MAC Academic Honor Roll.

2001 Played every minute of every match last year, appearing in 1635:01 minutes of the 17 matches ... had 86 saves on 214 shots faced (.827 pct.) while allowing 0.99 goals per game (18 total) ... was 3-1-1 in overtime matches ... posted six shutouts, including vs. nationally-ranked UW-Milwaukee in Diadora Classic Championship ... set career bests in saves, shutouts, save pct. and GAA.

2000 Played and started in all 18 matches played by the Falcons...faced 95 shots-on-goal and had 76 saves between the posts...allowed 1.10 goals per match while recording five shutouts...made career-high nine saves on two occasions...named to the Coca-Cola Panther Invitational All-Tournament team at Wis.-Milwaukee...selected as MAC Player of the Week after posting shutouts against Western Michigan (Oct. 11) and Marshall (Oct. 14).

High School: Played two years on the varsity team under coach John Paslualich...led the team to an undefeated first-place finish in the Dupage Valley Conference in 1999 as the team captain...posted a .83 Goals Against Average with eight shutouts as a senior...had a .86 GAA with nine shutouts as a junior and led the team to a second-place conference finish...was named All-Midwest, All-State, and First-Team Dupage Valley Conference in 1999...also named to the Chicago Tribune All-State team...team was sectional champions in 1998 and 1999...was named Academic All Conference for last two years of high school.

Club: Played for Windy City under coach Yianny Caparus in 1998 and 1999...led the team to the Windy City-Capital Cup Championship in 1999...played in Germany for two weeks.

Personal: Full name - David Christopher DeGraff...born May 20, 1981, in San Mateo, California...son of Dennis and Vickie DeGraff...has two brothers (Matt-26 and Jeff-22)...majoring in criminal justice...maintains a 3.22 cumulative grade-point average.


DeGraff's Career Statistics

Year    MP/MS    Minutes    GA    GAA    SVS    W-L-T    SHO
2000    18/18    1553:08    19    1.10     76       9-8-0          5
2001    17/17    1635:01    18    0.99     86       8-8-1          6
2002     19/19   1731:48    39    2.01     87       6-13-0        2
Career  54/54    4919:57    76    1.41    249    23-29-1       13