Gunnar Waldt
40 Gunnar Waldt
  • Birth Date:
    04/03/1992
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    240
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Freeland, Md.
  • High School:
    Saint Paul's School
  • Position:
    G
  • gp
    18
  • gs
    18
  • min
    1063:45
  • ga
    146
  • gaa
    8.24
  • sv
    200

Bio

As a junior: USILA Third Team All-America ... NEC Defensive Player of the Year ... All-NEC First Team ... NEILA All-New England Second Team ... NEC Tournament MVP ... NEC All-Tournament Team ... Tewaaraton Award Watch List ... Four-time NEC Defensive Player of the Week ... Four-time ECAC Defensive Player of the Week ... NEILA Preseason All-New England First Team ... Started all 18 games between the pipes as a junior captain ... Finished the season ranked inside the national top-20 in all three goalie statistics, ranking fifth in save percentage (.578), ninth in goals against average (8.24) and 17th in saves per game (11.11) while anchoring the Bulldogs' 10th-ranked defense ... Led the NEC in save percentage and finished second in GAA and saves per game ... Finished the season with 200 saves and an 8-10 overall record ... Played over 1000 minutes in the cage ... Recorded 13 double-digit save outings, including in each of the last seven games ... Turned away a season-high 16 shots at Marist in the NCAA tournament ... Held opponents to single-digit goals in 13-of-18 contests ... Faced 603 shots on the year while picking up 37 ground balls and forcing four caused turnovers ... Enters his senior season ranked second on the program's career saves list (574) and tied for the program lead with 30 all-time wins.

As a sophomore: USILA Third Team All-America ... Tewaaraton Award Semifinalist ... NEC Defensive Player of the Year ... All-NEC First Team ... NEILA All-New England First Team ... NEC All-Tournament Team ... Baltimore Sun National Player of the Week ... Four-time NEC Defensive Player of the Week ... Lacrosse Magazine Midseason All-America First Team ... Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-America First Team ... Only goalie in the nation to rank in the top-10 in save percentage (.593, fourth), goals against average (7.92, fifth) and saves per game (11.45, eighth) ... Waldt led the NEC in all three statistics ... Anchored a Bryant defense ranked fifth in the NCAA and a man-down unit ranked fourth nationally ... Set a trio of new single-season program records, making 229 saves and averaging 11.45 saves per game while winning a record 15 games ... His .593 save percentage ranks third in the single-season archives ... Started all 20 games in which he appeared, missing one due to injury ... Made 13 stops against second-seeded Syracuse in the NCAA First Round to propel the Bulldogs to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the first time in program history, earning him national player of the week honors ... Posted double-digit saves 13 times, including a season-most 17 in wins over #17 Drexel and Hartford ... Held opponents to single-digit goals in 17-of-20 contests ... Finished 15-5 overall ... Faced 714 shots on the year ... Added 44 ground balls and three caused turnovers while scoring his first collegiate point with an assist at Robert Morris on April 19 ... Enters his junior campaign already ranked fourth on the program's career saves list (374) and all-time wins list (22).

As a redshirt-freshman: Appeared in 14 games for the Bulldogs, earning 12 starts between the pipes ... Posted a 9.21 goals against average that ranked 18th in the nation ... Boasted a .562 save percentage that was good for 14th in the Division I circuit ... Both numbers were tops among all Northeast Conference goalies ... Finished the year 7-5 overall ... Allowed 113 goals in 735 minutes on the season, amassing 145 total saves ... His 10.36 saves per game rank fourth in the single-season program records ... Posted 10 double-digit save games, including a career-high 18 against Robert Morris April 6 (good for sixth in the program's single-game records) ... Added 31 ground balls and two caused turnovers ... Named the NEC Defensive Player of the Week three times and NEC Rookie of the Week once ... Named to the All-Northeast Conference Second Team ... NEC All-Rookie Team nod ... NEC All-Tournament Team pick.

As a freshman: Redshirted the 2012 season.

Before Bryant: A 2011 graduate of Saint Paul's School, Waldt was a two-year letterwinner and starter for the Crusaders ... Led to a 2010 league and state title ... Named a 2011 all-MIAA selection ... Also a three-year varsity starter in football ... BTC All-Star Game and Chesapeake Bowl All-Star Game selections ... 2010 Army All-American Combine participant ... Named an All-MIAA selection as a junior and senior ... Honor Roll and Headmaster's List student.

Personal: Son of Donna LaBadie-Waldt and Richard Waldt, Gunnar Lee Waldt was born on April 3, 1992 ... Has one brother, Kris, and one sister, Nicole.

CAREER HIGHS
Goals: --
Assists:
1 at Robert Morris, 4/19/14
Points: 1 at Robert Morris, 4/19/14
Saves:
18 vs. Robert Morris, 4/6/13
Shots Faced: 55 vs. #12 Yale, 3/1/14
Ground balls: 6 vs. #17 Drexel, 3/8/14
Caused turnovers: 1, nine times (last at Saint Joseph's, 5/2/15)

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 14 No. 8 Albany L, 10-8
Apr 18 at Mount St. Mary's W, 8-6
Apr 21 No. 11 Brown L, 9-8
Apr 30 at #2 Hobart W, 11-8
May 2 at #1 Saint Joseph's W, 10-6
May 6 at No. 20 Marist L, 10-6
  Overall Conf
Games played 18 6
Games started 18 6
Minutes 1063:45 359:35
Goals against 146 38
Goals-against average 8.24 6.34
Saves 200 63
Save pct 57.8 62.4
Wins 8 4
Losses 10 2
Ties 0 0
Win pct 44.4 66.7
Date Opponent Score gs min ga sv sv%
Feb 7 Colgate L, 9-5 1 60:00 9 10 52.6
Feb 14 at Bucknell L, 7-5 1 57:17 7 11 61.1
Feb 21 Hartford W, 11-9 1 60:00 9 9 50.0
Feb 28 at No. 7 Yale L, 16-9 1 49:56 15 1 6.3
Mar 7 at Drexel L, 11-8 1 59:02 10 9 47.4
Mar 10 at No. 2 North Carolina L, 10-9 1 60:00 10 15 60.0
Mar 21 at Hobart L, 7-6 1 62:16 7 12 63.2
Mar 24 Providence W, 7-5 1 60:00 5 15 75.0
Mar 29 Saint Joseph's L, 8-7 1 60:00 8 9 52.9
Apr 4 at Wagner W, 5-3 1 60:00 3 10 76.9
Apr 7 Sacred Heart W, 16-6 1 57:19 6 8 57.1
Apr 11 Robert Morris W, 10-8 1 60:00 8 12 60.0
Apr 14 No. 8 Albany L, 10-8 1 60:00 10 15 60.0
Apr 18 at Mount St. Mary's W, 8-6 1 60:00 6 12 66.7
Apr 21 No. 11 Brown L, 9-8 1 58:38 9 15 62.5
Apr 30 at #2 Hobart W, 11-8 1 60:00 8 10 55.6
May 2 at #1 Saint Joseph's W, 10-6 1 60:00 6 11 64.7
May 6 at No. 20 Marist L, 10-6 1 59:17 10 16 61.5
  gp gs min ga gaa sv sv% win loss tie win %
2011-12 - - 0:00 - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0
2012-13 14 8 735:49 113 9.21 145 56.2 7 5 0 58.3
2013-14 20 20 1188:58 157 7.92 229 59.3 15 5 0 75.0
2014-15 18 18 1063:45 146 8.24 200 57.8 8 10 0 44.4
2015-16 15 15 880:23 124 8.45 165 57.1 10 5 0 66.7
Total 67 61 3868:55 540 8.37 739 57.8 40 25 0 61.5
    gp gs min ga gaa sv sv% win loss tie win %
Event Total 18 18 1063:45 146 8.24 200 57.8 8 10 0 44.4
Conference 6 6 359:35 38 6.34 63 62.4 4 2 0 66.7
Exhibition - - 0:00 - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0
Location Home 8 8 475:57 64 8.07 93 59.2 4 4 0 50.0
Away 10 10 587:48 82 8.37 107 56.6 4 6 0 40.0
Neutral - - 0:00 - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0
Result Wins 8 8 477:19 51 6.41 87 63.0 8 0 0 100.0
Losses 10 10 586:26 95 9.72 113 54.3 0 10 0 0.0
Month February 4 4 227:13 40 10.56 31 43.7 1 3 0 25.0
March 5 5 301:18 40 7.97 60 60.0 1 4 0 20.0
April 7 7 415:57 50 7.21 82 62.1 5 2 0 71.4
May 2 2 119:17 16 8.05 27 62.8 1 1 0 50.0