Sophomore season (2006) - Opened his sophomore campaign with back-to-back shutouts of Albertson, making
a combined total of 13 saves in a 0-0 exhibition game tie and 1-0 Whitman victory ... Also pitched a shutout
in Whitman's Northwest Conference opener, a 0-0 overtime tie with Willamette ... Just missed a shutout when
George Fox scored inside the final minute of a 2-1 Whitman victory ... Allowed no goals in playing the
second half of a 3-1 win over Willamette ... Made 10 saves in a 1-1 overtime tie with Linfield ... Allowed
just one goal in each of six 1-0 Whitman losses ... Played in 12 of 15 games, 11 as a starter.
Freshman season (2005) - Played in 18 of 19 games, all but one as a starter, in his first college
season ... Made eight saves in his college debut, a 2-1 Whitman victory over Northwest University ...
Followed his first college shutout, a 1-0 victory over George Fox, with a next-day 3-0 blanking of
Pacific ... Shut out Pacific a second time (1-0) later in the season ... Got his fourth shutout of the
season in a 1-0 win over Willamette.
Prep - Played varsity soccer at Union High School, starting three seasons ... Earned all-conference,
all-county, and all-state honors three times ... Union made it to the county finals and state semifinals in
2004 ... Posted a record of 163-34-31 with a goals allowed average of 0.78 and 110 shutouts in six seasons
with the Parsippany Soccer Club ... Was part of Union High's 2005 state track championship squad in the 4x55-meter
high hurdles relay ... Was a five-time county track champion (400-meter hurdles, 4x400-meter relay, 4x110-meter
high hurdles relay) ... Helped Union's track team win county team championships as a senior and freshman ...
Won conference titles in the 400-meter hurdles and 800 meters as a senior.
Personal - Son of Joe and Judy Axelrod ... Brother Mark, 24, is enrolled at the University of Virginia
School of Medicine ... Has had photographs professionally published ... Takes photos for the Whitman Pioneer
newspaper as well as the Whitman Sports Information and Communication offices ... Enjoys traveling,
photography, the Wisconsin Northwoods, and the New York Yankees and New York Jets.
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