Men's Soccer
#4

Lasse Mertins Season 2003

PositionD
Weight180 lbs
Height6-2
ClassSenior
HometownRotenburg, Germany
High SchoolRatsgym. Rotenburg

4 - Lasse MertinsPosition: Defender
Class: Senior
Height: 6' 2"

Weight: 180 lbs.

High School: Ratsgym. Rotenburg
Hometown: Rotenburg, Germany

 
photo       A co-captain on this year's squad ... Leader both on and off the field ... Strong in the air ... Reads the game exceptionally well ... Most experienced player in the fall... Will anchor the defense, along with Harold Russell ... Role model for younger players.

2002: Started all 18 games ... Anchored the Tech defense ... Also showed his offensive capability, scoring five goals on the season, including the game-winner against Georgetown ... A third-team All-South Atlantic Region selection ... Twice named the BIG EAST Co-Rookie of the Week ... Named to the CollegeSoccerNews.com National Team of the Week for the week ending Sept. 22 ... Second-team all-state honoree.

School/Club: Spent a year as an exchange student at Westfield High School in Houston, Texas, in 1996 ... Played club soccer there for the Houston Classics ... Graduated from Rotenburg's Ratsgymnasium with his Abitur degree in 1998.

Prior to Virginia Tech: Graduated with an undergraduate degree in business administration from the Leibniz Akademie in Hannover, Germany, in 2002 ... Played for Rotenburger SV in the Oberliga Niedersachsen (4th division) for two seasons ... Served his 10-month mandatory military service in the German Army in 1999.

Personal: Born December 7, 1978 ... Son of Jorg and Barbara Mertins ... A graduate student in the Pamplin College of Business, majoring in accounting and information systems.

Mertins' Career Statistics

YearGP-GSShotsGoalsAssistsPoints
200218-18205010

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