STUDENT-ATHLETES
#12
WESTY HOPKINS
Senior • Attackman 6-0 • 180 Newtown, Pennsylvania LaSalle College H.S./Lawrenceville School (PG)
HONORS & AWARDS • BIG EAST Academic All-Star (2011, 2012, 2013)
Has been a major force for the Irish in his first three seasons … has played in all 46 games during his Notre Dame career … 23 starts … has registered 52 points on 42 goals and 10 assists … 41 ground balls … has earned three monograms … one of the top students on the team … a member of Notre Dame’s Rosenthal Leadership Academy. AS A JUNIOR (2013): Played in all 16 games and made one start … tallied nine points on six goals and three assists … five ground balls … picked up a seasonhigh two ground balls in the 13-5 season-opening win at Duke … notched a goal and an assist in the 10-9 overtime win at Penn State … began a four-game goal streak with a goal in a 13-8 win at Providence … also assisted on a score against the Friars … had a goal and an assist in the following game, a 10-8 victory over Georgetown … deposited a goal in a 13-9 besting of Villanova … scored a goal in a 10-4 setback to Syracuse at the Big City Classic … a BIG EAST Academic All-Star … earned his third monogram. AS A SOPHOMORE (2012): Posted a solid campaign for the Irish … started all 16 games in the Irish attack and ranked third on the team in goals (18) and points (25) … had seven assists … the point and assist totals were career-best marks, while the goal figure matched the output from his freshman season … had three multiple-goal games, including two hat tricks … had at least one point in all but one game (Rutgers) … picked up a career-best 25 grounds balls … tallied a goal and an assist in the 7-3 season-opening victory over Duke … assisted on a score in a 4-3 overtime setback to Penn State … scored a goal in three straight Irish victories over Drexel (6-5), Hofstra (6-5 in OT) and Denver (10-9 in 3OT) … also had a career-high two assists ver-
Fighting Irish sus the Pioneers … picked up a career-high five ground balls in the win at Hofstra … notched an assist in an 8-7 win at Ohio State … started a career-best nine-game goal streak with a tally in a 13-6 win over St. John’s at the Big City Classic … posted a career-high four points on three goals and one assist in a 9-1 besting of Providence … scored one goal in consecutive wins over Georgetown (9-7), Villanova (10-7) and Syracuse (8-6) … also had an assist versus the Orange … matched a career-high total with three goals in an 8-7 setback to St. John’s in the semifinals of the BIG EAST Championship … scored first-quarter goals in NCAA Championship victories over Yale (13-7) in the first round and Virginia (12-10) in the quarterfinals … tallied a team-best two goals in a 7-5 defeat to Loyola in the semifinals of the NCAA Championship … earned his second monogram. AS A FRESHMAN (2011): Had a good rookie season with the Fighting Irish … played in all 14 games, including six starts … his 18 goals were tied for the team lead … had six multiple-goal games … scored at least one goal in the first five games of the season … picked up 11 ground balls … netted two goals in his collegiate debut, a 12-7 season-opening win over Duke … had one goal in a 6-2 victory at Penn State … two tallies in an 11-7 besting of Drexel … one goal in backto-back wins over Denver (10-9) and Ohio State (8-7) … notched first career hat trick in a 12-8 win over Villanova … first career start came against St. John’s, a 10-7 Irish victory … scored a goal in an 11-8 setback at Syracuse … deposited two goals in a 9-8 overtime setback at North Carolina … found the back of the net twice in a 13-6 win over Penn in the first round of the NCAA Championship … led the Irish with three goals in a 7-5 loss to Duke in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship … earned a monogram. PREP AND PERSONAL: Did a post-graduate year at The Lawrenceville School … ranked as the fourth-best post-graduate player in the country by Inside Lacrosse … tallied 35 goals and 22 assists for a team-best 57 points in 20 games at Lawrenceville … received the 2010 Marshall H. Chambers Lacrosse Trophy (team MVP) at Lawrenceville … team was the 2010 New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association champions … also lettered in basketball at Lawrenceville … 2010 Trenton Times All-Prep Player of the Year … team captain at Lawrenceville … earned five varsity letters in lacrosse at La Salle College High School … combined for 87 goals, 56 assists in 58 games during his junior and senior seasons at La Salle … 2008-09 first-team AllCatholic League … 2009 Academic All-American … La Salle won the state title in 2008 and 2009 … the 2008 squad was ranked No. 1 nationally according to Lacrosse Magazine … 2009 team was ranked eighth in the
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Sh Pct. SOG .429 34 .261 45 .353 7 .328 86
G/A Pts. Shots GB 2/0 2 1/0 1 2/0 2 1/0 1 1/0 1 0/0 0 3/0 3 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 1/0 1 2/0 2 2/0 2 3/0 3
4 0 1 2 5 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 6 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 3 1 4 1 4 3
1/1 2 0/1 1 1/0 1 1/0 1 1/2 3 0/1 1 0/0 0 1/0 1 3/1 4 1/0 1 1/0 1 1/1 2 3/0 3 1/0 1 1/0 1 2/0 2
6 2 5 1 4 0 4 5 4 0 2 2 5 3 5 0 6 0 3 4 2 2 2 0 7 3 1 0 6 2 7 1
0/0 0 1/1 2 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 1/1 2 1/1 2 1/0 1 1/0 1 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0
0 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
country according to Inside Lacrosse … son of Doug Hopkins and Joy Sill-Hopkins … enrolled in Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business as a finance major … boasts a 3.715 cumulative GPA. HOPKINS’ CAREER HIGHS
HOPKINS’ CAREER STATISTICS Year GP/GS G A Pts. GB Shots 2011 14/6 18 0 18 11 42 2012 16/16 18 7 25 25 69 2013 16/1 6 3 9 5 17 Totals 46/23 42 10 52 41 128
HOPKINS GAME-BY-GAME Opp. (* games started) 2011 vs. Duke at Penn State Drexel at Denver Ohio State at Rutgers Villanova Georgetown St. John’s* at Providence* at Syracuse* at North Carolina* Penn*^ vs. Duke*^ 2012 Duke* Penn State* at Drexel* at Hofstra* Denver* at Ohio State* Rutgers* vs. St. John’s* Providence* at Georgetown* at Villanova* Syracuse* vs. St. John’s*% Yale*^ vs. Virginia*^ vs. Loyola*^ 2013 at Duke* at Penn State North Carolina Hofstra at Denver Ohio State at Rutgers St. John’s vs. Marquette at Providence Georgetown Villanova vs. Syracuse vs. Syracuse% Detroit^ vs. Duke^ ^ - NCAA Tournament % - BIG EAST Tournament
P/Min UpG DnG 0-0:00 0 0 1-0:30 0 0 1-0:30 0 0 2-1:00 0 0
Goals: 3, four times (MR: St. John’s* ‘12) Assists: 2 (Denver ‘12) Points: 4 (Providence ‘12) GB: 5 (Hofstra ‘12) * - BIG EAST Tournament