AS A SENIOR: Made 13 starts … Registered 16 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers … Ranked fourth on the team in caused turnovers … Picked up a season-high three ground balls in games vs. #17 Georgetown and #20 Robert Morris … Forced a pair of turnovers in four different contests
AS A JUNIOR: Appeared in all 14 games for the Mount, making 10 starts...Had 24 ground balls on the year which ranked fifth on the team, and 11 caused turnovers which ranked second on the team...Had a season-high four ground balls against Hobart where he also added a caused turnover...Had a season-high three casued turnovers agaisnt Wagner where he also scooped up two ground balls...Had three ground balls and a caused turnover against Bryant and Sacred Heart
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE: Appeared in 13 games with 12 starts for the Mount defense in 2016...Scored first collegiate goal in 7-3 win over Wagner...Had 10 caused turnovers and 11 ground balls on the season...Had career-best three caused turnovers at Richmond...Picked up pair of ground balls against Delaware, Sacred Heart and Hobart ... Named to the Academic Honor Roll
AS A SOPHOMORE: Did not appear in a game for the Mount in 2015... Member of the Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll.
AS A FRESHMAN: Played in nine games as a freshman in 2014... NEC Academic Honor Roll honoree.
HIGH SCHOOL: Named First Team All-State and was an All-American as both a junior and senior in high school...Helped lead team to a 16-4 record and a spot in the final four in 2013...Also played football, recording 104 tackles in 2012...Named First Team All-North Suburban Conference in football.
PERSONAL: Parents are Richard and Marianne Verkler...Majoring in business...Born September 26, 1994...Has a brother, Jon, and sister, Annie.
