PLAYER PROFILES

 


 

 

1 • Alex Fatovic

Junior • Goalkeeper
6-2 • 200
Falls Church, Va. • George Mason

As a Junior in 2006: Saw action in 12 games in goal, 11 starts... Had three of the Blackbirds' four victories on the season... Registered one shutout (vs. NJIT (9/10))... Had nine saves in the 2-0 victory over the Highlanders... Allowed only one goal in 110 minutes of action in a 1-1 tie against Quinnipiac (10/6)... Stopped five shots, including a key penalty kick, in 2-1 win over Central Connecticut State (10/8)... Had 1.89 goals against average, ranking 10th in the Northeast Conference.

As a Sophomore in 2005: Started 12 of the Blackbirds' 16 contests in goal...Recorded three shutouts on the season, good for fourth-best in the Northeast Conference...Stopped seven shots in 0-0, overtime tie against Monmouth (9/25)...Tallied five saves in 2-0 victory over Manhattan (9/6)...Had season and career-best eight saves in 2-1 victory over St. Francis (N.Y.) (10/16)...Ranked fifth in the NEC in saves per game (4.75) and seventh in save percentage (.770)...Amassed a 1.36 goals against average in 1,117:00 minutes of work.

As a Freshman in 2004: Made three starts in net for the Blackbirds... Earned his first collegiate victory at NJIT (10/19)... Posted his first collegiate shutout and first Northeast Conference victory over Central Connecticut State (10/22)... Saw action in five games, playing just under 280 minutes ... Made six saves ... Closed the season with a 0.97 goals-against average.

High School and Personal: As a senior in 2004, Bull Run District, Regional and State Player of the Year in Virginia A ... Helped lead George Mason to the state title in 2004, saving penalty kick with 16 minutes remaining in championship game to perserve in 1-0 win ... As a junior, selected to the Bull Run All-District team... Led Mustangs to the Virginia High School League A State Championship om 2002 ... Honed skills on two developmental teams, the Super Y Chesapeake Athletic Dragons and the Gunston Team America Premier team... Led Gunston to the 2002 Snickers Virginia Youth Soccer Association (U-16) State title... Honor roll student at a school ranked the sixth ‘most challenging public high school in the country’... Son of Rosemary and Robert Fatovic... Has two older sisters... Born in Kansas City, lived in London for four years and grew up in Denver and Washington, D.C.