University of Vermont Athletics

CAREER HONORS:
• 2009 America East Academic Honor Roll

AS A SENIOR (2011): Played in all 15 games for the Catamounts, making four starts … Finished second on the team in ground balls with 55 … Grabbed a season-high eight ground balls in a 7-5 win over Bryant … Caused five turnovers in a win over St. John’s and also at #16 Denver … Scored his lone goal of the season in the win over St. John’s at home.

AS A JUNIOR (2010): Gradinger played in all 16 games and made nine starts … Ranked first on the team with 60 ground balls … Had one goal and one assist … Had an assist and three ground balls in a 7-4 loss to Bryant on Feb. 20 … Recorded six ground balls in a 13-11 loss at home to Marist on March 4 … Recorded four ground balls in an 18-7 loss at No. 1 Virginia on March 16 … Scored a goal and had three ground balls in an 8-7 loss to St. John’s on March 20 … Had five ground balls in an 11-8 win against Binghamton in the America East opener on April 3 … Picked up a season-high seven ground balls in a 9-4 loss at Albany on April 11.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2009): Gradinger played in all 14 games and had a team leading 41 ground balls … Had one goal and one assist … Named to the America East Academic Honor Roll … Had five ground balls in a 13-7 loss to Notre Dame on March 21 in the Patriot Cup at SMU Ford Field in Dallas, Texas … Grabbed four ground balls in a 10-8 loss at Stony Brook on April 4 … Had five ground balls and an assist in an 8-4 loss at Binghamton on April 10 … Scored a goal in a 9-6 loss against Albany on April 19 at Moulton Winder Field.

AS A FRESHMAN (2008): Gradinger was one of only two UVM freshman to play in all 16 games … Was seventh on the team with 29 ground balls … Recorded three ground balls in a 9-8 win against Fairfield on April 1 and a 12-10 victory at Marist on April 8.

BEFORE VERMONT: Gradinger played four years of lacrosse and one year of football at Torrey Pines High School in Del Mar, Calif. … He led Torrey Pines to a San Diego sectional title as a senior and was the San Diego Union Tribune Player of the Year … Went on to be named a U.S. Lacrosse All-American … He had five goals, seven assists and 136 ground balls as a senior … He was named First-Team North County and First-Team All-Section.

PERSONAL: Max A. Gradinger the son of Leo and Melanie Gradinger ... His brother Nick plays lacrosse at Cornell ... His grandfather Leo played college football at San Diego State ... Lists Ladainian Tomlinson as one of his favorite athletes ... Lists snowboarding as one of his hobbies ... Majoring in community entrepreneurship.

Year	GP	 GB	  Sh       G	A	Pts   Pen 
2008	16	 29	   4       0	0	0     15-12.5
2009	14	 41	   7       1	1	2     12-11.0
2010	16	 60	   2       1	1	2     12-9.5
2011    15       55        2       1    0       1      9-7.0
Totals	61	 185	  15       3	2	5     48-30.0