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2007-08 UAA Hockey Roster

14 Merit Waldrop

  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 178
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Anchorage, Alaska
  • High School Dimond HS
  • S/C L
  • Previous Team Texarkana Bandits

Biography

2007-08: Recorded double-figures in points for third time in career, scoring 6-6--12 totals in 36 games ... seventh on team in points, sixth in goals and tied for ninth in assists ... third overall in shot attempts with 75 ... recorded back-to-back multi-point games at Minnesota Duluth (Dec. 7-8), tallying a goal and an assist each night while helping lead UAA to a three-point weekend ... tied career-best goal-scoring streak of three games (Jan. 26-Feb. 2) ... attempted team season-high seven shots on goal Jan. 26 at North Dakota ... assisted on game-winning goal in 5-3 win over Minnesota Duluth (Dec. 8) ... finished second on team in goals in WCHA contests (6) ... tied for second on team in shorthanded points with one assist ... ended career tied for eighth in career games played at 140.

2006-07: Scored a career-high 19 points, including a career-best 14 assists ... skated in 35 games ... matched career-best season-goal total with five ... sixth on team in points and second overall in assists ... fifth in shot attempts on goal with 74 ... had two multiple-point games ... tallied two assists in 2-2 tie against Nebraska-Omaha (Oct. 14) and one goal and one assist in 6-1 win over Minnesota State (Feb. 17) ... assisted on two game-winning goals (12/29 vs. Alaska Fairbanks and 1/19 vs. Michigan Tech) ... scored game-tying goal in 3-3 tie at North Dakota Jan. 12 ... notched 4-8?12 in 26 WCHA games ... posted a team-best five-game point streak from Dec. 1 to Dec. 15 ... scored 0-5?5 during that stretch ... began the season scoring a point five of the first six games (0-6?6) ... registered a goal in Game 1 of UAA’s WCHA First Round playoff series at Minnesota ... a co-recipient of the Leon Thompson Fan Favorite award.

2005-06:
Recorded career-best goal-scoring totals with seven in 31 games ... team’s second-leading goal scorer ... also notched one assist ... tallied one power-play goal as well as first-career game-winning goal in UAA’s 3-0 win at Denver Dec. 10 ... tied for ninth on team in shots on goal with 41 ... tied for ninth in points with eight.

2004-05:
UAA’s top scoring rookie, the walk-on produced 5-9--14 scoring totals ... one of just three Seawolves to appear in all 37 games ... team’s sixth-leading scorer ... tied for sixth in goals ... tied for 17th among WCHA freshmen in points ... ranked third on UAA in shots on goal with 73 ... tallied two goals and an assist in first-collegiate game Oct. 15 against Canisius ... recorded season-long four-game point-scoring streak Jan. 21-Jan. 29 (3-2--5).

BEFORE UAA
: Recorded 28 points (12g, 16a) in 29 games for the Texarkana Bandits of the NAHL ... played first half of 2003-04 season with the Springfield Spirit of the NAHL ... tallied 10-16--26 numbers in 26 games with the Spirit ... spent first two seasons of junior hockey with Sioux Falls of the USHL ... scored 11 points (4g, 7a) in 2002-03 with the Musketeers ... a member of Dimond High School's state championship team in 2001 ... a two-time all-state selection, was selected to the all-region time three times ... named Team MVP as a senior.

PERSONAL: Born Aug. 5, 1983 in Anchorage
... son of Merit and Janet Waldrop ... shoots left ... marketing major.

CAREER STATS

Overall     GP    G     A     PTS   PEN-MIN     PPG   SHG   GWG

2004-05     37    5     9     14     13-26       1     0     0

2005-06     31    7     1     8      11-22       1     0     1

2006-07     35    5     14    19      8-16       1     0     0

2007-08     36    6     6     12      7-14       0     0     0

Totals      140   23    30    53     39-78       3     0     1

 

WCHA        GP    G     A     PTS   PEN-MIN     PPG   SHG   GWG

2004-05     28    3     7     10     13-26       0     0     0

2005-06     23    6     1     7       9-18       0     0     1

2006-07     26    4     8     12      5-10       0     0     0

2007-08     28    6     3     9       6-12       0     0     0

Totals      105   19    19    38     33-66       0     0     1

    

CAREER BESTS

Goals (game):     2     10/15/04 vs. Canisius

Assists (game):   2     10/14/06 vs. Nebraska-Omaha

Points (game):    3     10/15/04 vs. Canisius (2-1--3)

 


 

 

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2004-05Freshman

    Forward
    5'10" 170 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2005-06Sophomore

    Forward
    5'10" 184 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2006-07Junior

    Forward
    5'10" 186 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2007-08Senior

    Forward
    5'10" 178 lbs
    14