Union College Athletics

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Born September 30, 1986 … Shoots right … A 2005 graduate of Tabor Academy … Lettered in hockey and baseball … Potts earned all-league honors in baseball his senior year and had a top 10 league batting average … Was named captain of both teams his senior year … Potts was a member of the Cum Laude Society … Finished third among his class academically … Received 11 academic awards for excellence during his high school career … Earned three academic scholarships … Brother Matthew played hockey for Tufts University and sister Kristen played softball at Bucknell … Favorite hockey team is the Colorado Avalanche … Favorite hockey player is Joe Sakic … Majoring in electrical engineering … Parents are Robert and Laura Potts.

2007-08
An ECAC All-Academic selection … Played in 33 games and had six points … Tallied four goals and two assists … Registered first point of the season, an assist, against RPI on 10/26 … Added a helper against Brown on 11/2 … Scored first goal of the season against Yale on 11/03 … Tallied the game-winning overtime goal against Nebraska-Omaha on 12/14 … Tallied a goal against Nebraska-Omaha on 12/15 … Scored the game-winning goal against St. Lawrence on 2/23.

2006-07
Appeared in 34 games with a career-high 12 points on six goals and six assists … Collected four goals and two assists in 21 conference games … Recorded his second career multiple-point game with a pair of assists against RPI on 12/30 … Sparked a Union comeback with a late first-period goal in a 6-5 win at Ferris State on 10/7 … Scored a goal against Quinnipiac on 11/3 and had the first goal of the game against Princeton on 12/8 … Netted a goal at #15 St. Lawrence on 2/17 … Tallied a goal and an assist in a 3-0 win over Yale on 2/23 … Named to the ECACHL All-Academic Team.

2005-06
Was the only freshman to play in all 38 games … Recorded six goals and five assists for 11 points … Led the team with three game-winning goals … Had three goals and three assists in 22 ECACHL games … Made his collegiate debut at Colorado College on 10/7 … Scored his first career goal against Bentley on 10/28 … Followed with the game-winning goal at UMass Lowell the next night … Registered his first assist against No. 20-ranked Quinnipiac on 11/12 … Had an assist at #5 Cornell … Tallied a goal and an assist against Wayne State on 11/26 for his first multiple-point game … Scored the game-winning goal against Clarkson on 1/13 … Notched a goal against Harvard on 1/28 … Scored the game-winning goal against RPI on 2/3 … Appeared in the first round of the ECACHL playoffs for his first post-season appearance … Earned the Thomas Van Arden Dukehart Award.

Before Union
Played for Tabor Academy of the New England Prep League … Was co-captain at Tabor along with teammate Matt Cook … Finished in the top 25 in prep scoring with 28 goals and 25 assists his senior year … Recorded 75 goals, 60 assists, and 135 points in 84 career games … Put up a career-best 29 goals as a junior and had 25 assists and 53 points his senior year … Was a two-time NEPL East second-team All-Star and all-league selection … Tabor was runner-up in the NEPL Championship in 2003 and 2005 … Helped the Seawolves to a combined three-year record of 51-29-4.