The College of New Jersey Athletics

Matt Kasperavicius enjoyed an amazing rookie campaign in net for the Lions as his 2005 season concluded with a selection to the NSCAA All-American Third Team. His All-America selection comes on the heels of a selection as the 2005 NJAC Goalie of the Year after also earning a spot on the 2005 NJAC All-Star First Team. Voted the team's most improved player for the 2005 season, he earned three selections as the NJAC's Goalie of the Week and a pair of selections as the ECAC's Defensive Player of the Week.

A 2005-2006 NJAC Scholar-Athlete Second Team Honoree, Kasperavicius started all 20 games in net and finished the season with a 0.93 goals against average with only 18 goals allowed in 1750 minutes of work. He helped anchor a defense that combined for six shutouts in 2005 and returned last fall to once again guard the net as a 16-game starter. On the 2006 season, he finished with a 1.36 goals against average with a pair of shutouts. On his career, he is now 23-11-2 in net for the Lions with a 1.12 career goals against average with eight shutouts to his credit.

He returns for a final season and will be looked to provide a steady and calm influence on the Lions this year as they look to repeat the success of the 2005 campaign. A true competitor, his off-season work ethic has provided him the opportunity to compete between the posts for the Lions and he will provide the Lions with depth in net.

A TCNJ Scholar-Athlete, he has a 3.21 GPA as a mathematics major at TCNJ and will be a candidate for the ESPN The Magazine CoSIDA Academic All-America Team this year after excelling in the classroom and earning another selection as a TCNJ Scholar-Athlete in 2006-07.