Saint Joseph's University

FEATURE: SJU's Popeck Takes Extraordinary Road to Hawk Hill (SJUHawks.com, July 2018)

2023 Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team
Three-time member of Northeast Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll

On Hawk Hill: 
2023:

• Played in all 15 games on the season
• Tallied a shot and grabbed three ground balls against Sacred Heart
• Added another three ground balls in the win at St. John’s
• Recorded assists in wins against Monmouth and Hobart
• Grabbed a goal in the win over High Point in the regular season finale

2022

• Scored one goal against Providence and another versus Sacred Heart
• Had one assist versus Yale in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament
• Ended the season with a career high 32 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers 

• Saw playing time across multiple positions including as a close defenseman, short stick defensive midfielder, and long stick midfielder throughout the year
• Was good for four goals and two assist
• Had 12 ground balls and eight caused turnovers
• Started the first six games of the season on close defense
• Scored twice in a seven-second span against LIU to cap a game-changing run for the Crimson and Gray.

• Started as a short stick defensive midfielder before switching to SSDM and LSM the latter half of the year

• Integral part of SJU’s transition unit as a rookie
• Played during the non-conference part of the schedule but missed NEC conference games due to injury

High School/Personal: Took a gap year after graduating from Sherwood High in 2017 to live in Ashkelon, Israel to both coach youth players and play for the Israeli National Team... Selected to the Israel National team roster and competed at the 2018 FIL Men's Lacrosse World Championship in Netanya, Israel from July 12-21... Scored twice and dished out an assist against Russia... Played his senior year of high school lacrosse in 2017, missing season due to injury... 2016 US Lacrosse High School All-American defenseman as a junior... 2016 All-County and All-Division First Team selection... 2016 team MVP... 2015 All-County First Team pick after leading Sherwood High in ground balls as a sophomore... Team earned 21 combined wins during sophomore and junior seasons... Three-year varsity letterwinner... Volunteered with various runs and events affiliated with Sherwood High...Majoring in business.