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General: Two-year returning starter in the attack unit for the Tar Heels...led the Tar Heels in scoring as a freshman in 2006 and as a sophomore in 2007...a preseason third-team All-America selection by Faceoff Yearbook/Inside Lacrosse Magazine...has excellent vision...a great shooter...has the potential to be one of the top scorers in the country...was one of the top-ranked high school attack recruits in the nation in 2005.
2007 Season: Led the Tar Heels in scoring with 44 points...finished first on the team in assists with 21 and third in goals scored with 23...was fifth on the team in ground balls with 51...that was the leading total for a Tar Heel attackman...started all 16 games in 2007...scored a career high four goals in the regular season game against Duke...had a career-high four assists against Vermont...matched his career high for points in a match with five against Vermont, Virginia and Providence...member of All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men's Lacrosse team...shared the Turnbull Trophy as the team's most valuable player...ranked No. 34 in the nation in assists per game with 1.31
2006 Season: Won the Jay Gallagher Award as the outstanding freshman on the 2006 team...played in all 14 games, starting 12 times...led the Tar Heels in points with 29, in goals with 15 and in assists with 14...was fourth on the team in ground balls with 38...had game-winning goals against Ohio State and Providence...his only extra-man goal of the year came against the Friars...had a season-high five points against Ohio State with five (3 goals, 2 assists)...those three goals were also a season high...his high game for assists was against Fairfield with three...had four points in a game three times (Notre Dame 2-2, Fairfield 1-3, Providence 2-2)...also had a two-goal game against Johns Hopkins...against Navy and Virginia he had a goal and an assist...also had goals against Hofstra and in both Maryland games...had single assists against Denver, Pennsylvania and Duke...claimed a season-high six ground balls against Ohio State...had four grounders against Air Force, Denver, Providence and against Maryland in the ACC Tournament.
Prep: A 2005 graduate of St. Paul's School in Brooklandville, Md....an outstanding all-around athlete there...played four years of varsity lacrosse, three of varsity soccer and two seasons of varsity basketball...captained the soccer team twice and the lacrosse team one year...high school All-America on the lacrosse field...named All-MIAA in both lacrosse and soccer...named to All-Tewaaraton Team...named the 2005 Towson Times high school athlete-of-the-year...recognized as St. Paul's outstanding athlete in 2005...second-team All-State selection as a senior and first-team All-State as a junior in lacrosse...Baltimore Sun second-team All-Metro and All-City/County as a junior...was St. Paul's leading goal scorer his sophomore through senior years...honor roll student his senior year.
What's Up With Wags
Given Name...Bart Kennedy Wagner
Preferred First Name... Bart
Nickname...Wags
Parents...Frank and Kathy Wagner
Birthdate and Birthplace... August 26, 1986 in Baltimore, Md.
Siblings...One brother (Brett, 27), one sister (Brooke, 26)
College Major... Management & Society
Post-School Ambition... Run a business
Hobbies... Talking on the phone, whistling, tehhis, iPhoning
Athlete I Most Admire... Steve Nash
My Biggest Sports Thrill...Winning the 2004 MIAA lacrosse championship
Person Who Has Had the Greatest Influence on My Athletic Career... My brother Brett
Favorite Book... Facebook
Favorite Magazine... Sports Illustrated
Favorite Food... Spaghetti/McDonald's
Favorite Movie... Madagascar
Favorite TV Show...South Park, Kid Nation, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Favorite Website... break.com
