Colby Kneese Season 2021

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Named a USILA honorable-mention All-American in 2019…Voted second-team All-Big Ten in 2018 and 2019…Landed a spot on the 2019 Big Ten All-Tournament Team…Graduated with the third most saves in program history with 657...Played in 65 games, including 63 as a starter, and posted a record of 43-19...Posted a .505 save percentage and a 10.76 goals against average...Won four Big Ten Specialist of the Week awards…Earned four Academic All-Big Ten honors...Named a Senior CLASS Award candidate.
 
2021 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Won one Big Ten Specialist of the Week award (3/30)...Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
 
Season: Played in 10 games, including nine as a starter...Went 2-6 with a .425 save percentage and 13.48 goals against average...Made 82 saves on 193 shots faced...Made double-digit saves in four games, including a season-high 15 in an 11-8 win over Johns Hopkins (3/28).
 
at Johns Hopkins (3/13): Made 13 saves on 26 chances. Johns Hopkins (3/28): Posted a season-best .652 save percentage with 15 saves on 23 chances in an 11-8 win. 

2020 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named a Senior CLASS Award candidate...Won one Big Ten Specialist of the Week award (2/25)...Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
 
Season: Started all seven games in goal, posting a record of 5-2…Made 78 saves while posting .517 save percentage and a 10.69 goals against average…Made double-digit saves in three games, including a season-high 18 in an overtime game at Penn (2/29)…Had a season-best .857 save percentage while stopping 12 shots in a win over Saint Joseph’s (2/15)…The 2020 season was cancelled March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Lafayette (2/1): Made eight saves on 16 chances. Saint Joseph’s (2/15): Posted a season-best .857 hitting percentage while stopping 12 shots. Yale (2/22): Made 16 saves on 28 chances for a .571 save percentage. at Penn (2/29): Made a season-high 18 saves on 35 chances in an overtime win. at Furman (3/10): Stopped six shots on 12 chances.
 
2019 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Named an honorable-mention All-American…Earned a spot on the All-Big Ten second team for the second-straight season…Voted to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team...Earned one Big Ten Specialist of the Week award (2/5)…Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team
 
Season: Started all 18 games in goal…Finished with a 10.94 goals against average and a .505 save percentage while stopping 185 of the 366 shots he faced…Played 992:30 in goal.
 
Rankings: Ranked third in the Big Ten in goals against average (10.94), save percentage (.505) and saves per game (10.28).
 
Villanova (2/2): Made a season-high 19 saves on 23 shots while posting an .826 save percentage. Robert Morris (2/9): Stopped 11-of-15 shots he faced for a .733 save percentage. at Stony Brook (2/16): Made eight saves on nine shots on goal for a season-best save percentage of .889. at Cleveland State (3/23): Made 10 saves on 21 shots on goal. at Maryland (3/31): Stopped seven of the 17 shots he faced as Penn State posted its first varsity win over the Terrapins. at Michigan (4/13): Made 12 saves on 19 shots on goal. Johns Hopkins (4/21): Made nine saves on 17 shots on goal. Rutgers (4/27): Stopped 11-of-24 shots, including five of the eight he faced in the fourth quarter, as the Lions clinched their first Big Ten regular-season title with a 14-13 win. at Rutgers (5/2): Made 11 saves on 16 shots. vs. Johns Hopkins (5/4): Made 13 saves as Penn State won its first Big Ten Tournament title. vs. Loyola (Md.) (5/19): Made 12 saves on 26 shots. vs. Yale (5/25): Made nine saves in the Lions’ first NCAA National Semifinal game.
 
2018 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Voted second-team All-Big Ten….Won one Big Ten Specialist of the Week award (4/3)…Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
 
Season: Started all 14 games in the cage…Recorded 801:46 minutes…Had an 8.91 goals against average and .549 save percentage…Finished with a 8-5 record…Made 145 saves on 445 shots faced…Finished the season with 28 ground balls and one caused turnover. 
 
2017 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Named a Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree…Earned one Big Ten Specialist of the Week award (4/4) …Received one Big Ten Freshman of the Week award (4/4)…Earned one National Player of the Week honor (4/4).
 
Season: Recorded 167 of Penn State’s Big Ten-leading 174 saves on the season.
 
at Villanova (2/25): Recorded a season-high 18 saves. Ohio State (4/2): Had 13 saves and just four goals allowed. Maryland (5/4): Picked up eight ground balls in the Big Ten Tournament. at Johns Hopkins (4/15): Recorded 15 saves. Towson (5/13): Finished rookie campaign with a 16-save outing.
 
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Helped lead Highland Park to a Texas state title in 2015…Earned all-state and Under Armour All-America honors in 2015…Named All-District THSLL honorable mention in 2013-14…Named all-star at Baltimore Summer Kickoff…Played club ball with Coast 2 Coast and Dallas Select.
 
PERSONAL
Born Colby James Kneese on July 18, 1997, in Dallas, Texas…Parents are Rick and Chris Kneese…Has one brother, Cooper…Grandfather, Keith Markey, played lacrosse at Army West Point and uncle, Rich Wehman, played lacrosse at Navy…Majored in management.