A 2006 transfer from UMass who immediately made his presence felt in his first season on The Mesa ... An extremely hard worker with good field awareness ... A crafty offensive player ... A good finisher with a strong shot ... Technically sound and a good distributor of the ball ... Is coming off a solid spring ... Has eight career collegiate goals and seven assists ... One of three transfers on the squad.
2006:Contributed right away for the Aztecs and was a sparkplug off the bench after transferring from UMass ... Started the first four games and registered an assist and a shot on goal in their 3-2 win over Albany on Aug. 25 ... Had another assist against UC Riverside (Sept. 6) ... Also started against Stanford on Sept. 22.
2005 at UMass: Started 17 of 20 games for the Minutemen in 2005 ... Led the squad with 12 points on five goals and two assists ... Also was tops on the team in shots (33) and shots on goals (16) ... Scored goals against Rhode Island, Siena, Navy, Cornell and Maine ... Scored at least one point in seven matches, including three consecutive (Sept. 28-Oct. 9).
2004 at UMass: Played in all 19 games with 15 starts ... Ranked fifth on the team in scoring with nine points (3 goals, 3 assists) ... Scored his first collegiate goal in a loss to Maine (Sept. 11) ... Credited with the game-winning goal in win over St. Bonaventure on Oct. 29.
High School: Four-time letterwinner at Ipswich High School ... Was the school[apos]s all-time leading scorer with 95 goals and 81 assists during his career, also the Cape Ann League[apos]s all-time best mark ... Led Ipswich to three CAL Championships and was a three-time Massachusetts All-Star selection ... Two-time CAL Player of the Year.
Personal: Matthew John Lemire was born Sept. 29, 1985, in Beverly, Mass. ... Son of Rodney and Elaine Lemire.