Alex Otto

Position:
F/MF
Height:
5-9
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Kennett Square, Pa.
High School:
Tower Hill

Majoring in biology ... Played in the same high school program as UNC senior Meredith Keller ... A member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars

2001: Did not appear in a game and will count the year as a redshirt season ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the 2001-02 school year and the Dean's List for both semesters

At Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Del.: Played varsity field hockey her sophomore through senior years ... Team won state championships in 1998 and 2000 ... Honorable mention all-conference as a junior ... Missed her senior field hockey season with a torn ACL, but was cleared to play lacrosse in the spring ... Played four years of varsity lacrosse and served as team captain as a senior ... All-state and all-conference in her junior and senior years, when Tower Hill won state lacrosse championships ... Honorable mention All-America as a senior ... Second-team all-conference her freshman and sophomore years ... Named Academic All-America in lacrosse ... Graduated with high honors and was a National Merit Commended Scholar

National/International: Played for the championship-winning Southern Charm in the 2002 United Airlines USFHA summer league ... Participated in the National Futures tournament in 1999 and 2000

Personal: Born Feb. 20, 1983, in Wilmington, Del. ... Daughter of Tom and Mimi Otto ... Her father played basketball for the University of Delaware

More on Otto: Favorite pregame meal is fruit ... Favorite movie is "The Thomas Crown Affair" and favorite book is "East of Eden" ... Favorite sport to play besides field hockey is lacrosse ... Started playing field hockey in seventh grade on her middle school team ... Plans to pursue a career in genetics ... If she could trade places with anyone for a day, she'd pick a Tibetan monk "because they can sleep in sub-zero temperatures without shivering" ... Is a talented photographer ... Says the most important thing she has learned from college athletics is that "three times around the football stadium is 5,832 stairs"