Kyle Vercruysse Class: Junior Hometown: Yorktown Heights, N.Y. High School: Yorktown Height / Weight: 6-0 / 190 Position: Defense

GENERAL: Talented defenseman...Has textbook defensive attributes...Great communicator... Plays beyond his years.

2007: Appeared in all 16 games...Started 14 games...Scooped 33 ground balls.

BEFORE SIENA: Three-year letterwinner in lacrosse and football at Yorktown High School...Earned lacrosse All-American honors as a senior...Named All-Section his junior and senior years...First-Team All- Journal News and First-Team All-County News senior year...Named All-Section in football as a senior.

PERSONAL: Born October 15, 1988...Son of Mark and Mae Vercruysse... Has two younger brothers, Justin and Connor...Finance major at Siena.

BRECHT ON VERCRUYSSE: "Kyle emerged as a starter after the second game of last season. He will continue to be a key contributor on the defensive end for us."