2007: Missed the entire season after suffering a preseason knee injury.

2006: Played and started all 14 games on close defense • First freshman to start a season-opener on defense for JHU since Chris Watson (2002) • Finished fifth on the team - and first among close defensemen - with 32 ground balls on the year • 32 ground balls on the year are the most by a Johns Hopkins close defenseman since Michael Peyser had 33 in 2002 • Scooped up a career-high six ground balls, including one in the final five seconds, in the 11-10 win over Towson • Six GBs were the most by a Johns Hopkins close defenseman on the year • Picked up a then career-high five ground balls against North Carolina and added a team-high five in the 13-3 win over Penn in the first round of the NCAA Tournament • Fueled a Hopkins defense that held nine of 14 opponents to nine goals or less and six opponents to seven goals or less • Johns Hopkins finished 17th in the nation in scoring defense (8.21).

At Rancho Bernardo: Standout in football and lacrosse and a team captain in both sports • Garnered All-America honors as a senior, when he also earned conference player-of-the-year honors • Helped lacrosse team to county championship game and football team to a league title as a senior • Earned a 2005 National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar-Leader-Athlete Award • Union Tribune All-Academic selection in lacrosse as a junior and senior and as a senior in football. Personal: Matthew T. Drenan • The son of Michael and Terese Drenan • Father was a member of the football team at Wittenberg (OH) and helped team to a pair of Division III Championships • Born February 13, 1987 • History major.