Max Poore

Height:
6-2
Weight:
175
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
McDonough, Ga.
High School:
Woodward Academy

SEASON-BY-SEASON
2016: Ended his four-year Mercer career in impressive fashion despite coming off the bench for roughly two-thirds of the campaign ... Appeared in 19 matches with seven starts over the first seven contests and logged 599 minutes ... Was tied for third on the team and 10th in the Southern Conference with 10 points (four goals, two assists) ... His four goals tied a career-best and ranked second among the Bears ... Became Mercer's first man off the bench following the team's 1-0 overtime loss at Presbyterian (Sept. 21) ... Was lethal offensively, connecting for his four goals on only 10 total shots all season ... seven of his 10 shots were on goal (.700%) ... Sent Mercer to the NCAA Tournament after scoring the match-clinching shootout attempt against ETSU (Nov. 12) in the SoCon Championship ... Scored in back-to-back non-conference matches vs. Gardner-Webb (Sept. 4) and at Lipscomb (Sept. 8) ... Had the game-winner at Lipscomb and added an assist on the second of two goals vs. Gardner-Webb ... Had one goal and one assist in Mercer's 5-0 rout of VMI (Oct. 22) on Senior Day ... Logged a season-best 61 minutes at Presbyterian in his final start of the season.

2015: Played in 15 games and earned 10 starts for Mercer as a junior … Scored three goals and added two assists to finish the season fourth for Mercer with eight points … Registered a .514 shots on goal percentage on the year … Scored the game-winning goal in Mercer’s 3-0 win over ETSU (Oct. 27).

2014: Started all 21 games for the Orange and Black … Finished second on the team with four goals on the year … Added two assists and finished second with 10 points … Scored the game-winning goal against Florida Atlantic (Sept. 14) and UNCG (Oct. 7) … Led the Bears with four penalty kicks on the season.

2013: Broke into head coach Brad Ruzzo’s rotation as a true freshman as both a center back and midfielder … Appeared in 12 games, including seven starts … Received the starting nod in his first collegiate game against ACC member Clemson (Aug. 30) … Started in the Bears final three games of the season including wins at Northern Kentucky (Nov. 2) and Lipscomb (Nov. 9) and Mercer’s ASUN Championship first-round contest against UNF (Nov. 13).

HIGH SCHOOL: Led Woodward Academy to three-straight Georgia High School AAA state finals appearances and an AAA state title as a junior in 2012 … Earned the team Coaches’ Award as a sophomore and was named a team captain of the War Eagles as a junior and senior.

PERSONAL: Born on November 3, 1994, Max is the son of Don and Mary Poore ... Has one older sister, Betsey.