As a Senior (2008-09): Served as an assistant team captain ... Garnered the 2009 Terry Slater Award, which goes to the player whose performance, leadership, dedication both on and off the ice during his careeer and had the greatest impact on Colgate hockey ... Was named Colgate's Co-Male Scholar Athlete of the Year ... Became only the second men's hockey player to receive the prestigious 1819 Award, which is given to a graduating senior who displays passion, dedication and work ethic ... Was a recipient of a 2008-09 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Grant ... Played in 36 of 37 games ... Finished season with two goals and four assists ... Fired 38 shots on goal and accumulated 22 penalty minutes on 11 infractions ... Posted goals versus nationally ranked Vermont (1/2) and Lake Superior State (1/8) ... Tallied a helper on the game-winning game in overtime versus Quinnipiac (2/7) ... Also recorded assists against Colorado College (11/29), Clarkson (12/6), and Brown (2/27) ... Selected to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic team.
As a Junior (2007-08): Skated in 37 games ... Selected to the CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America Men's At-Large Third Team in the university division ... Is the first Raider hockey player since 1984, and just the second in program history, to be named an Academic All-American ... One of three finalists for the ECAC Hockey Scholar-Athlete of the Year award ... Named to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic team ... Finished with five goals and nine assists for 14 points ... Helped set up Colgate's first playoff goal of the year versus St. Lawrence (3/7) during the ECAC Hockey first-round series ... Earned an assist against Dartmouth (3/1) ... Netted a goal and added an assist against Union (2/16) ... Finished the game against the Dutchmen with a season-high four shots on goal ... Posted an assist versus Rensselaer (2/15) ... Recorded the game-winning goal and added a power-play assist against Brown (1/26) ... Scored a career-high two goals, including the second shorthanded goal of his career, in the shutout of Rensselaer (1/12) ... Netted a goal against Robert Morris (12/2) ... Registered a season-best +4 rating in the second game against the Colonials ... Earned an assist versus RMU (12/1)... Posted an assist against Connecticut (11/23)... Earned an assist at Dartmouth (11/16)... Assisted on the game-winning goal against RIT (10/13)... Was whistled for eight penalties totaling 16 minutes ... Had 32 shots on goal, 17 blocked shots, and finished second on the team with a +14 rating on the season.
As a Sophomore (2006-07): Appeared in 29 games ... Missed nine contests due to injury ... Named to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic team ... Recorded eight points on a goal and seven assists for the season ... Assisted on Colgate's second goal at Rensselaer (2/9) ... Finished the game against the Engineers with a +2 rating ... Recorded four shots on goal during the weekend series against No. 17 St. Lawrence and No. 8 Clarkson (2/2-3) ... Earned five shots on goal and five blocked shots against Brown and Yale (1/19-20)... Blocked five shots during the Rensselaer/Bank of America Holiday Tournament games against Ohio State and Niagara (11/24-25)... Earned two assists against No. 19 Dartmouth (11/10) to cap a three-game point streak ... Finished the weekend against Dartmouth and Harvard with five shots on goal and four blocked shots ... Scored his first career short-handed goal and added an assist at Brown (11/4) ... Assisted on Colgate's lone goal at Yale (11/3) ... Blocked a career-high four shots against Rensselaer in the championship game of the inaugural Governor's Cup (10/29) ... Registered three blocked shots versus Quinnipiac in the first game of the Governor's Cup (10/28) ... Posted a career-high two assists against Canisius (10/24) ... Blocked two shots and earned a +3 rating against Bentley (10/15) ... Called for just nine penalties totaling 18 minutes on the season ... Had 23 shots on goal and 34 blocked shots on the season.
As a Freshman (2005-06): Skated in 26 games ... Finished the season with one goal and four assists for five points ... Scored his first career goal on the power play and added an assist for the first multiple-point game of his career against Quinnipiac (3/11) in the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals ... Posted an assist in the third game of the quarterfinal series against the Bobcats (3/12) ... Earned an assist on the game-winning goal at Rensselaer (2/25) ... Assisted on the game-tying goal at Clarkson (2/11) for his first collegiate point ... Whistled for six penalties totaling 12 minutes ... Had 10 shots and a +2 rating on the season.
Before Colgate: Skated with current Raider teammate Jason Fredricks at Shattuck-St. Mary's … Team won the USA Hockey Tier 1 U-18 national championship in 2005 … Team also won the Grand Forks Midget Tournament, the Gold Medal Classic Tournament, the Marquette Fall Classic Tournament, the Shattuck St. Mary's Showcase Tournament, and the Midwest Prep championship … Served as an assistant captain during his last season … Compiled four goals and 36 assists for 40 points in 65 games during the 2004-05 campaign … Spent 78 minutes in the penalty box his final season.
Personal: Mark Allen Anderson was born on September 13, 1986 in Hastings, Nebraska … Son of Robert and Kathryn Anderson … Has two brothers … Majoring in neuroscience.
