As a Freshman (2023):

  • Appearing in 14 games on the season
  • Tallied a goal and an assist on the year
  • Scored first career-goal against Maine (Sept. 17)

Before Stanford

  • Three-time first team All-Metro League (2020-22), honorable mention in 2019.
  • Led Burroughs to the state championship game in 2022
  • Two-time St. Louis Post Dispatch All-Metro selection (second team 2021, third team 2020)
  • 2017-22 Nexus Championship selection
  • Led field hockey team to top-three finishes in each season, including two runner-up placements.
  • Four-year letterwinner and senior year captain at John Burroughs
  • Also lettered on swimming, basketball and lacrosse teams. Led lacrosse team to third in state in 2021, earned top seed in 2023.
  • MSHSAA Award of Excellence (2023)
  • Recipient of St. Louis Sports Commission's Carl Fricks Sportsmanship Scholarship
  • On NFHCA National Academic Squad

Personal

  • Parents are Joseph and Michelle Pottebaum
  • Has five siblings: John, Josh, Caleb, Micah and Grace
  • Sister, Grace, plays field hockey at North Carolina
  • Brother, Josh, is a safety on the football team at DePauw
  • Grandfather, Don Pruett, played baseball at Yale
  • Great-grandfather, Hubert Pruett, played professional baseball for the Phillies and Browns
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