Name: Alden Mezick
Position: Goalkeeper
Sport: Team Handball
Event(s): Indoor
Height: 6'2
Hometown: Mobile, Ala.
High School: St. Paul's Episcopal School
College: Auburn University
Team/Club: New York Athletic Club (NYAC)
Other Career Highlights
- 2019 Michael Lipov Memorial - 1st, Most Valuable Goalkeeper (Chicago, Illinois)
- 2018 Michael Lipov Memorial - 2nd, Most Valuable Goalkeeper (Chicago, Illinois)
- 2018 Pan American Games Qualifier - 1st (Montreal, Canada)
- 2018 North American and Caribbean Championships - 5th (Mexico City, Mexico)
- 2018 U.S. Open National Championships - 1st
- 2018 Valley of the Sun Tournament - 2nd, Most Valuable Goalkeeper (Phoenix, Arizona)
- 2017 North American Super Series - 3rd
- 2017: Named to USA Team Handball Senior Men’s National Team
- 2017 Michael Lipov Memorial Tournament - 3rd (Chicago, Illinois)
- 2017 U.S. Open National Championships - 2nd, Elite Division
- 2017 Carolina Blue Cup - 3rd (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
- 2015 Tar Heel Invitational - 1st, Most Valuable Goalkeeper
- 2015 USA Team Handball Collegiate National Championships - 8th
- 2015 American Open Beach Handball Championship - 2nd
Personal:
Son of Gene and Lynn…Has three brothers, Will, Ben and Hayden…Married to wife, Melanie…Learned about team handball when the USATH Residency program was established in Auburn, Alabama….Was a soccer player and a student at Auburn University enrolled in the team handball class at the time…Fell in love with the sport and joined the Auburn University Team Handball Club….Attended a tryout a month later and was asked to join the national team…Graduated from Auburn University in 2016 with a degree in Exercise Science.
