University of Lynchburg

2016 First-Team All-South Region
2016 First-Team All-State
2016 First-Team All-ODAC
2015 USILA All-American Honorable Mention
2015 First-Team All State
2015 Third-Team All-ODAC
2015 ODAC All-Tournament Team

2016: A senior team leader who was the premier faceoff man in his final year, playing in all 21 games...ODAC leader with 217 face-offs won as well as the leader with 103 groundballs...also added a goal and two assists on the year...was 16-18 on face-offs in his final game in the NCAA tournament against then #5 Gettysburg.  

2015: Won nearly 60 percent of his face-offs as a junior (287-481) . . . set the school record for face-offs won in a game, 26 (of 33) in the ODAC championship game against Roanoke College . . . also set the program record for ground balls in a game with 15 against Aurora University in a 19-8 second-round NCAA win (and also won 22 of 28 face-offs). 

2014: Second-year faceoff specialist missed some time due to injury, but still played in 17 games…won double-digit faceoff attempts in nine games during the year, and finished the season with a .55 win percentage…also he provided a larger offensive spark, scoring three goals and assisting on four more…was second on the team with 70 ground balls…will look to improve win percentage as a junior.

2013: Came in and provided great help as FOGO…hard-worker with a a great attitude appeared in all 20 games and took 180 attempts at the face-off ‘X’…had a three-game stretch where he won at least eight face-offs each game, which included the narrow home loss to Roanoke…scored his first-career goal against Randolph College…will shoulder a larger role next year due to the graduation of other players.

Before LC:  Two-time letter winner for New Canaan High School…helped the Rams win FCIAC championship in 2012 and finish as state runner-up in 2011 and 2012…was a team captain, second-team All-State and All-Conference.

Personal: 

Parents: James and Joann Distler

Sister: Natalie Archer

Dream Vacation: Ireland, Germany, Norway and Sicily

Favorite Movie: The Young Frankenstein

Favorite Artist: Archertown

Career Aspirations: Move west and open my own residential developing company to build homes