Position: Forward
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: October 5, 1981, Vancouver, BC

2001-02: Named Hockey East All-Conference Honorable Mention... fourth on the team in scoring with 16 goals and 28 assists for 44 points... ranked tied for eighth in Hockey East in scoring... recorded his 100th career point against Boston University (3/1)... named Hockey East Player of the Week after scoring four goals and adding one assist in 5-4 comeback win over Providence (1/4)... second on the team in power play goals with six... named co-winner of the UMaine Dean Smith Award presented annually to the top scholar-athlete... named to the Verizon Academic All-District I First Team... named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team... UMaine Scholar-Athlete award winner...

2000-01: Kariya led the team in points (36) and assists (24) almost wire to wire ... his 36 points, 12 goals, and 24 assists were all career highs... his 12 goals trailed only linemate Michael Schutte... had three assists in UMaine�s two NCAA Tournament games, including the primary assist on the game-tying goal against Minnesota (3/23) with 2.7 seconds left, and setting up the Black Bears only goal against Boston College (3/24)... his 11 multiple-point games were tops on the team... he tallied a four-point game, having a hand in all four UMaine goals in a key late season 4-2 defeat of Providence... scored the late game-winning goal in the Black Bears� 2-1 defeat of Northeastern in the first game the Hockey East quarterfinals... in UMaine�s last 12 games, Kariya tallied 19 points (6-13-19)... his +11 plus/minus rating was the best of any UMaine forward... awarded the Richard Britt Most Inspirational Player Award... Verizon CoSIDA Academic All-American... Hockey East All-Academic Team honoree... UMaine Scholar-Athlete Award winner...

1999-00: Led all freshmen in assists (17) and points (25)... Hockey East Rookie of the Week (10/18), after opening the season with three points in two games against the University of Minnesota (2-1-3)... Hockey East Rookie of the Week (2/21)... recorded points in his first four games as a Black Bear... Hockey East All-Academic Team honoree.

BEFORE UMAINE: 2001-02: Was 25-80-105 in 59 games during 1998�99 for current UMaine assistant coach Campbell Blair's Victoria Salsa of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League.

PERSONAL: Born Oct. 5, 1981... son of Tetsuhiko and Sharon Kariya... his older brothers, Paul and Steve, played for the Black Bears... sister Noriko played field hockey for UMaine... a mathematics major.