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2026 Men's Lacrosse Roster

36 Michael Alexander

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 188
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position D
  • Hometown West Islip, NY
  • High School West Islip
  • Prev School Yale

Biography

2025 (at Yale):

  • Garnered Preseason NEILA All-New England First Team accolades
  • Played and started in five games
  • Had two ground balls and a caused turnover against Army


2024 (at Yale):

  • Appeared in 15 games, starting each one
  • Picked up five ground balls in a road win over Brown on March 30
  • 2024 All-NEILA First Team

2023 (at Yale):

  • First team All-Ivy selection.
  • Named first team All-New England.
  • Started all 15 games.
  • Finished second on the team with 12 caused turnovers and also added 17 ground balls.
  • Recipient of the team's Christian Prince Memorial Award.


2022 (at Yale): 

  • Second team All-Ivy selection
  • Started 17 games
  • Had seven caused turnovers.

2021 (at Yale):

  • No season due to COVID-19
  • Selected to Team USA U21 roster.

2020 (at Yale):

  • Played in three games
  • Recorded one caused turnover at Penn State (2/22).

High School:  US Lacrosse All-American 2019… Had 38 caused turnovers and 37 groundballs senior season… Four-time scholar-athlete award… Two-time captain… Three-time All-Division… Two-time All-County…Mr. Defense 2018-2019… Defenseman of the Year 2019… Team MVP in 2019… Newsday Top 100 Lacrosse players… SCLA Most Outstanding Defensive Play for Division One 2019

Personal: Son of Michael and Debra Alexander… Sister is Taylor Alexander… Selected for Team USA U19 training team… National Honor Society… Advanced Regents Diploma… Four-year Honor Average Excellence in Environmental Science 2019… NYS Scholar-Athlete in golf, basketball and lacrosse… Gold Key Award 2019… Two-time Lionheart in basketball… All-league golf… West Islip Council Scholarship… Glenn Gerrato Memorial Scholarship 2019...Enjoys going to the gym and boating in his free time. 

Why Maryland: "I chose Maryland because of the team culture, the competition, and the desire to live by the 'Be the Best' mindset. The guys on the team hold a similar standard — one I can buy into to be successful."

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