Alumni
Meet Emmie Lau, the 2019 Post-Gazette girls lacrosse player of the year
Read Full Article from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette When Emmie Lau first picked up a lacrosse stick, she was attending grade school in Rhode Island. “In first grade I tried softball and the coach put me in the outfield and I didn’t like that so I tried lacrosse instead,” Lau said. “I played in second grade to…
Read MoreClayton Krol ’21 – High Point University (D1)
Alumni Profile – Clayton Krol Started all 16 games of the 2019 season… Grabbed five ground balls and caused three turnovers in the win over St. Bonaventure (02/02/19)… Snagged four ground balls in the overtime win at Drexel (02/16/19)… Recorded five ground balls and two caused turnovers in the win at Virginia (2/18/19)… Logged four…
Read MoreBlake Goodman ’20 – University of Richmond (D1)
Alumni Profile – Blake Goodman Earned the SoCon Pinnacle Award for the second-straight year at the SoCon Tournament for highest GPA on the winning team. Played in eight games, making four starts. Tallied 254:41 in goal. Posted a 12.01 goals against average. Recorded 65 saves and a .560 save percentage. Notched a 2-1-0 record on…
Read MoreLevi McCrady ’20 – Brown University (D1)
Alumni Profile – Levi McCrady Athletics: Lacrosse: Earned 4 Varsity Letters… 4-year starter… 2-time team captain… 3-time team MVP… 3-time first team All-Section… 2-time first team All-WPIAL… 2-time US Lacrosse All-American…IL Invitational ASG MVP. Academics: National Honor Society… National French Honor Society… High Cumulative Honor Roll…United States Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award… 4-time Scholar Athlete
Read MoreDoc Szlachetka ’20 – Air Force Academy (D1)
Alumni Profile – Doc Szlachetka Started in all 15 games in 2018 … took two shots … picked up 12 ground balls and caused two turnovers … Academic All-SoCon … SoCon Honor Roll. Member of Cadet Squadron 9 … son of David and Amy Szlachetka with one sister … given name is Donald … mother played basketball at…
Read MoreRobby Woodings ’19 – Army West Point (D1)
Alumni Profile – Robby Woodings Lettered in lacrosse at Shady Side Academy … US Lacrosse All-American … was a first team All-League midfielder … also competed in football.
Read MoreTucker Gillman ’19 – Georgetown University (D1)
Alumni Profile – Tucker Gillman BIG EAST Champions … Played in 16 games for the Hoyas as a senior … Scored his first career goal against Mount St. Mary’s (2/26) and added his first career assist against Loyola (4/9) … Credited with five caused turnovers on the season and 18 ground balls … Had five…
Read MorePYLAX Alumni named SoCon Defensive Player of the Week
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Southern Conference announced its weekly awards Tuesday afternoon and Richmond goalkeeper Blake Goodman has been named the Defensive Player of the Week in the wake of his stellar effort opposite Bucknell over the weekend. The Pittsburgh, Pa. native picked up his first win as the Spider goaltender with a 9-8 victory over the Bison…
Read MorePYLAX Coach Graham Childs signs letter of intent
Graham Childs Announces Commitment to Play Lacrosse at Hofstra University Graham Childs, Fox Chapel High School and 365Lax elite club player, commits to play lacrosse at Hofstra University. Coach Thomas Michaelson, at 365Lax, had this to say about Child’s recruitment to Hofstra University, “Graham was a player who played on our National Showcase Team after…
Read MoreFormer PYLAXers selected for US National Regional Team
A big contratulations from the PYLAX family to former Players rostered on the US National Regional Team! There are currently 4 Shady Side Academy girls that made the US Lacrosse national regional team (Riley DiFiore, class of 2018, Emmie Lau and Abby Todd, both class of 2019, and Coco Redican, class of 2020), as well…
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