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Excellent stick-skills, speed, and scoring percentage. Leads by example. Ambidextrous. Listens to coach feedback and implements changes. High lacrosse IQ with great vision on the field. Elite tennis player.
I attend a private college preparatory school because I want outstanding academics and sports. I am an A student in honors classes. I purposely choose difficult subjects, such as Mandarin, to challenge myself. At the age of 9, when I was already a nationally-ranked USTA tennis player, I started playing lacrosse, reluctantly. Gradually, my love of lacrosse overtook tennis, despite being in the top 125 in the country, #10 in USTA Middle States, #2 in Pennsylvania, and #1 in Allegheny Mountain District at the age of 12. I stopped playing USTA tennis and only play high school tennis in order to focus on lacrosse.
In lacrosse, I was the leader in scoring and draw controls on the TRUE Youth lacrosse team in 2018 and the Pittsburgh Premier Lacrosse (PPLC) 2024/2025 Green team in 2019. In 2020, I missed most of the summer and fall season respectively due to COVID-19 and an ankle injury (see below), including the Under Armour Call-Back Academy in Tampa, Florida which I was invited. However, in the fall of 2020, the PPLC Blue team won the Magenta Level Mid-Atlantic Championships. In 2021, as a freshman, I was a starter at attack and midfield for my high school team, the Sewickley Academy Panthers that reached the PIAA State Championship Semi-Finals for Class 3A (largest). I had 16 goals, 16 assist, 8 ground balls and 4 steals in 12 regular season games.
I still play tennis 3 days a week, all year. In 2021, I played #1 SINGLES for Sewickley Academy as a freshman. My team, Sewickley Academy, won the WPIAL 2A Championship and placed #2 in the PIAA State Championship, losing by 1 point in the finals. I won the WPIAL SINGLES District and Sectional Championship Titles and came in 3rd in the 2A PIAA State Championship. In 2021, I was undefeated all season and all playoffs until the 2A PIAA State Singles Championship semi-finals, where I lost to the eventual state champion but won my 3rd place match.
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