Michael McGrath, Jr. '21 Recruiting Profile

I have been playing lacrosse since I was seven years old.  As a freshman I started on my varsity high school team and most recently, in my junior year, was selected by my teammates and coaches to be a captain.  My goal is to obtain an invaluable college education while also hopefully having an opportunity to keep playing the sport I have loved since first putting a stick in my hands at the age of seven.

Playing sports throughout my childhood has provided many lessons that I use to this day.  Through grade school and middle school, I played football, basketball and baseball.  I have learned the value of being on a team and working hard on and off the field.    On the field I think that one of my best attributes is being a team player who enjoys when my friends and teammates succeed aside from any of my own accomplishments.  One of the best compliments I have ever received as a lacrosse player was from a former coach who praised the fact that I was just as happy to see a teammate score during a game and was one of the first to congratulate them.

Those same ideals help me at school and at home.  My parents have always encouraged me to the best that I can in everything that I do but most importantly to be successful in the classroom.  Because of those things, I have done well in an academically demanding school which has provided a strong foundation to succeed in furthering my education.