The D1 Census
Who actually plays Division 1 men's lacrosse: size, class, geography, and pipelines, from published rosters.
Avg height
6'0"
Avg weight
187.5
Players
4,225
Teams
77
Size by position
| Position | Players | Avg Ht | Med Ht | Avg Wt | Med Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | 861 | 5'11" | 71.0 | 181.5 | 180.0 |
| Midfield | 1379 | 6'0" | 72.0 | 186.3 | 185.0 |
| Defense | 898 | 6'1" | 73.0 | 195.3 | 195.0 |
| LSM | 226 | 6'0" | 72.0 | 186.3 | 185.0 |
| SSDM | 127 | 6'0" | 72.0 | 188.2 | 187.0 |
| Faceoff | 307 | 5'10" | 70.0 | 185.2 | 185.0 |
| Goalie | 341 | 6'0" | 72.0 | 189.0 | 185.0 |
90% of the 4,225 rostered players have published height; 80% weight.
Height distribution
Is D1 getting bigger?
| Season | Players | Avg Ht | Avg Wt | Ht coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3,743 | 6'0" | 187.1 | 97% |
| 2023 | 3,837 | 6'0" | 187.8 | 97% |
| 2024 | 3,959 | 6'0" | 188.0 | 97% |
| 2025 | 3,847 | 6'0" | 187.9 | 97% |
| 2026 | 4,225 | 6'0" | 187.5 | 90% |
Season averages shift with roster coverage as well as recruiting. Read alongside the coverage column.
State pipeline
All 43 states
MI 64MN 46NH 42WI 30OR 22RI 19ME 19IN 19WA 16SC 15DE 13UT 13KY 12AZ 12MO 10KS 9DC 9NV 7TN 7VT 6ID 6AL 5WY 5OK 4MT 2NE 1LA 1WV 1
Share of the 3,559 players with a published US hometown. International: 252 players.
Top feeder high schools
| School | State | Players |
|---|---|---|
| The Hill Academy | ON | 42 |
| Culver Military Academy | IN | 38 |
| St. Anthony's | NY | 38 |
| Chaminade | NY | 34 |
| Salisbury School | CT | 33 |
| Brunswick School | CT | 30 |
| Malvern Prep | PA | 29 |
| Loyola Blakefield | MD | 28 |
| Archbishop Spalding | MD | 27 |
| The Haverford School | PA | 27 |
| Seton Hall Prep | NJ | 26 |
| Taft School | CT | 26 |
| Western Reserve Academy | OH | 26 |
| Lawrenceville | NJ | 24 |
| Avon Old Farms | CT | 22 |
All 555 feeder schools
AZ · 2 schools
Brophy College Preparatory 3Brophy College Prep 2
CA · 25 schools
Torrey Pines 11Corona Del Mar 6St. Margaret's Episcopal 6Westlake 6La Costa Canyon 5Sacred Heart Prep 5St. Ignatius 5Los Alamitos 4Loyola 4Mater Dei 4St. Ignatius College Prep 4Cathedral Catholic 3De La Salle 3Marin Catholic 3Vista Del Lago 3Marin Academy 2Monte Vista HS 2Oak Ridge 2Palos Verdes High School 2Piedmont 2Sacred Heart 2Sacred Heart Preparatory 2Santa Fe Christian 2Servite 2The Bishop's School 2
CO · 16 schools
Valor Christian 15Mountain Vista 10Regis Jesuit 6Cherry Creek 5Legend 5Denver South H.S. 4Cherokee Trail 3Kent Denver 3Rock Canyon 3Arapahoe 2Colorado Academy 2Denver East 2Erie H.S. 2Grandview 2Monarch 2Ralston Valley 2
CT · 19 schools
Loomis Chaffee 16Darien 15Westminster 13Staples 12The Hotchkiss School 9Ridgefield 8Cheshire 7Fairfield Prep 7Wilton 7Choate Rosemary Hall 6New Canaan 6Cheshire Academy 3Greenwich 3Joel Barlow 3Pomfret School 3Greenwich Country Day School 2Hamden Hall Country Day 2Notre Dame West Haven 2St. Joseph 2
DC · 2 schools
St. Albans School 4Spire Academy 2
DE · 1 school
Cape Henlopen 3
FL · 14 schools
IMG Academy 22Ponte Vedra 11Lake Mary 8St. Thomas Aquinas 5The Benjamin School 5Bolles School 4Saint Andrews School 4Community School of Naples 3Lake Highland Prep 3Oxbridge Academy 3Creekside 2Jesuit Tampa 2Plant High School 2Winter Park 2
GA · 19 schools
Lambert 7Roswell 6Alpharetta 5Lassiter 5Buford 4South Forsyth 4The McCallie School 4Allatoona 3Blessed Trinity 3Cambridge 3Milton 3North Paulding 3The Lovett School 3Blessed Trinity Catholic 2Denmark 2Fellowship Christian School 2Greater Atlanta Christian 2Wesleyan School 2West Forsyth 2
ID · 1 school
Bishop Kelly 2
IL · 11 schools
Wheaton Academy 9Loyola Academy 6Lake Forest 5Saint Viator 4Benet Academy 3Barrington 2Lakes Community High School 2Maine South High School 2Marist 2New Trier 2Notre Dame College Prep 2
IN · 2 schools
Carmel 6Cathedral High School 2
KS · 1 school
Rockhurst 4
KY · 1 school
Saint Xavier HS 3
MA · 39 schools
Deerfield Academy 20St. Sebastian's 15Belmont Hill 12St. John's Prep 9Thayer Academy 8Governor's Academy 7Xaverian Brothers 6Franklin 5Middlesex 5New Hampton School 5Noble & Greenough 5Pingree School 5The Rivers School 5Berkshire School 4Longmeadow 4Medfield 4Norwell 4Roxbury Latin 4Tabor Academy 4Andover 3Christchurch School 3Dexter Southfield 3LaSalle Academy 3Lawrence Academy 3Noble and Greenough School 3Phillips Andover 3Acton Boxboro 2Acton-Boxborough 2Boston College High School 2Bridgewater Raynham Regional 2Buckingham Browne & Nichols 2Dracut High School 2Duxbury 2Hingham 2Lexington 2Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School 2Natick 2Needham 2Silver Lake Regional 2
MD · 37 schools
Calvert Hall 22St. Mary's 22Boys' Latin 21McDonogh School 20St. Paul's School 20Georgetown Prep 18Landon School 17Bullis School 16Gonzaga College 16Gilman School 15St. John's College HS 15Calvert Hall College HS 14Severn School 12Boys' Latin School of Maryland 10DeMatha Catholic 9Severna Park 7The John Carroll School 7Broadneck 6Gonzaga 6St. Mary's Annapolis 5Mount Saint Joseph 4Our Lady of Good Counsel 4Urbana 4Kent Island 3Mount St. Joseph 3Saint James School 3Sherwood H.S. 3St. John's 3St. Paul's School for Boys 3C. Milton Wright 2Catonsville 2Huntingtown 2Marriotts Ridge 2Mount St. Joseph's 2South River H.S. 2The Heights School 2Westtown [Pa.] 2
ME · 5 schools
Cape Elizabeth 4Bridgton Academy 2Falmouth 2Thornton Academy 2York High School 2
MI · 8 schools
Brother Rice 10Detroit Catholic Central 6Detroit Country Day 6Brighton 4Hartland 4Lake Orion 3Forest Hills Central 2Grand Ledge 2
MN · 7 schools
Benilde-St. Margaret's 9Centennial 5Mahtomedi 4Lakeville North 3Chanhassen 2Edina 2Wayzata 2
NC · 18 schools
Cannon School 7Charlotte Catholic 7Cardinal Gibbons 6Christ School 6Middle Creek 6Lake Norman 5Green Level 3John T. Hoggard 3Weddington 3Ardrey Kell 2Heritage 2Holly Springs High School 2Hough 2Lake Norman Charter 2Marvin Ridge 2Northern Guilford 2Providence Day School 2Southlake Christian Academy 2
NH · 7 schools
Bishop Guertin 15Holderness School 13Phillips Exeter Academy 4Portsmouth 4Brewster Academy 3Exeter 2Timberlane Regional 2
NJ · 48 schools
Delbarton 15Don Bosco Prep 15Ridgewood 12St. Augustine Prep 11Manasquan 10Westfield 9Gill St. Bernard's School 8Moorestown 7Mountain Lakes 7Summit 7Bergen Catholic 6Montclair 6Glen Rock 5Pingry School 5Wall 5Bernards High School 4Bridgewater-Raritan HS 4Notre Dame 4Saint Joseph Regional 4Shawnee 4The Hun School of Princeton 4Clearview Regional 3Eastern Regional 3Immaculata 3James Caldwell High School 3Morris Knolls 3Ocean City 3Ramapo 3Rumson-Fair Haven Regional 3Somerville 3Southern Regional 3St. Joseph Regional 3West Essex 3Allentown High School 2Chatham High School 2Haddonfield Memorial 2Hunterdon Central 2Kingsway Regional 2North Hunterdon 2Princeton 2Randolph High School 2Red Bank Regional 2Rumson-Fair Haven 2Scotch Plains-Fanwood 2Seton Hall Preparatory School 2Sparta 2Warren Hills HS 2West Morris Central 2
NY · 125 schools
Trinity Pawling 19Garden City 16Ward Melville 15Christian Brothers Academy 13Victor 13Manhasset 12Comsewogue 11Farmingdale 11Shoreham-Wading River 11Archbishop Stepinac 10Mount Sinai 10Northport 10Baldwinsville 9West Islip 9Bayport-Blue Point 8Connetquot 8Huntington 8Islip 8Kings Park 8Massapequa 8Rye 8Yorktown 8Saint Anthony's 7Cold Spring Harbor 6Commack 6Hamburg 6Jamesville-DeWitt 6Mamaroneck 6Niskayuna 6Smithtown East 6South Side 6Canandaigua Academy 5East Islip 5Iona Prep 5Irondequoit 5Kellenberg Memorial 5Sachem North 5Skaneateles 5Vestal 5Webster Thomas 5West Genesee 5Bay Shore 4Bethpage 4Briarcliff 4Fayetteville-Manlius 4Horseheads 4Iona Preparatory 4Island Trees 4Liverpool 4Long Beach 4McQuaid Jesuit 4Miller Place 4Pittsford Sutherland 4Shaker 4Shenendehowa 4Smithtown West 4Wantagh 4Watertown 4Bronxville 3Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 3Canisius HS 3Carey 3H. Frank Carey 3Haldane 3Half Hollow Hills East 3Harborfields 3Hauppauge 3Hilton 3Horace Greeley 3Johnson City 3Longwood 3Mahopac 3Orchard Park 3Penfield 3Pleasantville 3Riverdale Country School 3Riverhead 3Sanford H. Calhoun 3Sayville 3Seaford 3Somers 3Syosset 3Westhampton Beach 3Akron Central 2Auburn 2Ballston Spa 2Byram Hills 2C.W. Baker 2Canandaigua 2Centereach 2Charles W Baker 2Chittenango 2Cicero North Syracuse High School 2East Aurora 2East Syracuse Minoa High School 2Eastport South Manor 2Fairport 2Fox Lane 2Greece Olympia 2Half Hollow Hills 2John Jay 2Kellenberg 2Lancaster High School 2Lindenhurst 2Lynbrook 2Manhasset [Colgate] 2Marcellus 2Mineola 2New Hartford 2Oceanside High School 2Penn Yan Academy 2Plainedge High School 2Port Washington 2Rondout Valley High School 2Rush Henrietta 2Sachem East 2Scarsdale 2Schreiber 2Sleepy Hollow High School 2St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute 2Tappan Zee 2Tully 2Victor Senior 2Warwick Valley 2Western Reserve 2
OH · 19 schools
Upper Arlington 12St. Xavier 9Saint Ignatius 7Hudson 6Olentangy Liberty 6Dublin Jerome 4Archbishop Moeller 3Centerville 3Hilliard Davidson 3Hoover 3Mason 3Milford 3Granville High School 2Hilliard Darby 2Indian Hill 2Olentangy 2Olmsted Falls 2Springboro 2St. Edwards High School 2
ON · 1 school
Everest Academy 14
OR · 3 schools
Jesuit 9Jesuit Portland 3Lakeridge 2
PA · 45 schools
Radnor 15Episcopal Academy 14Salesianum School 12La Salle College HS 11Springfield 11Garnet Valley 10The Kiski School 10The Hill School 8Manheim Township 7Mars Area 6Shady Side Academy 6St. Joseph's Prep 6William Penn Charter 6Archmere Academy 5Spring-Ford 4Upper St. Clair 4Allentown Central Catholic 3Bayard Rustin 3Conestoga 3Downingtown East 3Germantown Academy 3Hempfield 3North Allegheny High School 3Penn Charter 3Springside Chestnut Hill 3Springside Chestnut Hill Academy 3The Shipley School 3Upper Dublin 3Academy of the New Church Secondary Schools 2Central Bucks West 2Council Rock North 2Downington East 2Downingtown STEM Academy 2Exeter Township 2Hershey 2Lampeter-Strasburg 2Lower Merion 2Marple Newtown H.S. 2Mt. Lebanon High School 2Owen J. Roberts HS 2Parkland 2Perkiomen Valley 2Rustin 2State College Area 2Wissahickon 2
RI · 1 school
La Salle Academy 7
SC · 1 school
Lucy Beckham 2
TX · 8 schools
Highland Park 8Episcopal School of Dallas 5Woodlands 4Dallas Jesuit 3Lovejoy High School 3St. Mark's School of Texas 3Hebron 2Memorial 2
UT · 1 school
Corner Canyon HS 3
VA · 13 schools
Collegiate School 9St. Anne's-Belfield School 7St. Paul VI Catholic 5Lake Braddock 4Riverside 4St. Stephen's & St. Agnes 4Bishop Ireton 3Norfolk Academy 3Paul VI 3Paul VI Catholic 3North Cross 2St. Paul VI HS 2West Potomac 2
WA · 3 schools
O'Dea 4Bellarmine Preparatory 2Lake Washington 2
WI · 3 schools
Middleton HS 3Oregon HS 2Waunakee 2
WY · 2 schools
Groton School 3Jackson Hole Community 2
— · 32 schools
Claremont Secondary 12Academy of the New Church 10Episcopal 10The Westtown School 9Perkiomen 7Royal Bay Secondary 7Blue Ridge School 6Trinity 6St. Michael's College School 5Centennial Secondary 4Royal Bay Academy 4St. Francis 4Claremont 3Cushing Academy 3Terry Fox Secondary 3The Frederick Gunn School 3Bishop Hendricken 2Central Memorial 2Cochrane 2Coronado 2Floral Park Memorial 2Kiski Prep 2Millbrook School 2Moses Brown 2Northfield Mount Hermon 2Proctor Academy 2Saint Francis 2Saint Ignatius Prep 2St. George's 2Upper Canada College 2Windsor 2Woodberry Forest 2
555 schools placed 2+ players; 1,297 schools in all. Grouped on a conservative spelling normalizer; schools listed under their most common published spelling. State = majority hometown state of the school's players (a few national boarding schools hand-tagged); no clear majority, no tag.
Size by conference
| Conference | Players | Avg Ht | Avg Wt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACC | 295 | 6'1" | 191.7 |
| Ivy League | 383 | 6'0" | 189.5 |
| Big Ten | 357 | 6'0" | 192.3 |
| Atlantic 10 | 392 | 6'0" | 190.2 |
| Big East | 351 | 6'0" | 188.1 |
| America East | 319 | 6'0" | 185.2 |
| CAA | 371 | 6'0" | 186.1 |
| ASUN | 359 | 6'0" | 184.8 |
| NEC | 400 | 6'0" | 184.1 |
| MAAC | 469 | 6'0" | 183.7 |
| Patriot League | 529 | 6'0" | 187.3 |
Class composition
Freshmen 1129
Sophomores 1044
Juniors 851
Seniors 992
Grad 199
5th-years 9
Unlisted 1
The extremes
| Category | Player | Team | Pos | Measure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallest | Zach Jepson | Duke Blue | D | 6'8" |
| Tallest | Brody Upton | Princeton Tigers | MIDFIELD | 6'7" |
| Tallest | Evan Mcfadden | Saint Joseph's | D | 6'7" |
| Tallest | Liam Quinn | Saint Joseph's | D | 6'7" |
| Tallest | Ben Michels | Brown Bears | D | 6'6" |
| Heaviest | Edward Johnson | Hampton Pirates | GK | 290 lb |
| Heaviest | Caleb Fyock | Ohio Buckeyes | G | 275 lb |
| Heaviest | Bennett Wright | Mount St. | G | 265 lb |
| Heaviest | Logan Leatherberry | Cleveland Vikings | G | 265 lb |
| Heaviest | Arjay Johnson | UAlbany Great | A | 260 lb |
| Shortest | Stephen Rosano | Sacred Heart | A | 5'4" |
| Shortest | Finian Tran | Manhattan Jaspers | FO | 5'5" |
| Shortest | Jordan Hernando | Bryant Bulldogs | FACEOFF | 5'5" |
| Shortest | Ryan Len | Mercyhurst Lakers | A | 5'5" |
| Shortest | Tim Mcdonald | Siena Saints | MIDFIELD | 5'5" |
All figures from published team rosters (2026); fields missing at the source are excluded rather than estimated. Aggregates are per-season. No cross-season player tracking.