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
187.8
Players
3,837
Teams
77
Size by position
| Position | Players | Avg Ht | Med Ht | Avg Wt | Med Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | 792 | 5'11" | 71.0 | 182.6 | 180.0 |
| Midfield | 1342 | 6'0" | 72.0 | 186.1 | 185.0 |
| Defense | 822 | 6'1" | 73.0 | 195.6 | 195.0 |
| LSM | 201 | 6'0" | 73.0 | 188.1 | 187.0 |
| SSDM | 46 | 6'0" | 72.0 | 183.8 | 180.0 |
| Faceoff | 246 | 5'11" | 71.0 | 187.6 | 185.0 |
| Goalie | 312 | 6'0" | 72.0 | 188.0 | 185.0 |
97% of the 3,837 rostered players have published height; 94% 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 41 states
NH 56IL 54MN 44OR 29WA 21WI 19SC 18TN 17IN 17ME 15MO 14RI 14UT 13DE 12DC 10AZ 10VT 8AL 7NV 5KY 4ID 4KS 4OK 4IA 2NE 1LA 1
Share of the 3,548 players with a published US hometown. International: 232 players.
Top feeder high schools
| School | State | Players |
|---|---|---|
| The Hill Academy | ON | 45 |
| Culver Military Academy | IN | 37 |
| Salisbury School | CT | 31 |
| Brunswick School | CT | 28 |
| IMG Academy | FL | 25 |
| St. Anthony's | NY | 25 |
| St. Mary's | MD | 24 |
| Archbishop Spalding | MD | 23 |
| Chaminade | NY | 23 |
| Loyola Blakefield | MD | 23 |
| Calvert Hall | MD | 22 |
| Malvern Prep | PA | 22 |
| Everest Academy | ON | 21 |
| Avon Old Farms | CT | 20 |
| McDonogh School | MD | 20 |
All 581 feeder schools
AL · 1 school
Briarwood Christian 2
AZ · 3 schools
Boulder Creek 3Brophy College Prep 2Desert Vista High 2
CA · 28 schools
Torrey Pines 11St. Margaret's Episcopal 9Sacred Heart Prep 7St. Ignatius College Prep 6Corona Del Mar 5Menlo School 5Cathedral Catholic 4Loyola 4San Ramon Valley 4Coronado 3Granite Bay 3Tesoro 3Bellarmine College Prep 2California HS 2Clayton Valley Charter 2De La Salle 2Foothill 2Grossmont 2La Costa Canyon 2Los Alamitos 2Marin Catholic 2Mater Dei 2Mira Costa 2Palos Verdes High School 2Poway 2Sacred Heart Preparatory 2St. Francis 2St. Ignatius Prep 2
CO · 15 schools
Valor Christian 12Cherry Creek 5Kent Denver 5Arapahoe H.S. 4Cherokee Trail 4Colorado Academy 4Regis Jesuit 4Grandview 3Rock Canyon 3Castle View H.S. 2Columbine 2Denver East 2Monarch 2Mountain Vista 2Ralston Valley 2
CT · 18 schools
Darien 17Westminster 16Taft School 14Loomis Chaffee 10Staples 10Ridgefield 8New Canaan 7New Fairfield 7Cheshire 5Fairfield Prep 5The Hotchkiss School 5Wilton 5Choate Rosemary Hall 4Newtown 3Notre Dame West Haven 3Fairfield Warde 2Saint Joseph 2Trumbull 2
DE · 3 schools
Salesianum School 5Cape Henlopen 2Wilmington Friends 2
FL · 15 schools
Ponte Vedra 9Oak Hall School 6Cardinal Mooney 3Creekside 3H.B. Plant 3Jupiter 3Maclay School 3St. Thomas Aquinas 3The Benjamin School 3American Heritage 2Oxbridge Academy 2St. Andrew's School 2St. John Paul II Academy 2The Bolles School 2The King's Academy 2
GA · 16 schools
Lambert 5Roswell 5South Forsyth 5Lassiter 4The Lovett School 4Allatoona 3Blessed Trinity 3Buford 3Cambridge H.S. 3Greater Atlanta Christian 3Milton 3Walton 3Etowah HS 2Johns Creek 2Mill Creek 2The Westminster Schools 2
ID · 1 school
Eagle 2
IL · 6 schools
Loyola Academy 8Saint Viator 4Adlai E. Stevenson 2Naperville Central 2New Trier 2St. Rita 2
IN · 3 schools
Carmel 7Cathedral 2Hamilton Southeastern 2
KS · 1 school
Shawnee Mission East H.S. 2
MA · 39 schools
Deerfield Academy 18St. Sebastian's School 11Franklin 8Governor's Academy 7Tabor Academy 7Belmont Hill School 6St. John's Prep 6Boston College High School 5Hingham 5Xaverian Brothers 5Lawrence Academy 4Longmeadow 4Medfield 4Pingree School 4Pomfret School 4Roxbury Latin 4Berkshire 3Billerica Memorial 3Groton School 3Kimball Union Academy 3King Philip 3Lincoln Sudbury 3Noble and Greenough 3Phillips Academy Andover 3Thayer Academy 3The Rivers School 3Wakefield 3Buckingham Browne and NIchols School 2Chelmsford 2Dover Sherborn 2Dracut 2Duxbury 2Hopkinton High School 2Marshfield 2Melrose 2Middlesex School 2Natick 2Shrewsbury High School 2Walpole High School 2
MD · 35 schools
Gilman School 17Boys' Latin 16St. Paul's School 16Georgetown Prep 15Landon School 15St. John's College HS 14Calvert Hall College (H.S.) 13Bullis School 12Severna Park 10Severn School 9Broadneck 7John Carroll 7Marriotts Ridge 7St. Mary's Annapolis 6DeMatha Catholic 5Sanford School 5DeMatha 4Sherwood 4Boys' Latin School of Maryland 3Catonsville 3Friends School of Baltimore 3Hereford 3Kent Island 3Linganore 3South River 3Urbana 3Century 2Glenelg 2Glenelg Country School 2Liberty 2Mount Hebron 2Mount Saint Joseph 2Mount St. Joseph 2Our Lady of Good Counsel 2The Heights School 2
ME · 3 schools
Cape Elizabeth 3Bridgton Academy (ME) 2Thornton Academy 2
MI · 11 schools
Brother Rice 16Detroit Catholic Central 6Detroit Country Day 5Hartland 5Catholic Central 3Forest Hills Central 3Lake Orion 3Clarkston 2East Grand Rapids 2Forest Hills Eastern High School 2Rochester Adams 2
MN · 9 schools
Minnetonka H.S. 4Benilde-St. Margaret's School 3Chanhassen 3Eden Prairie HS 3St. Thomas Academy 3Woodbury 3Stillwater Area 2The Blake School 2Wayzata 2
MO · 1 school
MICDS 4
NC · 15 schools
Cardinal Gibbons 8Christ School 8Middle Creek 8Weddington 6Apex 5Ardrey Kell 4Myers Park 4Holly Springs High School 3Lake Norman 3Charlotte Catholic 2Charlotte Country Day School 2Hough 2John T. Hoggard 2Northern Guilford HS 2Page 2
NH · 10 schools
Bishop Guertin 14Brewster Academy 10Holderness 7Exeter 5Phillips Exeter Academy 3The Derryfield School 3Windham 3Perkiomen School 2Pinkerton Academy 2Souhegan 2
NJ · 50 schools
Seton Hall Prep 17Delbarton 15Ridgewood 11Westfield 11Bergen Catholic 10Summit 10Don Bosco Prep 9Lawrenceville 9Manasquan 8Mountain Lakes 8Moorestown 7Pingry School 7St. Augustine Prep 7Lenape 6Bridgewater-Raritan 5Notre Dame 5Ramapo 5Glen Rock 4Hunterdon Central Regional 4James Caldwell 4Montclair 4Southern Regional 4Sparta 4St. Joseph Regional 4Bernards 3Chatham 3Glen Ridge 3Haddonfield Memorial 3Hunterdon Central 3Immaculata 3Montgomery 3Northern Highlands 3Ocean City 3Pope John XXIII 3Scotch Plains-Fanwood 3Shawnee 3St. Peter's Prep 3Wayne Hills 3Delaware Valley Regional HS 2East Brunswick 2Gill St. Bernard's School 2Hillsborough 2Mainland Regional 2Monroe Township HS 2Morristown 2North Hunterdon 2Randolph High School 2Roxbury 2Somerville 2West Essex Regional 2
NV · 1 school
Faith Lutheran 2
NY · 125 schools
Shoreham-Wading River 15Ward Melville 15Christian Brothers Academy 14Mount Sinai 14Trinity-Pawling 14Farmingdale 13Garden City 13Yorktown 13Massapequa 12Victor 12Fayetteville-Manlius 11Manhasset 11Syosset 11West Genesee 11Baldwinsville 10Cold Spring Harbor 9Jamesville-DeWitt 9West Islip 9Comsewogue 8Smithtown West 8Wantagh 8Islip 7Northport 7South Side 7Commack 6Iona Prep 6Rye 6Sachem North 6Saint Anthony's 6Shaker 6Webster Thomas 6Bay Shore 5Bayport-Blue Point 5Harborfields 5Kellenberg Memorial 5Niskayuna 5Sachem East 5Smithtown East 5Albany Academy 4Auburn 4Bethpage 4Briarcliff 4Canandaigua Academy 4Cicero-North Syracuse 4Connetquot 4Corning Painted Post 4East Aurora 4Eastport South Manor 4Fairport 4Half Hollow Hills East 4Hamburg 4Horseheads 4Huntington 4Irondequoit High School 4Mamaroneck 4Miller Place 4North Shore 4Penfield 4Pleasantville 4Sayville 4Tully 4Westhampton Beach 4Archbishop Stepinac 3Ballston Spa 3Bethlehem 3Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 3Canisius 3East Islip High School 3East Syracuse Minoa 3Hilton High School 3Iona Preparatory 3Ithaca 3John Jay 3Kellenberg 3Lancaster High School 3Lindenhurst 3Liverpool 3Locust Valley 3Long Island Lutheran 3Longwood 3Marcellus High School 3McQuaid Jesuit 3Nichols School 3Riverhead 3Skaneateles 3Vestal 3Watertown 3Bellport 2Bronxville 2Byram Hills 2Calhoun 2Canandaigua 2Carey 2Carthage 2Cazenovia 2Charles W. Baker HS 2Chenango Forks 2Chenango Valley 2Christian Brothers Academy (Albany) 2Corning 2G. Ray Bodley 2H. Frank Carey 2Hewlett HS 2Johnson City 2Kingston 2Lakeland 2Long Beach High School 2Mahopac 2Mattituck 2New Hartford 2Oceanside 2Pelham Memorial 2Pittsford Sutherland 2Rocky Point HS 2Salamanca 2Sanford H. Calhoun 2Shenendehowa 2St Joseph's Collegiate Institute 2St. Dominic 2St. Joseph Collegiate Institute 2St. Joseph's Collegiate 2The Gunnery 2Victor Senior 2Webster Schroeder H.S. 2Westhill 2
OH · 18 schools
Upper Arlington 6Western Reserve Academy 6Hoover 5Hudson 5St. Xavier 5Centerville 4Archbishop Moeller 3Saint Ignatius H.S. 3St. Francis De Sales High School 3Summit Country Day 3Dublin Coffman 2Dublin Jerome H.S. 2Hilliard Bradley 2Hilliard Davidson 2Indian Hill 2Padua Franciscan 2St. Francis DeSales 2University School 2
OR · 7 schools
Jesuit 5Lake Oswego 4Lakeridge 4Jesuit Portland 2Oregon Episcopal School 2Sunset 2West Linn 2
PA · 40 schools
Haverford School 19La Salle College High School 13Episcopal Academy 11Academy of the New Church 9Conestoga 9Bishop Shanahan 8Garnet Valley 8Allentown Central Catholic 7Manheim Township 6Springfield 6The Hill School 6Avon Grove 5Germantown Academy 5Strath Haven 5Mars Area 4Parkland 4Radnor 4Springside Chestnut Hill Academy 4St. Joseph's Prep 4William Penn Charter School 4Bayard Rustin 3Central Bucks East 3Downingtown East 3Hempfield 3Holy Ghost Prep 3Kennett 3Spring-Ford 3Council Rock North 2Cumberland Valley 2Downingtown STEM Academy 2LaSalle College High School 2Moravian Academy 2Penncrest 2Pottsgrove 2Seneca Valley 2Shipley School 2Susquehannock 2Upper Dublin 2West Chester East 2Wissahickon 2
RI · 2 schools
La Salle Academy 4LaSalle Academy 4
SC · 1 school
Oceanside Collegiate Academy (S.C.) 2
TN · 4 schools
Memphis University School 4Montgomery Bell Academy 3Briarcrest Christian 2Collierville 2
TX · 15 schools
Westlake 13Episcopal School of Dallas 8Highland Park 6The Kiski School 4The Woodlands 4Austin 3Dallas Jesuit 3Jesuit College Prep 3Reedy 3Coppell 2Dripping Springs 2Keller 2Lake Travis 2Lovejoy High School 2St. Mark's School of Texas 2
UT · 2 schools
Park City 4Corner Canyon 2
VA · 16 schools
Paul VI 11St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School 8Gonzaga 5Riverside 5Robinson Secondary 5Collegiate 4Norfolk Academy 4St. Anne’s-Belfield School 3St. Christopher's 3St. Stephen's and St. Agnes 3Albemarle 2James Madison 2Patriot 2Paul VI Catholic 2South Lakes 2St. Paul VI Catholic 2
VT · 1 school
Essex HS 2
WA · 5 schools
Bellevue 4Lake Washington 3O'Dea 3Juanita 2Mercer Island HS 2
WI · 2 schools
Nicolet 2Waunakee 2
— · 44 schools
Episcopal 15Gonzaga College 11Centennial 10St. Ignatius 10St. Michael's College School 10New Hampton School 9Brighton 8Claremont Secondary 8Blue Ridge 7McCallie School 6The Hun School (N.J.) 6Canterbury School 4Cheshire Academy 4Claremont 4Royal Bay Secondary 4Trinity 4The Westtown School 3Bedford 2Bishop O'Connell 2Brooks School 2Brookwood HS 2Burr and Burton Academy 2Central Memorial 2Corpus Christi 2Don Bosco 2Falmouth 2Freedom 2Kent School 2Malvern Collegiate Institute 2Maple Ridge Secondary 2Marist School 2Nanaimo District Secondary 2New Westminster Secondary 2Northfield Mount Hermon 2Portsmouth 2Proctor Academy 2Rockhurst 2Royal Bay 2Skyline HS 2St. Andrew's Episcopal 2St. Francis Xavier 2Walt Whitman 2West Island College 2Woodberry Forest School 2
581 schools placed 2+ players; 1,383 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 | 269 | 6'1" | 191.6 |
| Big Ten | 305 | 6'0" | 191.4 |
| Ivy League | 355 | 6'0" | 190.7 |
| ASUN | 307 | 6'0" | 186.5 |
| Atlantic 10 | 374 | 6'0" | 188.8 |
| Patriot League | 456 | 6'0" | 189.4 |
| America East | 315 | 6'0" | 186.5 |
| Big East | 298 | 6'0" | 188.8 |
| MAAC | 379 | 6'0" | 183.8 |
| NEC | 386 | 6'0" | 184.1 |
| CAA | 349 | 6'0" | 184.8 |
| Independent | 44 | 6'0" | — |
Class composition
Freshmen 1034
Sophomores 905
Juniors 793
Seniors 802
Grad 286
5th-years 9
Unlisted 8
The extremes
| Category | Player | Team | Pos | Measure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallest | Braedan Allen | Monmouth Hawks | M | 6'7" |
| Tallest | Cole Kastner | Virginia Cavaliers | DEFENSE | 6'7" |
| Tallest | Garrett Zungailia | Towson Tigers | D | 6'7" |
| Tallest | Jacob Humphreys | Cleveland Vikings | D | 6'7" |
| Tallest | Liam Quinn | Saint Joseph's | D | 6'7" |
| Heaviest | David Beacom | Detroit Mercy | MF | 296 lb |
| Heaviest | Tyler Hart | Detroit Mercy | G | 287 lb |
| Heaviest | Brennan Hart | Bryant Bulldogs | GOALIE | 285 lb |
| Heaviest | Ronald Durante | St. John's | GK | 285 lb |
| Heaviest | Ned Forbush | Denver Pioneers | MIDFIELD | 270 lb |
| Shortest | Jezayd Hall | UAlbany Great | FO | 5'4" |
| Shortest | Andrew Duswalt | Monmouth Hawks | M | 5'5" |
| Shortest | Anthony Filippetti | Marist Red | LONG STICK MIDFIELD | 5'5" |
| Shortest | Billy Hart | Detroit Mercy | MF | 5'5" |
| Shortest | Branden Wilson | Utah Utes | M | 5'5" |
All figures from published team rosters (2023); fields missing at the source are excluded rather than estimated. Aggregates are per-season. No cross-season player tracking.