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
188.0
Players
3,959
Teams
77
Size by position
| Position | Players | Avg Ht | Med Ht | Avg Wt | Med Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | 814 | 5'11" | 71.0 | 183.0 | 180.0 |
| Midfield | 1336 | 6'0" | 72.0 | 186.8 | 185.0 |
| Defense | 828 | 6'1" | 73.0 | 195.8 | 195.0 |
| LSM | 221 | 6'0" | 72.0 | 188.2 | 187.0 |
| SSDM | 83 | 6'0" | 72.0 | 186.4 | 185.0 |
| Faceoff | 273 | 5'10" | 70.0 | 186.6 | 185.0 |
| Goalie | 313 | 6'0" | 72.0 | 188.0 | 185.0 |
97% of the 3,959 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
IL 59NH 53MN 36OR 29WA 25WI 21IN 17SC 17MO 16UT 14TN 13AZ 12ME 11RI 11DE 10VT 10DC 10AL 7KY 7ID 6KS 5NV 4OK 3NE 2IA 2LA 1
Share of the 3,650 players with a published US hometown. International: 249 players.
Top feeder high schools
| School | State | Players |
|---|---|---|
| The Hill Academy | ON | 53 |
| St. Anthony's | NY | 34 |
| Culver Military Academy | IN | 33 |
| Salisbury School | CT | 33 |
| Chaminade | NY | 31 |
| Loyola Blakefield | MD | 30 |
| Brunswick School | CT | 29 |
| Avon Old Farms | CT | 27 |
| Calvert Hall | MD | 23 |
| IMG Academy | FL | 23 |
| St. Mary's | MD | 23 |
| Archbishop Spalding | MD | 22 |
| Malvern Prep | PA | 22 |
| St. Paul's School | MD | 22 |
| Seton Hall Prep | NJ | 21 |
All 585 feeder schools
AL · 1 school
Briarwood Christian 3
AZ · 3 schools
Boulder Creek 3Brophy College Prep 2Desert Vista High 2
CA · 28 schools
Torrey Pines 12St. Ignatius 9St. Margaret's Episcopal 9St. Ignatius College Prep 7Corona Del Mar 6Sacred Heart Prep 6La Costa Canyon 4Los Alamitos 4Loyola 4Mater Dei 4Granite Bay 3Menlo School 3Sacred Heart Preparatory 3San Ramon Valley 3St. Francis 3California HS 2Clayton Valley Charter 2Coronado 2De La Salle 2Foothill 2Grossmont 2Marin Catholic 2Mira Costa 2Oak Ridge 2Santa Fe Christian 2Servite 2Tesoro 2Vista del Lago 2
CO · 14 schools
Valor Christian 11Cherry Creek 8Mountain Vista 6Arapahoe 5Regis Jesuit 4Cherokee Trail 3Grandview 3Kent Denver 3Colorado Academy 2Columbine 2Legend 2Monarch 2Rock Canyon 2South 2
CT · 19 schools
Westminster School 19Darien 16The Taft School 15Loomis Chaffee 10Staples 10Wilton 8New Fairfield 7The Hotchkiss School 7Ridgefield 6New Canaan 5Cheshire 4Fairfield Prep 4Cheshire Academy 3Choate Rosemary Hall 3Daniel Hand 2Fairfield Warde H.S. 2Joel Barlow 2Newtown 2Notre Dame West Haven 2
DC · 1 school
St. Albans School 3
DE · 2 schools
Cape Henlopen 2Wilmington Friends School 2
FL · 16 schools
Ponte Vedra 9Oak Hall School 6The Benjamin School 5Creekside 4St. Thomas Aquinas 4Maclay School 3Winter Park 3American Heritage School 2Boca Raton 2Cardinal Mooney HS 2Jupiter 2Lake Highland Prep 2Plant 2Ponte Verda H.S. 2St. John Paul II Academy 2The King's Academy 2
GA · 18 schools
Roswell 5South Forsyth 5Greater Atlanta Christian 4Lambert 4Lassiter 4Milton 4The Lovett School 4The McCallie School 4Allatoona 3Blessed Trinity 3Buford 3Cambridge 3Walton 3Blessed Trinity Catholic 2Denmark 2Harrison 2Johns Creek 2Mill Creek 2
ID · 1 school
Eagle H.S. 2
IL · 8 schools
Loyola Academy 6Saint Viator 4Wheaton Academy 3Adlai E. Stevenson 2Mount Carmel 2Naperville Central 2New Trier 2St. Rita 2
IN · 1 school
Carmel 8
KS · 1 school
Shawnee Mission East H.S. 2
MA · 35 schools
Deerfield Academy 18St. Sebastian's School 13Belmont Hill 7Hingham 7St. John's Prep 6Thayer Academy 6The Governor’s Academy 6Boston College High School 5Franklin 5Pingree School 5Tabor Academy 5The Rivers School 5Lawrence Academy 4Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School 4Longmeadow 4Medfield 4Xaverian Brothers 4Berkshire 3Dexter Southfield 3Duxbury 3Lincoln Sudbury 3Noble and Greenough School 3Phillips Academy Andover 3Roxbury Latin 3Acton Boxborough 2Billerica Memorial 2Bridgewater Raynham Regional 2Chelmsford 2Marshfield 2Melrose 2Middlesex 2Natick 2Noble & Greenough 2Norwell 2Wilbraham and Monson Academy 2
MD · 35 schools
McDonogh School 20Gilman School 19Boys' Latin 18Bullis School 16Georgetown Prep 16St. John's College HS 15Calvert Hall College (H.S.) 13Landon School 13Severn School 11Severna Park 10DeMatha Catholic 8Boys' Latin School of Maryland 7Broadneck 7St. Mary's Annapolis 7The John Carroll School 7Marriotts Ridge 6Mount St. Joseph 4Catonsville 3DeMatha 3Urbana 3Friends School of Baltimore 2Glenelg High School 2Hereford 2Huntingtown 2Kent Island 2Liberty 2Linganore 2Mount Hebron 2Mount St. Joseph's H.S. 2Our Lady of Good Counsel 2Sanford School 2Sherwood 2South River 2The Heights School 2Towson HS 2
ME · 1 school
Cape Elizabeth 4
MI · 10 schools
Brother Rice 16Detroit Catholic Central 7Hartland 4Detroit Country Day 3Forest Hills Central 3Lake Orion 3Catholic Central 2Forest Hills Eastern High School 2Rochester Adams 2Saline HS 2
MN · 9 schools
Benilde-St. Margaret's School 5Chanhassen 2Eden Prairie 2Lakeville North High School 2Mahtomedi 2Minnetonka 2St. Thomas Academy 2The Blake School 2Woodbury 2
MO · 2 schools
MICDS 4Park Hill 2
NC · 18 schools
Cardinal Gibbons 9Christ School 6Middle Creek 6Weddington 6Holly Springs 4John T. Hoggard 4Apex High School 3Ardrey Kell 3Cannon School 2Chapel Hill 2Charlotte Catholic 2Charlotte Country Day School 2Charlotte Latin 2Hough 2Lake Norman 2Myers Park 2Page 2Ravenscroft 2
NH · 8 schools
Bishop Guertin 16Brewster Academy 11Holderness 11Exeter 5Phillips Exeter Academy 3Pinkerton Academy 2Souhegan 2The Derryfield School 2
NJ · 52 schools
Delbarton 17Westfield 14Lawrenceville 13Bergen Catholic 11St. Augustine Prep 11Manasquan 9Ridgewood 9Don Bosco Prep 8Mountain Lakes 6Summit 6Bridgewater-Raritan 5James Caldwell 5Lenape 5Montclair 5Moorestown HS 5Pingry School 5Southern Regional 5Glen Rock 4Notre Dame H.S. 4Ocean City 4Ramapo 4Sparta 4St. Joseph Regional 4Wall 4Haddonfield Memorial 3Hillsborough 3Hunterdon Central 3Hunterdon Central Regional 3Montgomery 3Pope John XXIII 3Ridge 3Shawnee 3Somerville 3St. Peter's Prep 3The Hun School of Princeton 3West Morris Central 3Bernards High School 2Chatham High School 2Gill St. Bernard's School 2Glen Ridge 2Mainland Regional 2Monroe Township HS 2Morris Knolls 2Randolph High School 2Red Bank Catholic 2Red Bank Regional 2Saint Joseph Regional High School 2Scotch Plains-Fanwood 2Seton Hall Preparatory School 2Wayne Hills 2Wayne Valley 2West Essex Regional 2
NV · 1 school
Faith Lutheran 2
NY · 130 schools
Trinity Pawling 19Mount Sinai 18Shoreham-Wading River 17Manhasset 16Farmingdale 15Garden City 15Massapequa 15Ward Melville 15Christian Brothers Academy 14Victor 14Fayetteville-Manlius 13West Genesee 11Cold Spring Harbor 10Sachem North 10West Islip 10Yorktown 10Baldwinsville 9Bay Shore 9Niskayuna 9Northport 9Comsewogue 8Islip 8Shaker 8Wantagh 8Archbishop Stepinac 7South Side 7Syosset 7Bayport-Blue Point 6Connetquot 6Huntington 6Iona Prep 6Irondequoit High School 6Jamesville-DeWitt 6Mamaroneck 6Rye 6Sachem East 6Smithtown West 6Bethlehem 5Briarcliff 5Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 5Cicero-North Syracuse 5East Aurora 5Liverpool 5Mahopac 5Smithtown East 5Auburn 4Ballston Spa 4Bronxville 4Canandaigua Academy 4Canisius 4Commack 4Corning Painted Post 4Fairport 4Harborfields 4Iona Preparatory 4Kellenberg Memorial 4Long Beach 4Marcellus High School 4Penfield 4Saint Anthony's 4Sanford H. Calhoun 4Sayville 4St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute 4Victor Senior 4Westhampton Beach 4Albany Academy 3Bethpage 3Byram Hills 3Cazenovia 3Charles W. Baker High School 3East Islip High School 3East Syracuse-Minoa 3Eastport-South Manor 3Hamburg 3Hauppauge 3Horseheads 3Ithaca 3John Jay 3Long Island Lutheran 3Longwood 3McQuaid Jesuit 3Nichols School 3North Shore 3Oceanside 3Pittsford Sutherland 3Tully 3Vestal 3Watertown 3Webster Schroeder High School 3Webster Thomas 3Westhill 3Calhoun 2Canandaigua 2Carey 2Chenango Forks 2Columbia 2Corning 2Fayetteville Manilus HS 2Fordham Preparatory 2G. Ray Bodley 2General Douglas MacArthur High School 2H. Frank Carey 2Half Hollow Hills East 2Half Hollow Hills West 2Hilton 2John Glenn 2Johnson City High School 2Kellenberg 2La Salle Institute 2Lafayette 2Lancaster High School 2Lindenhurst 2Lynbrook 2MacArthur 2Manhasset Secondary School 2Mattituck 2Miller Place H.S. 2Orchard Park 2Pittsford 2Pleasantville 2Roslyn 2Salamanca 2Scarsdale 2Schreiber 2Shenendehowa HS 2Skaneateles High School 2St. Dominic 2St. Joseph's Collegiate 2St. Joseph's High School 2The Gunnery 2
OH · 18 schools
Western Reserve Academy 10Hudson 8St. Xavier 7Upper Arlington 7Olentangy Liberty 5Dublin Jerome 4Hilliard Davidson 3Saint Ignatius H.S. 3Archbishop Moeller 2Centerville 2Christchurch School 2Dublin Coffman 2Indian Hill 2Jackson 2Milford 2St. Francis DeSales 2University School 2William Mason 2
ON · 1 school
Everest Academy 16
OR · 6 schools
Jesuit 6Lake Oswego 4West Linn 4Sunset 3Jesuit Portland 2Lakeridge 2
PA · 42 schools
The Haverford School 21Episcopal Academy 15Academy of the New Church 11La Salle College High School 11The Hill School 11Garnet Valley 9Radnor 8Salesianum School 7Allentown Central Catholic 6Bishop Shanahan 6Conestoga 6Manheim Township 6Springfield 5William Penn Charter 5Avon Grove 4Germantown Academy 4Kennett 4Mars Area 4Springside Chestnut Hill Academy 4St. Joseph's Prep 4Bayard Rustin 3Central Bucks East 3Downingtown East 3Hempfield 3Penn Charter 3Spring-Ford 3Strath Haven 3Upper Dublin 3Wissahickon 3Council Rock North 2Downingtown STEM Academy 2Downingtown West 2Moravian Academy 2North Allegheny HS 2Parkland H.S. 2Perkiomen Valley 2Pottsgrove 2Rustin 2Shady Side Academy 2Springfield-Delco 2Susquehannock 2West Chester East 2
RI · 1 school
La Salle Academy 4
SC · 1 school
Oceanside Collegiate Academy (S.C.) 2
TN · 2 schools
Memphis University School 4Montgomery Bell Academy 3
TX · 12 schools
Westlake 13Highland Park 8Episcopal School of Dallas 6The Kiski School 6Dripping Springs 4The Woodlands 4St. Mark's School of Texas 3Coppell 2Dallas Jesuit 2Lake Travis HS 2Lovejoy High School 2Reedy 2
UT · 2 schools
Corner Canyon 3Park City 3
VA · 16 schools
Paul VI 9St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School 7Norfolk Academy 6Riverside 6St. Christopher's 5Collegiate 4Paul VI Catholic 4St. Anne’s-Belfield School 4Robinson Secondary 3St. Stephen's and St. Agnes 3St. Stephens & St. Agnes 3Dominion 2James Madison 2Lake Braddock 2St. Paul VI Catholic High School 2St. Paul VI HS 2
VT · 1 school
Essex High School 2
WA · 6 schools
Lake Washington 4Bellevue 3Eastlake 2Juanita 2Mercer Island High School 2Skyline 2
WI · 1 school
Nicolet 2
— · 47 schools
Episcopal 15Gonzaga College 15Centennial 10St. Michael's College School 9Blue Ridge 8Claremont Secondary 8New Hampton School 8Royal Bay Secondary 7Brighton 6Westtown School 6Claremont 5Trinity 5Gonzaga 4Northfield Mount Hermon 4Pomfret School 4Canterbury School 3Centennial Secondary 3Millbrook 3Perkiomen School 3Terry Fox Secondary 3The Hun School (N.J.) 3Upper Canada College 3Burr and Burton Academy 2Central Memorial 2Delaware Valley 2Freedom 2Hoover 2Humberside Collegiate Institute 2Kent School 2Kimball Union Academy 2Kingsville District 2Malvern Collegiate Institute 2Maple Ridge Secondary 2Nanaimo District Secondary 2New Westminster Secondary 2Portsmouth 2Proctor Academy 2Saint Ignatius Prep 2St. Andrew's Episcopal 2St. George's 2St. John's 2The Bolles School 2The Williston Northampton School 2Timberline H.S. 2Wakefield 2Walt Whitman 2Woodberry Forest 2
585 schools placed 2+ players; 1,365 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ten | 328 | 6'1" | 192.9 |
| ACC | 285 | 6'0" | 191.0 |
| Ivy League | 359 | 6'0" | 190.2 |
| ASUN | 330 | 6'0" | 186.7 |
| Atlantic 10 | 387 | 6'0" | 189.1 |
| Independent | 37 | 6'0" | — |
| Patriot League | 470 | 6'0" | 188.9 |
| Big East | 308 | 6'0" | 189.8 |
| America East | 325 | 6'0" | 187.1 |
| MAAC | 383 | 6'0" | 185.4 |
| CAA | 346 | 6'0" | 185.0 |
| NEC | 401 | 6'0" | 182.8 |
Class composition
Freshmen 1060
Sophomores 885
Juniors 861
Seniors 738
Grad 367
5th-years 27
Unlisted 21
The extremes
| Category | Player | Team | Pos | Measure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallest | Walker Hunter | Fairfield Stags | GK | 6'11" |
| Tallest | Patrick Ferguson | Army Black | D | 6'10" |
| Tallest | Zach Jepson | Duke Blue | D | 6'8" |
| Tallest | Brody Upton | Princeton Tigers | MIDFIELD | 6'7" |
| Tallest | Cole Kastner | Virginia Cavaliers | DEFENSE | 6'7" |
| Heaviest | Ronald Durante | St. John's | G | 299 lb |
| Heaviest | Caleb Fyock | Ohio Buckeyes | G | 297 lb |
| Heaviest | Brennan Hart | Bryant Bulldogs | GOALIE | 285 lb |
| Heaviest | Brock Gonzalez | Duke Blue | A | 275 lb |
| Heaviest | Ned Forbush | Denver Pioneers | MIDFIELD | 270 lb |
| Shortest | Jezayd Hall | UAlbany Great | FO | 5'4" |
| Shortest | Billy Hart | Detroit Mercy | MF/FO | 5'5" |
| Shortest | Joseph Sarno | Lindenwood | FO | 5'5" |
| Shortest | Justin Coppola | Villanova Wildcats | MIDFIELD/FO | 5'5" |
| Shortest | Kai Sasaki | Navy Midshipmen | LSM | 5'5" |
All figures from published team rosters (2024); fields missing at the source are excluded rather than estimated. Aggregates are per-season. No cross-season player tracking.