2020-21 Men's Lacrosse Roster

#52 Kyle Gallagher Men's Lacrosse Roster

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Class Grad Student
Height 5-11
Weight 210
Hometown Northport, NY
High School St. Anthony's
Kyle Gallagher - Men's Lacrosse - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

AWARDS & HONORS

  • 2021 Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American
  • 2021 US Lacrosse Magazine Honorable Mention All-American
  • 2020 Preseason All-ACC
  • 2020 Preseason Second-Team USILA All-American
  • 2020 Preseason Second-Team Inside Lacrosse All-American
  • 2019 Third-Team USILA All-American
  • 2019 Third-Team Inside Lacrosse All-American
  • 2019 Second-team All-Ivy
  • 2018 CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient
  • 2018 All-CAA Second Team

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2021)

  • Played in all 12 games as one of Notre Dame primary FOGOs during his grad year
  • Finished the year with a 61.9 percent faceoff percentage, winning 112-of-181 attempts
  • Recorded double-digit faceoff wins in 7-of-12 games
  • Led the Irish in ground balls on the season with 71
  • Scooped up 10 or more ground balls in three games
  • Posted a goal and three assists, totaling four points on the year
  • Scored a goal in the win over No. 1 Duke (4/10)
  • Dished out two assists in the win over Robert Morris (2/27)
  • Made his Irish debut in the season-opening win over Robert Morris (2/27)

AS A SENIOR (2020 at Penn)

  • Appeared in five games
  • All 2020 Ivy League spring sports were canceled on Wednesday, March, 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19
  • Led the country with 15.40 GB per game
  • Scored a goal, grabbed 15 GB and won 17-of-29 faceoffs against Duke (2/22)
  • Won a career-high 26-of-39 faceoffs and had 14 GB versus Penn State (2/29)
  • Won 21-of-27 faceoffs and had a season-high 18 GB at Saint Joseph’s (3/8).

AS A JUNIOR (2019 at Penn)

  • Third-team USILA All-American
  • Third-team Inside Lacrosse All-American
  • Second-team All-Ivy
  • Set Penn’s single season record with 270 faceoff wins and 432 faceoffs taken
  • Both faceoff numbers rank No. 16 all-time in a single season by a Division I player
  • Picked up 169 ground balls, No. 2 all-time in a season by a Quaker and No. 17 all-time in a season by a Division I player
  • Ranked No. 2 in the country in faceoff wins
  • Ranked No. 4 in the country in ground balls per game (10.56)
  • Ranked No. 13 in the country in faceoff win percentage (.625)
  • Two-time USILA National Team of the Week selection (3/19, 5/7)
  • Ivy League Tournament All-Tournament team selection
  • Had four goals and five assists
  • Won 15-of-26 faceoffs against Yale (5/5) in Ivy League Tournament final
  • Won 22-of-25 faceoffs with 21 ground balls against Army West Point (5/11) in NCAA Championship first round

AS A SOPHOMORE (2018 at Hofstra)

  • Played in all 14 games as a sophomore face-off specialist
  • Recorded three goals, scoring against North Carolina, Providence and Drexel
  • Ranked third in the CAA and 23rd in the nation in face-off winning percentage with a .559 mark
  • Won 138 of 247 face-offs
  • Won 16 of 20 face-offs  against Stony Brook, 16 of 22 against Delaware, and 16 of 23 at Providence
  • Picked up 92 ground balls including a season-high 12 at Providence
  • Ranked fourth in the CAA and 14th in Division I in ground balls per game average with a 6.57 mark
  • CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient
  • All-CAA second team selection as a face-off specialist
  • Hofstra Dean’s List Student.

AS A FRESHMAN (2017 at Hofstra)

  • CAA All-Rookie Team selection
  • Played in 12 games as the Pride’s primary face-off specialist
  • Recorded two goals and two assists for four points
  • Tallied goals against Princeton and NJIT and assists against Delaware and UMass
  • Won 105 of 220 face-offs for a .477 win percentage
  • Grabbed a season-best 22 of 25 face-offs against NJIT
  • Picked up 64 ground ball including a season-best 15 against NJIT

PREP & PERSONAL

  •  Played two years of lacrosse for the Friars of St. Anthony’s High School in South Huntington, N.Y.
  • Catholic High School Athletic Association Face-Off Specialist of the Year as a senior
  • Selected CHSAA Championship Most Valuable Player in 2016
  • Won 80 percent of his face-offs as a senior