2020-21 Men's Lacrosse
Roster
#52 Kyle Gallagher Men's Lacrosse Roster
Faceoff
Class
Grad Student
Height
5-11
Weight
210
Hometown
Northport, NY
High School
St. Anthony's
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