Grant Ament Season 2020

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Named an All-American three times (first team in 2019 and 2020, honorable mention in 2017)...Became the program's first ever Tewaaraton Award finalist in 2019...Received the NCAA’s Lt. Col. J.I. (Jack) Turnbull Award for Outstanding Attackman in 2019...Voted the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year in 2019...Earned three All-Big ten honors (first team in 2018 and 2019, honorable mention in 2017)...Totaled 191 assists, which ranked sixth in NCAA history at the time he graduated...Averaged 3.48 assists/game, which ranked eighth in NCAA history, first in Big Ten history and first in program history...Totaled 284 points, which ranked 21st in NCAA history, first in Big Ten history and first in program history...Averaged 5.16 points/game, which ranked 18th in NCAA history...Won six Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week awards and four Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards...Earned two Academic All-Big Ten honors.
 
Season: 2019: Set an NCAA, Big Ten and program record for assists (96) and assists/game (5.65)…Set Big Ten and program record for points (126)…Broke NCAA Tournament record with 25 points…Tied NCAA Tournament record with 18 assists.
 
Game: Tied program record for assists in a game with nine against Cornell (3/8/19).
 
2020 • REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named a first-team All-American by Inside Lacrosse...won two Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week awards (2/4, 2/11)...Picked as the Preseason Player of the Year by US Lacrosse Magazine...Named a Preseason All-American by Inside Lacrosse.

Season: Started all seven games, finishing with 44 points on 13 goals and 31 assists...Added 15 ground balls...Scored multiple goals in a game four times, including a season-high four in a win over Lafayette (2/1)...Tallied multiple assists in all seven games, including a season-high six against Lafayette (2/1)...The 2020 season was cancelled March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lafayette (2/1): Posted season-highs in goals (4), assists (6) and points (10) and added one ground ball. at Villanova (2/8): Totaled eight points on three goals and five assists and had one ground ball. Saint Joseph's (2/15): Finished with six points on one goal and five assists. Yale (2/22): Contributed six points on one goal and five assists. at Penn (2/29): Finished with four points on two goals and two assists. vs. Cornell (3/8): Dished out five assists. at Furman (3/10): Finished with five points on two goals and three assists.

2019 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Named one of five finalists for the Tewaaraton Award given to the nation’s best player…Received the NCAA’s Lt. Col. J.I. (Jack) Turnbull Award for Outstanding Attackman…Earned first-team All-America recognition…Voted the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year…Was a first-team All-Big Ten selection…Named to Big Ten All-Tournament Team...Three-time Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (2/5, 3/12, 4/23).
 
Season: Finished with 126 points on 30 goals and 96 assists while starting 17 of the team’s 18 games…Set NCAA record for assists in a season…Set Big Ten and program record for assists/game (5.65)…Set NCAA Tournament record for points with 25 on seven goals and 18 assists…Tied NCAA Tournament record for assists…Broke Big Ten record for points in a season…Had 11 games with at least five assists…Had five games with at least three goals.
 
Rankings: Led NCAA with 7.41 points/game…Led NCAA with 5.65 assists/game.
 
Villanova (2/2): Matched a season high with 10 points on three goals and seven assists. Robert Morris (2/9): Assisted on six of Penn State’s program-record 27 goals and added one goal. at Stony Brook (2/16): Finished with one goal and four assists. at Yale (2/23): Totaled nine points on two goals and seven assists. Penn (3/2): Tallied six points on one goal and five assists...Assisted on Nick Spillane’s game-tying goal with 2:39 to play in an eventual 15-14 win. vs. Cornell (3/8): Tied program’s single-game record with nine assists. vs. Jacksonville (3/10): Matched a season high with 10 points on two goals and eight assists. at Maryland (3/31): Dished out two assists in the team’s first varsity win over the Terrapins. Ohio State (4/7): Scored two goals and added six assists. at Michigan (4/13): Finished with seven assists and scored on his lone shot attempt. Johns Hopkins (4/21): Matched a season high with four goals and tallied three assists. Rutgers (4/27): Finished with seven assists...Assisted on Jack Kelly’s game-winning goal with 40 seconds left that helped secure the program’s first Big Ten regular-season title. at Rutgers (5/2): Matched a season high with four goals and added three assists. vs. Johns Hopkins (5/4): Totaled six points on two goals and four assists, helping Penn State win its first Big Ten Tournament title. UMBC (5/12): Finished with three goals, five assists, two ground balls and one caused turnover. vs. Loyola (Md.) (5/19): Tied for the team lead with nine points on one goal and eight assists. vs. Yale (5/25): Closed the season with an eight-point performance with three goals and five assists in Penn State’s first NCAA Final game.
 
2018 • JUNIOR SEASON
Redshirt season...Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
 
2017 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Named to Inside Preseason All-America Team…Was a USILA All-America honorable mention…Voted to All-Big Ten first team…Picked up one Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week award (2/22)…Received one Alpha Lacrosse/Inside Lacrosse National Player of the Week award (2/22)…Earned one USILA/BSN Sports D1 Player of the Week award (2/22)...Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
 
Season: Earned Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America…One of two sophomores to start all 16 games...Led the team with 60 points, via 30 assists and 30 goals, which placed second on team rankings of assists and goals for the season…Finished sixth on the Penn State all-time single-season points list, tied with John Hollerbach in 1989…Became the 24th player in Penn State history to log 100-points.
 
Robert Morris (2/4): Opened the season with five assists. Hobart (2/11): Tallied four goals. Cornell (2/18): Earned National Player of the Week after registering six goals and three assists. at Villanova (2/25): Recorded three goals and three assists. Penn (3/4): Tallied three assists. Furman (3/7): Recorded one assist. at Harvard (3/11): Scored two goals and an assist. Fairfield (3/17): Scored one goal. Cleveland State (3/25): Led the team with four goals and two assists. Ohio State (4/2): Recorded a goal and had four ground balls. at Maryland (4/8): Notched a pair of goals as well as a pair of assists. at Johns Hopkins (4/15):  Scored two goals and added three assists to hit the 100-career point milestone. Rutgers (4/23): Recorded one goal and two assists. at Michigan (4/30): Tallied three assists. Maryland (5/4): Had an assist in the Big Ten Tournament game. Towson (5/13): Ended season with three goals and an assist in the NCAA Tournament game.
 
2016 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Selected All-Big Ten honorable mention…Earned four Big Ten Freshman of the Week Awards.
 
Season: Was one of two freshmen to start all 15 games...Led the team with 54 points, closing out the year atop the team standings with 34 assists in addition to 20 goals, which ranked tied for third on the team…Started all 15 games on attack...Logged 10 multi-assist outings and scored at least one goal in all but three games.
 
Robert Morris (2/6): Opened season with a seven-point outing, scoring two goals and tallying five assists. Hobart (2/13): Earned three goals and two assists. Denver (3/26): Scored two goals and totaled one assist. Michigan (4/30): Tallied one goal and a season-high six assists...Picked up a personal-best four ground balls. Maryland (5/5): Scored one goal in the Big Ten Tournament semifinal.
 
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Led The Haverford School to a 26-0 mark in 2015 as team captain, scoring 37 goals to go along with 83 assists...Played high school lacrosse alongside eventual Penn State teammates Chris Sabia and John Nostrant…Finished the year with 120 points for a single-season school points record…Was a three-year starter at The Haverford School...Helped the team to Inter-Ac Invitational titles in 2013 and 2015…Was a two-time all-state honoree and 2015 Under Armour All-American…Earned 2015 Lacrosse Magazine/Nike High School Boys’ Player of the Year honors…Captain of the Dukes Lacrosse Club, while also playing with Mesa Fresh in 2015…Ranked No. 31 on the 2015 Power 100 Freshmen rankings by Inside Lacrosse.
 
PERSONAL
Born Grant Bradford Ament on April 15, 1997, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania...Parents are Bradford and Lisa, both of whom graduated from Penn State...Has twin brothers, Blake and Brandon, both Penn State alumni...Majored in economics.