Tommy Wright Season 2016

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Named an honorable-mention All-American in 2019…Played in 47 games…Finished with one goal, four assists, 95 ground balls and 24 caused turnovers…Picked by the New York Lizards in the third round of the 2020 Major League Lacrosse Draft.
 
2020 • REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON
Season: Started all seven games…Finished with 21 ground balls and five caused turnovers…Had multiple ground balls in six games, including a season-high six against Cornell (3/8)…The 2020 season was cancelled March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Lafayette (2/1): Picked up two ground balls. at Villanova (2/8): Contributed one ground ball. Saint Joseph’s (2/15): Tallied three ground balls and caused one turnover. Yale (2/22): Had four ground balls and one caused turnover. at Penn (2/29): Finished with two ground balls and one caused turnover. vs. Cornell (3/8): Totaled a season-high six ground balls. at Furman (3/10): Finished with three ground balls and two caused turnovers.
 
2019 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Named an honorable-mention All-American.
 
Season: Played all 18 games, finishing with 44 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers…Had at least one ground ball in all 18 games.
 
Villanova (2/2): Picked up one ground ball. Robert Morris (2/9): Scooped up one ground ball. at Stony Brook (2/16): Tallied one ground ball. at Yale (2/23): Contributed one ground ball and caused one turnover. Penn (3/2): Finished with four ground balls and two caused turnovers. vs. Cornell (3/8): Tallied three ground balls and two caused turnovers. vs. Jacksonville (3/10): Picked up three ground balls. at Cleveland State (3/23): Finished with three ground balls and one caused turnover. at Maryland (3/31): Contributed three ground balls in Penn State’s first varsity win over Maryland. Ohio State (4/7): Picked up one ground ball. at Michigan (4/13): Had one ground ball. Johns Hopkins (4/21): Totaled five ground balls. Rutgers (4/27): Tallied one ground ball as the Lions clinched their first Big Ten regular-season title. Rutgers (5/2): Had two ground balls and caused one turnover. Johns Hopkins (5/4): Contributed three ground balls and caused one turnover as the team won the program’s first Big Ten Tournament title. UMBC (5/12): Picked up one ground ball. vs. Loyola (Md.) (5/19): Finished with three ground balls and one caused turnover. vs. Yale (5/25): Totaled a season-high seven ground balls and caused one turnover in Penn State’s first NCAA National Semifinal appearance.
 
2018 • JUNIOR SEASON
Redshirt season
 
2017 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Played all 16 games, finishing with 22 ground balls and seven caused turnovers…Tallied four points on one goal and three assists.
 
Robert Morris (2/4): Picked up two ground balls. at Hobart (2/11): Recorded one assist and two ground balls. Cornell (2/18): Tallied second assist of the season and one ground ball. at Villanova (2/25): Recorded one ground ball. Penn (3/4): Put in the first goal of his career and picked up two ground balls. at Harvard (3/11): Caused one turnover and tallied one ground ball. Fairfield (3/17): Picked up one ground ball. Cleveland State (3/25): Recorded one ground ball and caused a turnover. at Maryland (4/8): Tallied one ground ball. at Johns Hopkins (4/15): Recorded one ground ball. Rutgers (4/23): Picked up a career-high six ground balls…Tallied an assist…Caused a turnover. Maryland (5/4): Tallied two ground balls and caused a turnover in Big Ten Tournament game. Towson (5/13): Picked up a ground ball and caused two turnovers in NCAA Tournament game.
 
2016 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played in six games, recording at least one ground ball in all but two appearances
 
Robert Morris (2/6): Attempted one shot and tallied two ground balls. Hobart (2/13): Dished out one assist and picked up three ground balls. Villanova (2/27): Caused his first turnover. Penn (3/5): Took one shot…Caused one turnover and registered two ground balls. at Furman (3/8): Tallied one ground ball.
 
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Helped Garden City to a pair of New York State titles…Was a two-time All-American and All-Long Island honoree…Earned Long Stick Midfielder Player of the Year Nassau County honors in 2014 and 2015…Ranked No. 12 by Inside Lacrosse on the 2015 Power 100 Freshmen rankings…Played club lacrosse with FLG…Lettered in football at Garden City.
 
PERSONAL
Born Thomas Aquinas Wright on March 19, 1997, in New York, New York…Parents are Debbie and Tom…Has two brothers, Ken and James…Ken played lacrosse at Siena and James played football at SUNY Cortland…Father played football at C.W. Post…Majored in recreation, park and tourism management.