Mike Aronow Season 2017

2016 ALL-BIG TEN HONORABLE MENTION
2018 TEAM CAPTAIN

2018
Started all 14 games as a defender … Recorded one assist on the season, against Robert Morris (2/24) … Recorded 24 ground balls … Caused 11 turnovers, good for second on the team.

2017
Redshirted.

2016
Earned his first career Big Ten postseason award, having been named an All-Big Ten honorable mention selection … Started all 15 games for the Nittany Lions as a key member of the defense … Closed out the year with a team-high 13 caused turnovers, having forced multiple opponent miscues in four games … Aronow also picked up at least one ground ball in nine outings … He tallied four ground balls and caused two turnovers in a 17-12 win against Hobart (2/13) … Totaled three ground balls and two caused turnovers in a 13-12 OT win against No. 8 Harvard (3/12) … Matched a career-high mark for the third time during the season with four ground balls in a 6-5 win on the road at Ohio State (4/3) in the Big Ten season-opener … Posted three ground balls and caused two turnovers in the regular season finale victory against Michigan (4/30).

2015
Played in every contest on defense … Scored his first collegiate goal at No. 3 Maryland (4/4) and earned an assist at Michigan (4/25) … Second-most caused turnovers on the team with nine … Caused a pair of turnovers at Villanova (2/21) and UMass (3/14) … Scooped up 18 ground balls, with a season-high three coming at Loyola (2/14) … Took a shot against Denver (3/21) and Maryland (4/4).

BEFORE PENN STATE
Ranked No. 66 by Inside Lacrosse’s Power 100 Freshman rankings for 2014-15 ... Lettered for four seasons at Sachem North High School ... Earned team’s Player’s Player Award and defensive MVP senior year ... Caused 34 turnovers as a senior, earning All-America, All-Long Island, All-Suffolk County and All-Division honors ... Named team defensive MVP junior year. 

PERSONAL
Born Michael David Aronow on July 8, 1996 in Holbrook, New York … Parents are Melissa and Dave Aronow ... Has three younger brothers who play lacrosse: Ben, Trey, and Drew ... Majoring in communication arts and sciences.