2017 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Sam Gravitte
- Position:
- Midfield
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ridgefield, Conn.
- High School:
- Ridgefield
2016 - played in every game ... started six on close defense ... played longstick midfield ... finished the season as shortstick defensive midfielder ... had a goal (against Dartmouth) and assist (against NJIT) ... had four caused turnovers and 14 ground balls
2015 - team’s No. 1 longstick midfielder ... second on the team in ground balls with 46 ... had two goals, including one in the Ivy tournament final against Yale ... had his first career goal as well as two caused turnovers against Maryland ... had two caused turnovers and six ground balls against Dartmouth ... had seven ground balls and a caused turnover against Yale ... had five ground balls and a caused turnover against Penn ... had four ground balls against Johns Hopkins, all on the wing on face-off wins ... played against Maryland after appearing at McCarter Theater the night before and the night of the game in the musical “Spring Awakenings”
2014 - played in 10 games ... had nine ground balls and a caused turnover
At Ridgefield – lettered three times in lacrosse and football … lacrosse team won state championship sophomore year and was runner-up junior year … team captain in both sports … all-state and scholar All-America in lacrosse … Connecticut HS Officials Association Player of the Year … three-time all-league in lacrosse … all-state in football twice … school record 23 touchdowns senior year … also school record holder in points scored in a career with more than 400 points … club team was Team Superstar … starred as Jean Val Jean in “Les Miserables” in high school … was also in “Pajama Game” and “42nd Street” … student body president senior year … class salutatorian … National Honor Society … high honor roll for seven semesters
Personal – born May 5, 1995 … son of Beau and Debbie Gravite … father is a Baylor graduate … both parents are actors … mother won Tony Award for Best Featured Actress for “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway” … father is on board of Actors’ Studio in New York and head of drama department at Wooster School in Connecticut … twin sister Ellie attends Brown … older brother Charlie attends Clemson …
