Josh Lesko

Position:
Midfield
Height:
5-10
Weight:
185
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
New Canaan, Conn.
High School:
Deerfield Academy

At Princeton

2009- has gone from starting 12 games a year ago at midfield to being first shortstick defensive middie unit with Brendan Reilly... has more goals this year (six) as a defensive middie than a year ago (two) as an offensive middie... second on team with 36 ground balls... had two goals, seven ground balls and two caused turnovers against Albany... has eight caused turnovers...had a goal, five ground balls and a caused turnover against Brown...had two goals, seven ground balls and two caused turnovers against Albany had a goal against Cornell...had a goal against Cornell...had a goal and assist against Hofstra... scored a goal against Johns Hopkins... had an assist against Manhattan

2008 - scored two goals against Dartmouth...had an assist against Virginia...had an assist against Hofstra...missed games against Yale and Syracuse due to injury ... 2007 - started first 12 games before missing season finale against Brown and NCAA game against Georgetown due to injury ... had one goal in each of first four games ... had a goal and assist against UVa ... had one goal against Hopkins, Penn and Canisius ... had a streak of nine straight games with at least one goal snapped against Hofstra; had exactly one goal in each of the nine games during streak ... had an assist against Hofstra and Bellarmine ... had a goal against Syracuse ... 2006 - had a goal and two assists in first round win over UMBC; was first career two-assist game ... had a goal against Maryland in quarterfinals ... had a goal and assist against Brown and Dartmouth... had a goal and assist against Rutgers; goal came seven seconds into second quarter to tie score at 2-2 after Rutgers had taken lead with three seconds remaining in the first ... had first career two-goal game at Syracuse ... had goals against Canisius, Hopkins,
Harvard and Hofstra ... was named No. 7 incoming recruit in preseason by Inside Lacrosse.

At Deerfield
Lettered in lacrosse, hockey and football ... lacrosse team went 60-3 and won four New England championships in his four years ... had 68 goals and 61 assists his last two years combined ...
All-America in lacrosse ... won Lance Odden Award as top midfielder in New England ... two-time first-team All-New England in lacrosse ... won league championships in hockey and football as well ... scored 15 goals and had 12 assists in hockey senior year ... caught 97 passes for 1,250 yards and 15 touchdowns in three years on football team ... started three years as defensive back as well ... honorable mention All-New England in football senior year ... led hockey team in scoring senior year ... won school’s Jim Smith Award as outstanding scholar-athlete.

Personal
Born Aug. 11, 1986 ... son of James and MaryLee Lesko ... father graduated from Gettysburg; mother graduated from Delaware ... older sister Courtney graduated from Penn in 2005 ... a history major ... senior thesis is on Roman military logistics from 200 B.C. to 500 A.D.

Career Statistics
Year   Goals   Assists   Points   Shots   GBs   P/Min
2006   11   6   17   34   23   2/1:00
2007   6   3   9   27   11   1/0:30
2008   2   3   5   8   9   3/2:00
2009    4    2    6 7     29    5/4:00