Andrew McMeekin

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Position:
Face-Off
Height:
6-1
Weight:
210
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Newtown Square, Pa.
High School:
Episcopal Academy

Honors/Records
* school single-season record 132 ground balls (2024)
* third on single-season face-offs won list (199)
* second in Division I in goals by a FOGO (8, 2024)
* 2024 Ivy League Tournament Most Outstanding Player
* 2023 Ivy League Tournament All-Tournament team
* 2024 second-team All-Ivy League

At Princeton
2024
Had 8G, 2A ... Won 199 of 361 face-offs (.551), with 132 ground balls (school single-season record) ... helped Princeton win more than 50 percent of its face-offs for the first time since 2012 ... second-team All-Ivy League … Ivy tournament Most Outstanding Player … last Princeton player to take at least half of the team’s face-offs and have a better percentage was Matt Bailer (.590) in 1999 … second among Division I FOGOs with eight goals (also had two assists) … was 20 of 26 with 17 GBs against Yale regular season, earning Ivy Defensive Player of the Week honors …was 20 for 28 against Yale in Ivy tournament, with 17 more GBs …

2023
was the No. 1 face-off specialist in the second half of the season ... won 18 of 28 face-offs with 11 ground balls in the NCAA tournament game against Penn State ... Ivy League All-Tournament team selection ... two-time Ivy Rookie of the Week ... went 26 for 50 with 18 ground balls in the two Ivy games ... was 16 for 29 with 12 ground balls against Yale in the ILT; won the opening face-off and fed Alex Slusher for a goal six seconds in, the fastest goal to start a game in program history ... was 10 for 21 with six ground balls against Penn in ILT semifinal ... won the face-off and got the ground ball with 13 seconds left and Princeton up 9-8 in the ILT semifinal against Penn ... was 25 for 48 with 17 ground balls in wins over Dartmouth and Harvard, winning league’s top rookie honor both times ... leads team with 37 ground balls ... won 3 of 5 against Yale ... won 5 of 9 face-offs against Monmouth

At Episcopal Academy – 2022 USA Lacrosse All-American, two-time All State 1^st Team (EPLCA), two-time All Delco 1^st Team, two-time All Inter Ac League 1^st Team Lacrosse, All Main Line 1^st Team and 2^nd Team Lacrosse, All Philly 2^nd Team Lacrosse, All Inter Ac League 1^st Team Football, All Main Line 1^st Team Football, All Delco 2^nd Team Football, two-time recipient Coach John H. Wynne, Jr. Lacrosse Award, 2021 recipient Mind, Body & Spirit Football Award, 2022 Under Armour All-American Senior Lacrosse Team…Under Armour All-American Command and Highlight Lacrosse Team, Inside Lacrosse And National Lacrosse Federation 5 Star Recruit, High School Lacrosse Summary Stats: 2 Seasons, Started 26 games, average 66.5% faceoff win pct, 35 points (13 goals, 22 assists), 242 ground balls, Senior Year High School Football Stats: 10 games, 663 yards, 10 TD, 8 sacks, 19 Tackles for Loss. Played club lacrosse for Mesa and Team Slainte.

Personal – son of Andrew and Heather McMeekin …. father played lacrosse at Bucknell … mother graduated from Tulane University … younger sister Paige attends Episcopal Academy and plays field hockey and lacrosse ... can deadlift 700 pounds