Alex Slusher

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Photo by: Nick Ierardi

Photo by: Erica Denhoff

Photo by: Brian McWalters

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Photo by: Brian McWalters

Position:
Attack
Height:
5-9
Weight:
180
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Portland, Ore.
High School:
Oregon Episcopal

At Princeton

2023
had two goals against Yale in the Ivy League final, including one six seconds into the game for the fastest goal to start a game in program history ... had two goals against Cornell ... has 63 career goals ... had started every game of his career before missing two games in midseason due to injury ... one of Princeton’s captains ... had a streak of at least one goal in 21 straight games snapped against Maryland; streak is eighth longest in program history ... second-leading scorer on USA U-21 team at the 2022 World Championships

2022
honorable mention All-Ivy League selection ... led team with 46 goals and was second in points with 56 ... third Princeton player to reach 40 career goals in 15 or fewer career games (Bill Chaires did so in 14 in 1973 and Michael Sowers did it in 15 in 2017) ... had at least two goals in 11 games and at least three goals in seven ... had three goals and an assist in the NCAA win over BU ... had a career-high six goals against Brown to earn Ivy League Player of the Week honors ... had five of Princeton’s 10 goals against Georgetown ... had four goals and two assists against Rutgers ... had four goals against Harvard ... had three goals against Penn and Dartmouth ... also had five goals against Monmouth
2020 - started all five games at midfield ... had seven goals and an assist ... scored the final two goals in the 16-12 win over Virginia ... had three goals and an assist in his debut against Monmouth, becoming the fifth player in the last 25 years with three goals in the first game of his freshman year .. also one of the 24 players on the US roster for the World U-19 championships

At Oregon Episcopal – Lettered four times in lacrosse and three times in basketball… 3x Varsity lacrosse captain (only 3 time captain in program history)…Varsity Basketball captain 2019… helped lead OES lacrosse to two state championships (2017 and 2018) and two Columbia league championships (2017 & 2019)… 2019 Oregon Lacrosse Player of the Year... Named to USA U19 32 Man Training Roster (for world championship next summer in Ireland) ... Under Armour All American... Adrenaline All American … 3x US Lacrosse All American... Inside Lacrosse #11 Ranked Recruit... 3x First Team All State... 4x First Team All Columbia League... 222 Career Goals and 123 career assists ... Earned the Male Athlete Award at OES ... Earned the Bishop Dagwell Award at OES...

Personal - Son of John Slusher and Christine Carr... father played football at Dartmouth... mother graduated from UC Berkeley... older sister Samantha plays soccer at Columbia... younger sister Sydney is a freshman at OES...