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2026 Men's Lacrosse Roster

11 AJ Marsh

  • Class Junior
  • Position D
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 220
  • Hometown Reisterstown, Md.
  • High School McDonogh School

Biography

• 2025 USILA Honorable Mention All-American
• 2025 USA Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American
• 2025 Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American
• 2025 First-Team All-Patriot League
• 2024 Second-Team All-Patriot League


• A starter in 21 (6 Fr / 15 So) of the 30 games in which he has played
• Has produced 14-career points (7G, 7A) in his 2 seasons at Navy ... his 14 points are the 3rd most by a Navy pole, while his 5 goals are tied as the 4th most ... Matt Rees (2014-17) is Navy’s record holder for points by a pole with 19, while Pat Kiernan (2011-14) is second with 17 ... Rees also holds the record for most goals (15) by a pole in program history
• Needs just 3 caused turnovers to join Navy’s all-time top-20 career leader board with 19 takeaways ... trails teammate Sean Gallagher, along with Jacob Darrow (22 / 2022-25), Kyle Fairbanks (22 / 2020-23) and Alex Heyward (22 / 2012-15) who are tied for 20th with 22 caused turnovers

2025 // Sophomore Year
• Garnered First-Team All-Patriot League honors, while also being named a USILA Honorable Mention All-American, a USA Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American and an Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American
• Recipient of the Lt. Robert T. Bianchi Award, presented to Navy’s most valuable player
• Among 12 players who were part of the 1st round of additions to the 2025 Tewaaraton Award Watch List ... he’s the 1st Navy player named to the watch list since Patrick Skalniak in 2022
• A starter in all 15 contests at close defense where he finished the year with 25 ground balls, a team-high tying 14 caused turnovers and scored 9 points on 5 goals and 4 assists
• Has produced a point in 7 of the last 16 contests, including goals in 6 of those games dating back to last year’s Patriot League Semifinals
• Navy’s defensive unit stood #30 nationally and #4 in the Patriot League in scoring defense (10.60)
• Recorded a career-high tying 3 caused turnovers and grabbed 3 ground balls in Navy’s win at Bucknell
• Part of a defensive effort that held #5 Army to under 13 goals for just the 3rd time this season ... also held the Black Knights to 15-minute droughts twice
• Punched in his 5th goal of the season in the overtime loss to #5 Army (4.12) ... also grabbed a pair of ground balls and forced a turnover
• Member of a defensive unit that held Lafayette to single digits for just the 2nd time this season and its 2nd-fewest goals of the season in a 14-8 Navy victory
• Garnered USILA National Team of the Week honors following his performance against the Leopards where he held  Riley Sullivan, the nation’s #2 point producer (6.67) and #1 assist distributor (3.89) to just ONE point (G) in the contest ... also played a pivotal role in the Mids’ transition game where he scored a goal and dealt out a pair of assists against the Leopards
• Recorded a career-high 3 caused turnovers and picked up a pair of ground balls in the Mids’ overtime win at Holy Cross
• Part of a Navy defense that held Le Moyne (3.18) scoreless for nearly 30 minutes (29:29) between the 2nd (1:07) and 4th (1:38) quarters ... the Mids forced 9 the Le Moyne’s 21 turnovers in the 3rd quarter when the Dolphins were just 5 for 11 clearing the ball
• Dealt out an assist in Navy’s loss to Lehigh
• Garnered Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week honors after leading a Navy defense that held #20 Boston U. scoreless for the first 21:34 of the game and then another 19:45 between the 2nd and 3rd quarters to allow the Mids to build an 11-1 lead ... it was the first time since Navy’s 16-9 win over Boston U. last March (16 gms) that the Terriers did not score a goal in any quarter
• Marsh held BU’s Jimmy Kohr to a goal and 2 assists after he came into the game ranked 19th nationally in goals per game (3.25) ... also matched his career high with 5 ground balls and had 2 caused turnovers
• Part of a defensive unit that held #18 Towson to just 3 goals in the 2nd half ... held the Tigers scoreless for nearly 22 minutes between the 3rd and 4th quarters
• Running the transition game to near perfection, he punched in a goal and dealt out an assist against the Tigers
• Scored his 4th-career goal and 2nd this season in Navy’s 22-9 win over Iona
• Member of a defensive unit that held High Point scoreless over 3 long periods in the game - 0 goals for 14:53 (2nd/3rd Qtr), 0 goals for 10:52 (3rd/4th Qtr), 0 goals 11:01 (4th Qtr)
• Punched in a goal off an assist from goalkeeper Dan Daly to cap a 4-0 run by the Mids  in the 2nd quarter and give Navy the lead for the 1st time in the game ... it’s the 2nd-consecutive year Marsh has scored a goal in the opener

2024 // Freshman Year
• A 2024 Second-Team All-Patriot League selection, he is one of only 5 Navy freshmen all-time to garner All-Patriot League accolades, joining midfielder Basil Daratsos (2007), faceoff specialist Brady Dove (2014), defenseman Jackson Bonitz (2021) and Zach Hayashi (2024)
• A starter at close defense in 6 of the 15 games in which he played, he finished the year with 6 caused turnovers, 26 ground balls, 2 goals and 3 assists ... moved to long-stick midfield after the 5th game of the year due to injuries at that position 
• He was part of a unit that was ranked 24th nationally and led the Patriot League in scoring defense (10.75) ... the Mids held 7 of their 16 opponents to single digits (Mount St. Mary’s, Hofstra, Boston U., Johns Hopkins, Holy Cross, Colgate, Lafayette)
• Scored a goal, grabbed 3 ground balls and forced a turnover in the Mids’ Patriot League Semifinals loss to Lehigh
• Member of a Navy defensive that held Loyola scoreless for 22:58 between the 3rd (13:03) and 4th (5:05) quarters in the Patriot League Quarterfinals ... it allowed Navy to go on a 3-0 run and take the lead for good
• Dealt out his 3rd assist of the year in the loss to Loyola (4.19) where he also caused a turnover
• Navy’s defense held #12 Army scoreless for 27:27, including the entire 3rd quarter, allowing the Mids to go on a 5-0 run and tie the game early in the 4th quarter
• Turned in a career-high 5 ground balls and had a caused turnover against the Black Knights
• Led a Navy defensive effort that held Lafayette to single digits for the 22nd time in the 25-game series history ... it marked the 7th time this spring Navy has held an opponent under 10 goals
• Navy’s defensive unit held #17 Colgate to just 2 goals over nearly a 30-minute stretch (8:06 1Qtr - 8:26 4Qtr), allowing Navy to overcome an early 4-0 deficit and eventual 10-9 win ...  the Mids held Colgate, who came into the game averaging 13.00 goals per game, to single digits (9) for just the 2nd time (Villanova) this season
• Grabbed 3 ground balls and had a takeaway against Colgate
• Part of a Navy defense that held #8 Johns Hopkins to single digits for the first time this season (avg. 13.00) ... also held the Blue Jays to just 3 goals over the final 48-plus minutes, including forcing scoring droughts of 22:41 between the 1st and 3rd quarters and 19:21 between the 3rd and 4th quarters
• Moved to long-stick midfielder for the Lehigh game where he took 2 shots and grabbed a pair of ground balls
• Navy’s defense held Boston U. scoreless for nearly 22 minutes between the 2nd (3:33) and 4th (11:44) quarters, while Navy went on a 5-0 run and built a 6-goal advantage (12-6) ... the Mids contained the high-powered offense that entered the game averaging 13.5 goals per game
• Marked BU’s Louis Perfetto who entered the game ranked #2 nationally in points per game (7.00), #3 in goals per game (4.25) and #14 assists per game (2.75) ... held him to 1 goal on 5 shots and forced him into 5 turnovers
• Dealt out an assist to Henry Tolker against BU, as Navy scored its first man-down goal since 2015
• Member of Navy’s defensive unit that held Hofstra scoreless for over 19 minutes between the 1st and 3rd quarters, allowing Navy to put together a 6-0 run and hold an 8-2 halftime lead and eventual 16-8 win
• Dealt out his first-career assist, grabbed 3 ground balls and forced a turnover against the Pride.
• Made his collegiate debut as a starter in the Mids’ 19-6 win over Mount St. Mary’s in the opener ... scored his first-collegiate goal on his first-career shot and also grabbed a pair of ground balls

High School 
• 2023 graduate of the McDonogh School in Owings Mills, Md.
• Four-year lacrosse letter winner
• Ranked #6 on Inside Lacrosse’s 2023 Power Freshmen Rankings ... the top-ranking defenseman among the top 100 rookies, he was the only defensive player ranked in the top 10
• The team captain his senior year, he led McDonogh to consecutive (2022, ‘23) Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA ) titles, becoming only the third MIAA team to repeat in league history
• Named the 2023 USA Lacrosse Mid-Atlantic Region Boys’ Player of the Year after anchoring a defense that allowed only one double-digit scoring game by an opponent all year (14-13 OT loss to Loyola-Blakefield
• Named the 2023 MIAA Player of the Year and garnered All-MIAA honors
• Also named the Baltimore Sun Player of the Year and Baltimore Banner/VSN Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year
• 2023 USA Lacrosse All-American
• Invited to play in the Senior New Balance All-America Game
• Divisional winner (private school north region) of the 2023 Kelly Award and was a finalist for the overall Kelly Award
• Recorded 20 caused turnovers, 46 ground balls, scored 4 goals and added 4 assists his senior year

Personal
• Son of Steve and Kristin Marsh
• Majoring in Quantitative Economics, he owns a 3.14 grade-point average
• Has earned Commandant’s (F2023, S2025, F2025) List accolades multiple times, while also being named to the Dean’s (F2024) List
• Sister, Isabella (Izzy) Marsh, is a 2024 graduate of Duke where she was a member of the  women’s lacrosse team

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Historical Player Information

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    2024Freshman

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    6'3" 195 lbs
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    2025Sophomore

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    6'3" 220 lbs
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    2026Junior

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    6'3" 220 lbs
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