Biography
• A starter in 43 (14 Fr // 13 So // 16 Jr) of the 46 games in which he has played over his career
• Has recorded points in 41 of the 46 games in which he’s played (Boston ‘22 / Manhattan, Colgate, Lafayette ‘23 / Penn State ‘24)
• Reached the 100-point milestone with his team-best 3 goals against Lehigh (5.3) in the Patriot League Semifinals ... he is the 38th Navy player to score 100-career points ... with exactly 100 points, he is tied with All-American Graham Gill (100 / 2002-05) for 37th on the all-time scoring list
• With his goal against Loyola in the Patriot League Quarterfinals (4.30), he moved into the top 20 on Navy’s career goals scored list ... with 80, he stands 16th on the leader board and trails 10th-place Syd Abernethy (87 / 1978-81) by 7
2024 // Junior Year
• A starter in all 16 contests, he was Navy’s 2nd-leading scorer with 37 points on a team-high 30 goals and 7 assists ... he fell just 1 goal shy of Navy’s all-time single-season top-20 goals scored chart
• Led Navy with 6 extra-man goals on the year after coming in with just 2 in his first-2 years combined
• Closed out the year riding a 12-game point scoring streak, the second-longest on the team behind Max Hewitt’s 14-game streak ... scored a point in every game this season except Penn State
• Paced the Mids with 3 goals (all on extra) man against Lehigh (5.3) in the Patriot League Semifinals ... his final goal with 44 seconds remaining in the game marked his 100th-career point
• Recorded a goal and an assist in Navy’s Patriot League Quarterfinals win over Loyola
• Contributed a goal and an assist in the Mids’ overtime win against Bucknell ... recorded 2 caused turnovers, including what might have been the biggest play of the game ... plowed through the goalkeeper to jar the ball loose on the end line, giving Navy the ball and leading to the game-winner by Dane Swanson in overtime
• Scored his 3rd man-up goal of the season off an assist from Max Hewitt in the loss to Loyola ... also grabbed 3 ground balls
• Saw his 7-game goal-scoring streak come to an end at Army, but did contribute an assist in the contest
• Extended his goal-scoring streak to 7 with his 4 goals in the Mids’ win at Lafayette ... scored the game-winner off an assist from Xavier Arline with 2:47 left in the game ... also led the team with 5 ground balls
• Recorded his 3rd hat trick of the season with 3 goals and an assist in the win over #17 Colgate ... 2 of his 3 goals were scored during Navy’s 4-1 run in the 3rd quarter, including his goal at 7:05 that gave Navy its first lead (6-5) and another at 2:45 that put the Mids up for good (7-6)
• Scored 2 goals and added 2 assists in Navy’s 17-7 win over Holy Cross
• Posted 3 points on 2 goals and his first assist of the season in the loss to Villanova
• Turned in a pair of goals in Navy’s come-from-behind overtime win over #8 Johns Hopkins
• Produced his second hat trick in as many games with a 4-goal performance at Lehigh ... also caused a turnover
• Recorded his first hat trick of the season with 3 goals in Navy’s league opener at Boston U. ... among his 3 goals was a man-down goal, Navy’s first since Chris Fennell targeted a goal against Holy Cross in 2015
• Saw his 6-game point-scoring streak and 5-game goal-scoring streak come to an end against #12 Penn State
• Scored 2 of Navy’s 5 goals at Towson, including an extra-man goal
• Punched in a goal during Navy’s 6-0 first-half run against Hofstra en route to a 16-8 win
• Scored a goal after taking just 2 shots in the Mids’ opener against Mount St. Mary’s
2023 // Sophomore Year
• A starter in 13 of the 15 games in which he played, he was Navy’s fourth-leading scorer (29 pts) with a team-high 27 goals and 2 assists
• Punched in a pair of goals and added an assist against Loyola in the Patriot League Quarterfinals ... also grabbed 3 ground balls and caused a turnover
• Recorded a pair of goals in the regular-season finale at Bucknell
• Scored a goal and forced a turnover in the Mids’ loss to #9 Army in the Star Game
• Named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week after scoring a career-high 6 goals on 9 shots in Navy’s win at #13 Loyola ... the 6 goals are the most by a Navy player since Dave Little scored 9 goals on 9 shots against Lehigh on March 25, 2017 ... also grabbed 3 ground balls and caused a turnover
• Recorded his first hat trick since the second week of the season with his 3 goals in the win over #17 Boston U. ... all 3 goals came in the fourth quarter, including the eventual game-winner ... also had 3 ground balls and forced a turnover
• Punched in a goal and added a pair of ground balls in the league win over Holy Cross
• Sat out the Villanova game with an injury
• Recorded his second extra-man goal of the season and dealt out his first assist of 2023 in Navy’s game against #9 Johns Hopkins ... also posted a caused turnover
• Made the start at midfield against Colgate where he was held without a point for just the third time in his career and got off just a single shot
• Scored a spectacular behind the back goal off an assist from Patrick Skalniak at High Point ... also forced a turnover
• Saw his 8-game point-scoring streak come to an end against Manhattan ... the Jaspers also snapped his 6-game goal-scoring streak that dated back to 2022
• Punched in a career-high 5 goals in Navy’s win at Hofstra, scoring the 5 goals on 5 shots ... scored 3 of the 5 in the first quarter and the final 2 in the fourth quarter
• Came off the bench to score a goal in 20 minutes of work against Queens
• Opened the season with a hat trick against Mount St. Mary’s, the 6th of his career
2022 // Freshman Year
• A starter at attack in 14 of the 15 games (Hofstra), he was Navy’s fourth-leading scorer (23-11=34) and second-leading goal scorer ... he recorded a point in 14 of the 15 contests, including each of the last 5
• He is among 5 players (Mike Herger, Ian Dingman, Tucker Hull, Sam Jones) in program history to rank among the top 10 in freshman points, goals AND assists
• He is just the 14th freshman in program history to reach 30 points and the first since Christian Daniel turned in 31 points (21-10) in 2018
• Tolker’s 34 points are the 10th most by a Navy freshman and the most since Tucker Hull and Sam Jones recorded 38 points in 2011
• His 23 goals are tied as the sixth most by a Navy freshman and the most since Tucker Hull and Sam Jones scored 23 goals in 2011
• His 11 assists are the 10th most by a Navy freshman and the most since Tucker Hull and Sam Jones dealt out 15 assists in 2011
• He produced the second-most hat tricks of the season with 5, behind Patrick Skalniak’s 6
• Tolker is the first Navy freshman to record hat tricks in three-consecutive games (Hofstra, Manhattan, High Point) since Ian Dingman in 2003 (4 vs. UMass, 3 vs. Rutgers, 4 vs. Stony Brook)
• Tolker is the first Navy player with three-consecutive hat tricks in a season since Christian Daniel recorded 5 goals against UMBC, 3 vs. Maryland and 4 vs. Bucknell during the 2019 season
• He is the first Navy freshman to record 5 hat tricks in a season (Hofstra, Manhattan, High Point, 4 vs. Holy Cross, 3 vs. Bucknell) since 1987 when Mike Herger pitched 7 hat tricks - UMBC (3), Delaware (5), Penn (3), Princeton (6), Army (4), Johns Hopkins (3) and Brown (6). Herger is Navy’s record holder for both points (55) and goals (37) by a freshman and is third all-time in career points (197)
• Turned in a goal and 2 assists in the Mids’ Patriot League Quarterfinals contest against Lehigh ... it marked his first-career multiple assist game
• With his team-high tying 4-point performance against Bucknell in the home finale, he was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week for a third time this season ... he is the first Navy player to win the award 3 times
• Scored a pair of goals in Navy’s overtime win at #6 Army in the Star Game ... scored the first goal in a 4-0 run that began in the third and ended in the fourth quarter ... his second goal of the run gave Navy a 9-8 lead, its first lead in the contest since Patrick Skalniak scored the game’s first goal just 58 seconds into the contest
• Dealt out an assist on Tommy Hovivian’s second goal of the game in the win over Lafayette ... also grabbed 3 ground balls
• Dealt out an assist to Jack Sweeney on extra-man in Navy’s contest against Loyola ... also caused a turnover
• Had his 9-game point-producing streak snapped by No. 14 Boston U. ... got 3 shots off in the game
• Named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week for a second time after pacing the Mids with a career-high 4 goals in their win over league foe Holy Cross
• Turned in a goal and an assist in Navy’s 11-10 come-from-behind win at Johns Hopkins ... also turned in a career-high 2 caused turnovers
• Dealt out an assist on the second target of Navy’s 5-goal run in the fourth quarter in its come-from-behind victory over Colgate ... also grabbed a pair of ground balls and caused a turnover
• Punched in his team-leading 12th goal of the season in the Mids’ Patriot League opener at Lehigh
• Garnered Patriot League Rookie of the Week recognition following the High Point contest in which he turned in his third-consecutive hat trick with a 3-goal, 1-assist effort
• Followed up with his second hat trick in 3 days with 3 goals in the win against Manhattan
• Recorded the first hat trick of his career with a 3-goal, 1-assist effort in the win at Hofstra ... scored his 3 goals on 5 shots
• Turned in an assist in the Mids’ 15-5 win over Mercer
• Made his collegiate debut as a starter at attack in the Mids’ opener against Mount St. Mary’s where he scored 3 points on a pair of goals and an assist ... scored the first goal of his career and the first of Navy’s 2022 campaign at the 13:46 mark in the first quarter off an assist from Patrick Skalniak
High School
• 2021 graduate of Loyola Blakefield High School in Towson, Md.
• Attended McDonogh School in Owings Mills, Md. his freshman year where he was a teammate of Jackson Bonitz and Dane Swanson
• Two-sport athlete who lettered in football (1) and lacrosse (1)
• Garnered 2021 Honorable Mention Maryland State Lacrosse Coaches’ Association All-State (Md.) Private School honors
• Played in the 2018 Under Armour Underclass Games
Personal
• Son of Greg and Tonia Tolker
• Majoring in General Science
• Father, Greg, is a 1988 graduate of Mount St. Mary’s where he was an All-American attackman (HM 1988) on the lacrosse team (1985-88) ... a member of The Mount’s Sports Hall of Fame, he is the program’s all-time leader in points (235) and assists (107) and stands fifth in goals (128) ... he also holds the top-two marks for single-game points with 14 against New Haven in 1986 and 13 against Wooster in 1987, as well as the top mark for single-game assists, dealing out 9 against New Haven in 1986 and St. Mary’s in 1988
