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• A starter in 8 (8 Fr // 0 So) of the 32 games in which he has played during his career

2024 // Sophomore Year
• Scored 13 points on 6 goals and 7 assists in the 16 games in which he played ... also contributed 13 ground balls and 3 caused turnovers
• Dealt out an in the 4th quarter of Navy’s Patriot League Quarterfinals win over Loyola ... also recorded his 3rd caused turnover of the season
• Played his best game of the year in the win over Bucknell where he scored a goal and assisted on 2 others
• Connected with Henry Tolker for a 2nd-consecutive game, dealing out the assist in the game’s first goal against Lafayette
• Dealt out the assist on Henry Tolker’s goal at 2:45 in the 3rd quarter that put Navy up for good in its 10-9 win over #17 Colgate
• Scored his 5th goal of the season in the 4th quarter of Navy’s loss to Villanova ... also grabbed a career-high tying 3 ground balls and caused a turnover
• Targeted 1 of his 4 shots against #12 Penn State
• Posted a career-high 3 points on 2 goals and an assist against Hofstra ... it marked the first multi-goal game of his career ... scored his 2 goals on 3 shots
• Turned in his fourth-career multi-point game with a goal and an assist in the Mids’ 19-6 win over Mount St. Mary’s in the opener

2023 // Freshman Year
• A starter in 8 of the 16 contests in which he played, where he turned in 12 points on 7 goals and 5 assists
• Moved into a starting role after the injury to Dane Swanson vs. High Point ... made starts in 8 games before the switch in lineup prior to the Army
• Scored a goal and dealt out an assist against Loyola in the Patriot League Quarterfinals ... also recorded the first caused turnover of his career
• Punched in a goal in his Star Game debut, stuffing his lone shot of the game
• Fed Tommy Hovivian to give Navy a 4-2 halftime lead in its 10-8 win over #17 Boston U.
• Dealt out a career-high 2 assists in Navy’s conference win over Holy Cross
• Scored a goal on 3 shots, while grabbing a pair of ground balls against #9 Johns Hopkins
• Made his first-collegiate start in the Mids’ league opener against Lehigh where he scored a goal for the third-consecutive game
• Produced his third goal of the season off an assist from Sam Dracobly at High Point
• Punched in an unassisted goal in the loss to Manhattan
• Turned in the first points of his career with a goal and an assist in the win over Queens
• Made his collegiate debut in the Mids’ opener against Mount St. Mary’s

High School 
• 2022 graduate of Chaminade High School in Mineola, N.Y.
• Two-sport athlete who earned letters in lacrosse and soccer
• A four-star recruit, he was ranked #100 among the Inside Lacrosse / EVOShield Power 100 Freshman Rankings
• Garnered All-Conference honors in lacrosse and soccer his senior year, while also serving as captain of both programs
• Named the New York Catholic High School Athletic Association (NYCHSAA) Championship MVP in soccer as a senior
• Recipient of the Frank “Boiler” Burns Student-Athlete Award
• Led Chaminade HS to the NYCHSAA LI Championship his sophomore and junior years and the NYCHSAA State Championship his senior year

Personal
• Son of Brian and Jen Flaherty
• Majoring in Mathematics with Economics, he owns a 2.94 grade-point average
• Has earned Commandant’s (F2022, F2023) List accolades multiple times
• Brother, Patrick, is a freshman at the Naval Academy and also a member of the Navy lacrosse team
• High school teammates Matt Byrnes (So), Ryan Landolphi (So), and Aidan Lough (So) are also member of the Navy lacrosse team