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2026 Men's Lacrosse Roster

58 Joey Bucci

  • Class Junior
  • Position FO
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 200
  • Hometown West Chester, Pa.
  • High School Malvern Prep

Biography

• 2024, ‘25 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2025 // Sophomore Year

• Appeared in 7 contests for the Mids where he won 23 of the 59 draws (39.0) ... picked up 9 ground balls on the year
• Claimed victory on 3 of the 5 faceoffs he took against Lafayette during the regular season
• Won 5 of the 9 draws he took in the win over Le Moyne and grabbed a pair of ground balls
• Took the bulk of Navy’s faceoffs against #20 Boston U. due to injuries ... he won 8 of 23 draws (34.8) and picked up a career-high tying 5 ground balls ... he entered the game having taken just 34-career faceoffs
• Made his 1st appearance of the season against Iona where he was one of 9 players to score their 1st-collegiate goal ... also won 5 of the 7 draws he took and had a caused turnover

2024 // Freshman Year
• Tried out for the team in the fall as a walk-on
• Closed out the year winning 16 of the 26 draws (61.5) he took and grabbed 8 ground balls
• Entered the Holy Cross game in the second half in relief of an injured Zach Hayashi ... went on to earn Patriot League Rookie-of-the-Week laurels for winning 10 of the 14 draws he took, including 5 of the 6 in the third quarter when the Mids went on a 5-0 run to pull away from the Crusaders ... also picked up a career-high 5 ground balls.
• Made his Patriot League debut at Boston U. where he won 1 of the final 2 draws of the game
• Was 1 for 2 in the Mids’ win over Hofstra
• Made his debut in the Mids’ opener against Mount St. Mary’s where he won 4 of the 7 draws he took and picked up a ground ball

High School 
• 2022 graduate of Malvern Preparatory School in Malvern, Pa.
• Two-year lacrosse letter winner
• Led Malvern Prep to back-to-back (2021-22) Inter-Ac Lacrosse Championships
• Founding member of the CSItizen Speaker Series and Scholarship Initiative at Malvern Prep
• Named to the Blessed Bellisini Honors Society

Personal
• Son of Paul and Colleen Bucci
• Majoring in History, he owns a 3.51 grade-point average
• Has earned Commandant’s (F2023, S2024, S2025, F2025)  and Dean’s (S2025, F2025) List accolades multiple times
• Attended the Hill School during the 2022-23 academic year
• Grandfather, Ronald J. Bosken, is a 1964 graduate of the Naval Academy
• Cousin, Jimmy Gabrielsen, is a 2022 graduate of Villanova where he was a member of the lacrosse team (2019-23 / graduate year)
• Cousin, Ryan Antell, is a 2019 graduate of Fairfield where he was a member of the lacrosse team (2016-17)
• Uncle, Stephen Bosken, is a graduate of Saint Joseph’s where he was a member of the baseball team (1987-89)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 58

    2024Freshman

    FO
    6'0" 185 lbs
    58
  • 58

    2025Sophomore

    FO
    5'11" 200 lbs
    58
  • 58

    2026Junior

    FO
    5'11" 200 lbs
    58