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2019 Men's Lacrosse Roster

8 Ryan Wade

  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 190
  • Hometown Coronado, Calif.
  • High School Norfolk Academy (Va.)

Biography

• 2018 Second-Team All-Patriot League

• 2018 Coach William H. “Dinty” Moore Award Winner (Navy)

Wade in the record book: Stands 19th on Navy’s all-time career assists list with 49 ... trails 18th-place Andy Warner (2008-11) by 3 ... owns the team’s longest scoring streak with a goal or an assist in each of the last 24  contests ... has produced 58 points on 17 goals and 41 assists during the streak ... among the 30 games his has played over his career, he has been held without a point three times (Yale and Brown in 2016 where he got one shift in both games, Boston University in 2017) ... has dealt out an assist in each of the last 21 games ... for the first time since 2005 (Jon Birsner 42 pts, Ben Horn 37, Graham Gill 35, Nick Mirabito 33), Navy had four players produce 30-plus points in a single season (Jack Ray 33, Greyson Torain 33, Ryan Wade 33, Christian Daniel 31). Finished the year tied as the team’s leading scorer with 33 points on 9 goals and a team-high 24 assists ... closed out regular-season Patriot League play #1 in the scoring column with 24 points on 7 goals and 17 assists ... for the first time in program history, Navy had two midfielders - Greyson Torain (19-14=33) and Wade (9-24=33) - who each scored 30 points in the same season.

2018 (Jr.): One of six Navy players to earn All-Patriot League recognition, he was named to the second team ... he is a first-time selection ... along with senior attackman Jack Ray, was the 2018 recipient of the Coach William H. “Dinty” Moore  Award, presented to Navy’s Outstanding Offensive Player ... for the first time since 2005 (Jon Birsner 42 pts, Ben Horn 37, Graham Gill 35, Nick Mirabito 33), Navy had four players produce 30-plus points in a single season (Jack Ray 33, Greyson Torain 33, Ryan Wade 33, Christian Daniel 31). Finished the year tied as the team’s leading scorer with 33 points on 9 goals and a team-high 24 assists ... closed out regular-season Patriot League play #1 in the scoring column with 24 points on 7 goals and 17 assists ... for the first time in program history, Navy had two midfielders - Greyson Torain (19-14=33) and Wade (9-24=33) - who each scored 30 points in the same season ... he is the third different Navy midfielder in the last three seasons to reach 30 points (Casey Rees in 2016 and Greyson Torain in 2017) ... ranked #26 nationally in assists, averaging 1.71 per game ... his 24 assists this spring are the most by a Navy midfielder since 1986 when Glen Miles dealt out 30 en route to being named Navy’s lone Lt. j.g. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Award winner as the nation’s top midfielder ... assisted on a Casey Rees goal in the Mids’ overtime loss to Lehigh in the Patriot League Semifinals ... played a strong fourth quarter at Syracuse, scoring a goal (4:46) and dealing out an assist (2:57) to help the Mids overcome a two-goal deficit and eventually pull out the upset ... scored a pair of goals and added an assist in the Mids’ win over Army ... scored his 2 goals on 2 shots ... scored back-to-back goals to start the third quarter, giving Navy the lead for good ... played perhaps his best game of the season with a team-best 6 points on a goal and career-high tying 5 assists against Colgate ... his 5 assists thrust him into the Mids’ all-time top 20 assists list ... paced the Mids with a pair of assists in the win over Holy Cross ... recorded one assist at Lehigh ... scored a goal and assisted on Christian Daniel’s extra-man goal against Loyola ... scored 1 goal and dealt out 4 assists in the Mids’ win over Lafayette ... also grabbed 2 ground balls and recorded the first 2 caused turnovers of his career ... fed senior attackman Dave Little on the game’s first goal vs. Penn ... he and Christian Daniel lead the team with 7 assists apiece this season ... recorded 4 points at Bucknell on 2 goals and 2 assists ... took a pair of shots and posted an assist against UMBC in the home opener ... dealt out an assist at Maryland ... alongside rookie Christian Daniel, led Navy with three points (1G, 2A) at Jacksonville (2.4) in the opener. 

2017 (So.): A starter in 13 of the 14 games in which he played ... alongside midfielder and classmate Greyson Torain, led Navy in scoring with 38 points on 13 goals and a team-best 25 assists ... was second on the team in league play with 20 points on 5 goals and 15 assists ... ranked #21 nationally, averaging 1.79 assists per game ... his 25 assists were the most by Navy sophomore since Jon Birsner produced 29 and Ian Dingman tallied 26 in 2004 ... the Boston U. game was the only contest in which he did not have a point ... scored a goal and dealt out an assist against Holy Cross in the Patriot League Quarterfinals ... produced four points on two goals and two assists in the Mids’ Star Game win over Army ... turned in an assist against Colgate ... dealt out a pair of assists in Navy’s 11-4 win at Holy Cross ... pitched in a four-point game against Lehigh, scoring one goal and dealing out three assists ... contributed an assist in the Mids’ win over Dartmouth ... turned in a three-point game against #17 Loyola, playing a part in each of the Mids’ first three goals (1G, 2A) ... also grabbed a career-best five ground balls ... scored the Mids’ final goal in their loss at Lafayette ... punched in a pair of goals at Penn ... dealt out a career-best 5 assists in the win over Bucknell (3.4) ... it’s the most assists by a Navy player since Patrick Keena recorded 7 against VMI (2.8.15) ... contributed a goal and an assist in the Mids’ win at Delaware ... played a sensational game against #2 Maryland where he totaled seven points on four goals and three assists ... it was the most points scored by a Navy player in the series in nearly 40 years ... Syd Abernethy scored six goals and added an assist in Navy’s 16-15 victory over the Terps on April 18, 1981 ... additionally, the four goals were the most by a Navy player against the Terps since Geoff Walker punched in four against Maryland on April 6, 1996 ... making his first career start, he dealt out four assists against Johns Hopkins in the opener ... it marked his first career points.

2016 (Fr.): Made his collegiate debut in the Mids’ NCAA Tournament contest against Yale where he put a shot on cage ... also saw action a week later against Brown in the NCAA Quarterfinals.

More on Wade: A 2014 graduate of Norfolk Academy in Norfolk, Va., Wade attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2014-15 academic year ... a three-sport athlete who earned letters in basketball, lacrosse and soccer ... a First-Team All-State (Va.) lacrosse selection and High School All-American as a senior ... a First-Team All-State soccer pick in 2013 ... played forward for the Norfolk Academy soccer team that won the 2012 Virginia Div. I State Championship ... brother, Connor, is a 2017 graduate of the Naval Academy and played goalkeeper for the Mids’ lacrosse team ... father is a 1990 graduate of the Naval Academy and is a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy ... he was a two-year letterwinner on the Mids’ lacrosse team ... uncle, Tim Andrews, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1988 and was a three-year letterwinner on the Navy lacrosse team ... uncle, Ray Van Gunten, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1981 ... uncle, James Brown, is also a Naval Academy graduate ... majoring in Political Science ... son of Rear Adm. John and Catherine Wade ... his service assignment is Surface Warfare.

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2016Freshman

    A
    6'" 183 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2017Sophomore

    A
    6'" 183 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2018Junior

    M/A
    6'0" 190 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2019Senior

    A/M
    6'0" 190 lbs
    8