Alex Buckanavage

Class:
Freshman
Position:
A
Height:
5-8
Weight:
175
Hometown:
Ridgefield, Conn.
High School:
Brunswick School

At Michigan
• Member of U-M 100 point club, ending career with 55 goals, 49 assists, and 104 total points
• Academic All-Big Ten (2021)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2020)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2019)
• Second Team All-Big Ten (2019)
• Tied the U-M single-season record for points in a season (48)

Senior (2021)
• Played in eight games with four starts
• Had three assists on year coming against Johns Hopkins (Feb. 27), Ohio State (March 14), and Ohio State (May 1)
• Totaled 19 shots, with a season-high six against Maryland (Feb. 20)

Junior (2020)
• Totaled seven points (four goals and three assists) in U-M's 13-12 win over Marquette (March 11)
• Had two assists and one goal against Yale (March 7)
• Recorded two goals and one assist in the 16-11 victory over St. Johns (Feb. 29)
• Dished out two assists against Merrimack (Feb. 22).
• Scored twice and had one assist against Hofstra (Feb. 15).
• Had two goals and two assists for four points (six shots) in U-M's 16-9 win over Cleveland State (Feb. 8)

Sophomore (2019)
• Led the team in both goals (25) and assists (23), the most in a single season in U-M program history
• Third player in program history to complete a 20-20 season
• Finished second on the team with seven multi-goal games, scoring three or more goals five times
• Ranked eighth in the Big Ten for points per game (3.69) and fifth for assists per game (1.77)
• Scored one goal and had two assists in loss to Rutgers (April 20)
• Scored three goals and had one assist in 12-16 loss against Maryland (April 6)
• Took eight shots and dished out one assist against Johns Hopkins (Mar. 30)
• Recorded three goals, one assist, three ground balls, and two caused turnovers against Delaware (March 23)
• Found the back of the net three times while also dishing out two assists in 9-12 loss against Notre Dame (March 19)
• Tallied two goals and two assists in 13-16 loss against Marquette (March 16)
• Scored two goals and dished out one assist against Yale (March 10)
• Recorded two goals and one assist in 16-11 victory against St. Johns (March 2)
• Scored once and had two assists in 11-10 win over Jacksonville (Feb. 23)
• Totaled seven points (four goals and three assists) and caused one turnover against Drexel (Feb. 19)
• Tallied three goals, two assists, and three ground balls in 10-8 win over Cleveland State (Feb. 9)

Freshman (2018)
• Ranked fourth on team in goals (19), third in assists (12), and tied for third in points (31)
• Checked in third on team in shots (77) and shots on goal with 36
• Had nine multiple points games on the season, five multi-goal games, and three multi-assist games
• Marked at least one point in 12-of-13 games played
• Scored once while adding an assist and causing two turnovers in 10-9 win over Penn State (April 28)
• Accounted for four points (three goals and one assist) against Rutgers (April 8)
• Tallied two goals and two assists in 9-6 win over UMBC (March 24)
• Found the back of the net once and added two assists in win against Notre Dame (March 21)
• Recorded three assists in 12-7 win over Marquette (March 17)
• Scored twice on four shots, caused a turnover, and scooped up a ground ball in 14-9 win over Air Force (March 9)
• Shot two or six versus Yale (Feb. 24)
• Ripped off two goals on six shots in a loss against Penn (Feb. 17)
• Scored one goal on six shots in a 9-7 win against Bellarmine (Feb. 13)
• Recorded three goals, two assists, eight shots, two ground balls and one caused turnover in his NCAA debut against Cleveland State (Feb. 10)

Prep
• Brunswick School, Greenwich, Conn. (2017)
• Ranked No. 24 by Recruiting Rundown, No. 34 in the Inside Lacrosse Power 100, and a 3.5-star recruit by Inside Lacrosse
• Member of the Under Armour All-American Game North Team (2017)
• Four-year varsity letterwinner (2014-17)
• Team Captain (2017)
• Two-time All-NEW-1
• US Lacrosse All-American (2017)
• Led team in points his senior year with 29 goals and 30 assists
• Recipient of the Stewart Lindsay NEW-1 Attackman of the Year Award
• Two-time New England West-1 Conference Champion (2014 and 2017)

Club
• 3rd Select New England and Eclipse

Personal
• Alexander Henry Buckanavage
• Son of Richard and Susan Buckanavage
• Has two brothers, Andrew and Jake, and a sister, Avery
• Brother, Andrew, played lacrosse at Vermont from 2011-2015 and was a team captain his final two seasons
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science, & the Arts, general studies major