2021 Men's Lacrosse Roster
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Jersey Number 48
Saam Olexo
- Position:
- Shortstick Defensive Midfielder
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 203
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Annapolis, Md.
- High School:
- Archbishop Spalding
Bio
Career Overview: A versatile player who has seen time at close defense, long-stick and short-stick midfield, seeing action in nine games as a true freshman in 2021, before returning to his natural position at LSM in 2022, becoming the Orange's top weapon at the position ... through 38 collegiate games, has 43 caused turnovers, 107 ground balls, eight goals and three assists.
2024: ACC Player of the Week (March 12) … Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America Honorable Mention … logged time in all 18 games this season as a senior long stick midfielder … collected 38 ground balls while aiding on the Syracuse faceoff unit as a winger … caused 15 turnovers, including three in his final game with the Orange against No. 6 Denver (May 19) in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals … served just five penalties all season for six minutes … racked seven points on four goals and three assists, a career best in points and tied for a career-best in goals … seven points are tied for the 11th-most by a Syracuse pole in program history … finished his career with 18 points (12g, 6a) which ranks third in program history for career points by a pole … 58 career caused turnovers are the sixth-most by a player in program history.
2023: Played in all 15 games as a junior defenseman, playing at both close defense and long-stick midfield … aided on the faceoff wing … big threat in transition with six points on four goals and two assists … added a two-point game to his line with a goal and an assist against No. 3 Notre Dame (April 1) … snatched up 53 ground balls, second-most on the team alongside 26 caused turnovers … had four caused turnovers against Vermont (Feb. 4) in the season opener again versus No. 5 Duke (March 5) … forced at least one opponent miscue in 13 games … had 14 games with multiple ground balls, including a season-best eight at No. 3 Virginia (April 22) … finished the month of April with 19 ground balls and nine caused turnovers in five games … tallied points in back-to-back games to open the season with a goal against Vermont and an assist against UAlbany (Feb. 10).
2022: Appeared in every game as Syracuse's top LSM ... Scored four goals, added an assist, caused 16 turnovers and picked up 46 ground balls ... His 16 caused turnovers was third on the Orange in 2022 and he was first among field players with 46 ground balls ... Caused two turnovers and grabbed three ground balls in the season finale vs. Notre Dame (5/1) ... Caused a pair of turnovers and picked up three ground balls at North Carolina (4/16) ... Scored a goal, caused a turnover and picked up a ground ball against Cornell (4/11) ... Caused three turnovers and picked up four ground balls against Albany (4/7) ... Had four ground balls at Notre Dame (4/2) ... Scored a goal, caused a turnover and picked up a ground ball while holding his primary matchup (Duke midfielder Nakeie Montgomery) without a goal in the win against the Blue Devils (3/26) ... Caused a turnover and grabbed four ground balls at Stony Brook (3/19) ... Picked up three ground balls at Johns Hopkins (3/13) ... Scored for the second-straight game and picked up three ground balls against Hobart (3/6) ... Scored his first collegiate goal, picked up a career-high eight ground balls and caused two turnovers against Army (3/2) ... Caused one turnover and picked up a pair of GBs at Virginia (2/26) ... Grabbed a career-high five ground balls and caused a turnover against Maryland (2/20) ... Had his first career point in the form of an assist and collected three ground balls against Holy Cross (2/12).
2021: Appeared in nine games as a true freshman as a short-stick defensive midfielder ... Caused one turnover and picked up eight ground balls on the season ... Collected a pair of ground balls against Robert Morris (5/7) ... Picked up a ground ball against Virginia (4/24) ... Caused his first collegiate turnover and picked up a ground ball against UAlbany (4/8) ... Made his collegiate debut and picked up a ground ball vs. Holy Cross (3/20).
Before SU: Under Armour Underclass All-Star ... Led his high school team to a 9-9 record in 2019 in the highly competitive MIAA ... Played club lacrosse for the Annapolis Hawks ... Also played hockey in high school, winning two MIAA championships.
Personal: Son of Faranak and Steve ... Has two older brothers, Kian and Bijan. Kian plays lacrosse at Virginia ... Majoring in entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.
2024: ACC Player of the Week (March 12) … Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America Honorable Mention … logged time in all 18 games this season as a senior long stick midfielder … collected 38 ground balls while aiding on the Syracuse faceoff unit as a winger … caused 15 turnovers, including three in his final game with the Orange against No. 6 Denver (May 19) in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals … served just five penalties all season for six minutes … racked seven points on four goals and three assists, a career best in points and tied for a career-best in goals … seven points are tied for the 11th-most by a Syracuse pole in program history … finished his career with 18 points (12g, 6a) which ranks third in program history for career points by a pole … 58 career caused turnovers are the sixth-most by a player in program history.
2023: Played in all 15 games as a junior defenseman, playing at both close defense and long-stick midfield … aided on the faceoff wing … big threat in transition with six points on four goals and two assists … added a two-point game to his line with a goal and an assist against No. 3 Notre Dame (April 1) … snatched up 53 ground balls, second-most on the team alongside 26 caused turnovers … had four caused turnovers against Vermont (Feb. 4) in the season opener again versus No. 5 Duke (March 5) … forced at least one opponent miscue in 13 games … had 14 games with multiple ground balls, including a season-best eight at No. 3 Virginia (April 22) … finished the month of April with 19 ground balls and nine caused turnovers in five games … tallied points in back-to-back games to open the season with a goal against Vermont and an assist against UAlbany (Feb. 10).
2022: Appeared in every game as Syracuse's top LSM ... Scored four goals, added an assist, caused 16 turnovers and picked up 46 ground balls ... His 16 caused turnovers was third on the Orange in 2022 and he was first among field players with 46 ground balls ... Caused two turnovers and grabbed three ground balls in the season finale vs. Notre Dame (5/1) ... Caused a pair of turnovers and picked up three ground balls at North Carolina (4/16) ... Scored a goal, caused a turnover and picked up a ground ball against Cornell (4/11) ... Caused three turnovers and picked up four ground balls against Albany (4/7) ... Had four ground balls at Notre Dame (4/2) ... Scored a goal, caused a turnover and picked up a ground ball while holding his primary matchup (Duke midfielder Nakeie Montgomery) without a goal in the win against the Blue Devils (3/26) ... Caused a turnover and grabbed four ground balls at Stony Brook (3/19) ... Picked up three ground balls at Johns Hopkins (3/13) ... Scored for the second-straight game and picked up three ground balls against Hobart (3/6) ... Scored his first collegiate goal, picked up a career-high eight ground balls and caused two turnovers against Army (3/2) ... Caused one turnover and picked up a pair of GBs at Virginia (2/26) ... Grabbed a career-high five ground balls and caused a turnover against Maryland (2/20) ... Had his first career point in the form of an assist and collected three ground balls against Holy Cross (2/12).
2021: Appeared in nine games as a true freshman as a short-stick defensive midfielder ... Caused one turnover and picked up eight ground balls on the season ... Collected a pair of ground balls against Robert Morris (5/7) ... Picked up a ground ball against Virginia (4/24) ... Caused his first collegiate turnover and picked up a ground ball against UAlbany (4/8) ... Made his collegiate debut and picked up a ground ball vs. Holy Cross (3/20).
Before SU: Under Armour Underclass All-Star ... Led his high school team to a 9-9 record in 2019 in the highly competitive MIAA ... Played club lacrosse for the Annapolis Hawks ... Also played hockey in high school, winning two MIAA championships.
Personal: Son of Faranak and Steve ... Has two older brothers, Kian and Bijan. Kian plays lacrosse at Virginia ... Majoring in entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.
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