Alex Trippi

Position:
Attackman
Height:
5-8
Weight:
170
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Great Falls, Va.
High School:
Bullis School

2020 (Junior): Appeared in all seven games, finishing the season with 17 points (10g, 7a), seven ground balls and two caused turnovers • Tied for the team’s best shooting percentage (.625) for those with more than three shots, going 10 for 16 on shots • Opened the season with back-to-back two points games against Colgate (1g, 1a) and Mercer (2g) and also picked up a caused turnover in both games • Had a career-high five points with a career-best four goals against Lafayette • Also matched his personal record in ground balls with three versus the Leopards • Had four-point games at Johns Hopkins (1g, 3a) and at Furman (2g, 2a) • Tallied two GBs at Hopkins and one versus Bryant • Remainder of season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll • Tar Heel Scholar-Athlete for the spring and fall semesters of 2019.

2019 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 15 games, starting the final seven, to total 19 points (14g, 5a) and six ground balls • Had the sixth-most goals on the team with 14 • Opened the season with a goal at Mercer • Matched a career-high seven shots for a career-high three goals against Furman • Had an assist in back-to-back games versus Harvard and Johns Hopkins • Picked up a ground ball against Denver • Had a two-point game (1g, 1a) with two ground balls against Marist • Had two consecutive two-goal games against Cleveland State and at Maryland • Scored a goal in his second start of the season against Duke • Tallied one goal and one assist at Virginia • Added a goal and two ground balls against Syracuse • Matched his career-high three points with two goals and an assist in the ACC semifinal game against Virginia in addition to picking up one ground ball • Named to the All-ACC Academic Team • Named to the 2018-19 ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2018 (Freshman): Had a solid freshman year • Played in 12 games • Started final two games of season against Syracuse and Notre Dame • Was seventh on team in points with 13 • Finished with seven goals and six assists • Had a goal, two assists and all three of his ground balls against Mercer • Assisted on William Perry’s game-winning goal with seven seconds to play against St. John’s • Scored a pair of goals versus Denver • Scored two goals and added an assist in game at Syracuse • Scored a pair of goals in 10-9 win over Notre Dame in season finale.

Prep: Alumnus of the Bullis Schoo in Potomac, Md., where he was coached by Jeff Bellistri • Played club lacrosse for MadLax • As a senior in 2017 he was named first-team All-Met, first-team All-USA Today and won the Markland Kelly Award for the best player in Maryland • In 2015, he was named All-IAC, the IAC Player of the Year and first-team All-USA Today • 2016 All-Met player of the year • Was also both the All-Met player of the year and the Mid-Atlantic player of the year • Led Bullis to 2017 IAC championship • Made honor roll every semester of high school.

Personal: Alexander George Trippi is the son of Joe and Leslie Trippi • Born August 23 in Reston, Va. • Has two older siblings – a brother, Joey, and a sister, Torri • Majoring in exercise and sport science (sport administration sequence).