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Team Huddle at Gillette Stadium for NCAA Semifinals

Men's Lacrosse Offense Celebration Huddle

Men's Lacrosse group shot at Alumni Event in Dome

Photo by: Todd Michalek

Michael Leo

Position:
Midfield
Height:
5-10
Weight:
187
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Seaford, N.Y.
High School:
Saint Anthony's

Honors and Awards
USILA All-America Third Team (2025)
Inside Lacrosse Media All-America Second Team (2025)
Inside Lacrosse Media All-America Honorable Mention (2024)
USA Lacrosse All-America Second Team (2025)
USA Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention (2024)

2025: Inside Lacrosse Media All-America and USA Lacrosse All-America Second Team … Ranked 38th by Inside Lacrosse Top 50 for 2025 … ACC Offensive Player of the Week (Feb. 4) and USILA Team of the Week (Feb. 4) … USA Lacrosse Division I Preseason All-America Second Team … Inside Lacrosse Preseason Media All-America Third Team … Syracuse’s top point-getting midfielder … finished third on the team with 32 goals and 12 assists for 44 points … scored on 26.7 percent of his shots, putting 56.7 percent of his 120 shots on goal … tallied the game-winning goal against Notre Dame (April 5) during the regular season … finished the year with 11 multi-goal games, including six hat tricks … scored a season-high five points in the season opener against Jacksonville (Feb. 1) … scored seven goals and five assists during the postseason, including three points against Duke (May 4) in the ACC Championship game and another hat trick against Princeton (May 17) in the NCAA Quarterfinals … grabbed 16 ground balls along the way.

2024: Inside Lacrosse and USA Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention … started in all 18 games as a sophomore midfielder … tallied 37 points, second-most among Syracuse midfielders … logged 28 goals and nine assists … posted nine multi-goal games, including three hat tricks … accounted for five goals in the NCAA Tournament with two against No. 12 Towson (May 12) and another three against No. 5 Denver (May 19) … scored on 35.9 percent of his total shots … tallied five man-up goals alongside 14 ground balls … sat for just two penalties this spring for a total of one minute.

2023: Played in all 15 games as a true freshman midfielder, including 13 starts … in the starting lineup for the final nine games of the season … scored 18 goals with eight assists for 26 points, second among freshman midfielders this season and the fourth-most points by a midfielder … finished with nine multi-point games, including five of the last six games … scored game-winning goal against No. 12 North Carolina (April 15) with 12 seconds left in the game … had a career-best four points (2g, 2a) against Holy Cross (Feb. 12) … finished with six multi-goal games, including his first career hat trick against Hobart (March 25) … scored on 37.5 percent of his 48 total shots …contributed four man-up goals alongside three ground balls … ended the season on a six-game goal and point streak.

High School: Played four seasons at Saint Anthony’s High School for coach Keith Weizereck … team captain senior year … 200 goals … two-time Catholic League champions … Under Armour All American and Nike All American … Class A New York Star Player of the Year … 1st team All State … 1st team All Long Island … U.S. All American … two-time All League … Athlete of the Year.

Personal: Full name Michael Joseph Leo … son of Mike and Nancy … one sibling, Juliana … favorite professional team is the San Francisco 49ers … favorite food is Chipotle … greatest sports memory is winning the high school championship.