2023 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Jersey Number 66
Ryan Decker
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- Hometown:
- Chatham, N.J.
- High School:
- Chatham HS
- Prev School:
- Colgate
Spent four years at Colgate prior to transfer to Rutgers
2023 (At Rutgers): Played in 14 games at short-stick defensive midfield ... had two assists, 17 ground balls and six caused turnovers ... made Rutgers debut in season-opening win over Marist (Feb. 4), collecting two ground balls ... had two ground balls and two caused turnovers in win over Stony Brook (Feb. 11) ... had two ground balls at Army (Feb. 18) ... earned one assist, one ground ball, and one caused turnover in upset over No. 5/6 Loyola (Feb. 25) ... had two ground balls in win over Utah (March 4) ... collected a ground ball in win over Princeton (March 11) ... had an assist in road win at UMass (March 18) ... had three ground balls at No. 7 Johns Hopkins (April 1) ... caused two turnovers in loss to No. 4 Maryland (April 16) ... picked up three ground balls and caused one turnover in loss to No. 5 Penn State (April 21)
Prior to Rutgers: Played in 36 games over four years at Colgate … team captain as a senior in 2021-22… scored seven goals and had five assists … collected 50 ground balls and caused nine turnovers … two-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and three-time Colgate Raider Academic Honor Roll
High School: Scored 61 career goals with 47 assists, 2018 All-State First Team, All-NJAC First Team and Gill Gibbs All-Star ... Two-time All-Conference First Team ... 2017 All-State Second Team ... 2016 All-Conference Second Team ... helped Cougars to 2016 Group 2 state championship … also played varsity basketball and was on National Honor Society
Personal: Parents are Megan and Scott … has three siblings, Aidan, Cullen and Flynn … brother Aidan plays lacrosse at Lehigh and brother Cullen plays lacrosse at Franklin & Marshall … mother swam collegiately at Villanova … father played hockey at Boston University
2023 (At Rutgers): Played in 14 games at short-stick defensive midfield ... had two assists, 17 ground balls and six caused turnovers ... made Rutgers debut in season-opening win over Marist (Feb. 4), collecting two ground balls ... had two ground balls and two caused turnovers in win over Stony Brook (Feb. 11) ... had two ground balls at Army (Feb. 18) ... earned one assist, one ground ball, and one caused turnover in upset over No. 5/6 Loyola (Feb. 25) ... had two ground balls in win over Utah (March 4) ... collected a ground ball in win over Princeton (March 11) ... had an assist in road win at UMass (March 18) ... had three ground balls at No. 7 Johns Hopkins (April 1) ... caused two turnovers in loss to No. 4 Maryland (April 16) ... picked up three ground balls and caused one turnover in loss to No. 5 Penn State (April 21)
Prior to Rutgers: Played in 36 games over four years at Colgate … team captain as a senior in 2021-22… scored seven goals and had five assists … collected 50 ground balls and caused nine turnovers … two-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and three-time Colgate Raider Academic Honor Roll
High School: Scored 61 career goals with 47 assists, 2018 All-State First Team, All-NJAC First Team and Gill Gibbs All-Star ... Two-time All-Conference First Team ... 2017 All-State Second Team ... 2016 All-Conference Second Team ... helped Cougars to 2016 Group 2 state championship … also played varsity basketball and was on National Honor Society
Personal: Parents are Megan and Scott … has three siblings, Aidan, Cullen and Flynn … brother Aidan plays lacrosse at Lehigh and brother Cullen plays lacrosse at Franklin & Marshall … mother swam collegiately at Villanova … father played hockey at Boston University
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