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2026 Men's Lacrosse Roster

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30 Ryan Sanders

  • Position Attack
  • Height 6-4
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Alamo, CA
  • Highschool De La Salle
  • Major Mechanical Engineering Technology

Biography

2026:
  • Third Team USILA All-American
  • Honorable Mention All-Liberty League
  • Liberty League All-Academic selection
  • Played in 24 games
  • Recorded 95 points on 69 goals and 26 assists
  • Tied for first on the team in scoring
  • Led RIT with 69 goals
  • Led the Liberty League in goals and goals per game (2.88)
  • Tied for first in the Liberty League in points
  • Tied for third in the league averaging 3.96 points per game
  • Tallied 21 points on 15 goals and six assists in seven Liberty League contests
  • Recorded nine goals and two assists to earn Liberty League Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors
  • Tallied 33 points on 23 goals and 10 assists in five NCAA Tournament games
  • Scored five goals and six points against Elmhurst
  • Tallied six goals, including the game winner in overtime, at Salisbury in NCAA Third Round
  • Scored four goals and handed out seven assists against Babson in NCAA Quarterfinal
  • Scored five goals at Bowdoin in NCAA Semifinal
  • Scored three goals and added an assist against Tufts in NCAA Championship

Before RIT:
  • Played club lacrosse at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
  • Played high school lacrosse at De La Salle High School
  • 1st All-Time Cal Poly Points Per Game
  • 2025 Team Captain - Cal Poly
  • 2024 MCLA All-American - First Team
  • 2025 MCLA All-American - Third Team
  • 2024 WCLL Offensive Player of the Year
  • Three-time WCLL All-Conference - First Team
  • MCLA Player of the Month - March 2024
  • Two-time Cal Poly Offensive Player of the Year
  • 2024 Cal Poly Team MVP
  • 2023 Cal Poly ROTY
  • 2022 Team Captain - De La Salle
  • 2022 De La Salle Offensive Player of the Year
  • 2022 1st Team All-Conference
 
Personal:
  • Mechanical Engineering Technology major
  • Son of Sara and Drew Sanders
  • Has one sibling, Brooke who attends NYU
  • Born in San Francisco, CA
  • His hobbies include golf, line dancing and reading
  • Scoring seven goals and assisting on game-winning goal in Cal Poly’s win at Chapman for the first time since 2006 is his favorite athletic-related moment
  • All his youth coaches telling him to do “wall-ball” with his weak hand is the best advice he has received
  • His parents have had the biggest influence on his athletic career
  • He started playing lacrosse when he was six years old
  • Favorite Athlete: Steph Curry
  • Favorite Teams: Golden State Warriors and the San Francisco 49ers

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