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2026 Men's Lacrosse Roster

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18 Joe Holenstein

  • Position Defense
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown San Diego, CA
  • Highschool Grossmont
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2026:
  • First Team USILA All-American
  • Div. III Men’s Lacrosse Elite Scholar-Athlete Award winner
  • Liberty League All-Academic selection
  • First Team All-Liberty League
  • Played in 24 games
  • Grabbed a career-high 90 ground balls and caused a career-high 36 turnovers
  • Tallied five points on three goals and two assists
  • Finished seventh in the Liberty League in ground balls
  • Ninth in the Liberty League averaging 3.75 ground balls per game
  • Tied for second in the Liberty League in caused turnovers
  • Seventh in the Liberty League causing 1.50 turnovers per game
  • Scooped up a career-high seven ground balls against Gettysburg and Cortland
  • Caused a season-high four turnovers against Grove City (Feb. 21) and Babson (Feb. 28)
  • Scooped up 21 ground balls and caused eight turnovers in five NCAA Tournament games
  • Had six ground balls against Elmhurst
  • Had five ground balls and a caused turnover against Babson in NCAA Quarterfinal
  • Had three ground balls and three caused turnovers at Bowdoin in NCAA Semifinal
  • Caused a turnover and had four ground balls against Tufts in NCAA Championship

2025:
  • Liberty League All-Academic
  • Played in 20 games
  • Caused a career-high 12 turnovers
  • Scooped up a career-best 30 ground balls
  • Recorded a goal and an assist
  • Had four ground balls, caused two turnovers and had an assist against St. Lawrence (April 19)
  • Had three ground balls and scored first collegiate goal versus Ithaca in Liberty League Semifinal

2024:
  • Played in 12 games.
  • Grabbed eight ground balls and caused five turnovers.
  • Made his collegiate debut at Denison.
  • Caused a season-high two turnovers three times.
  • Caused a turnover against Babson in NCAA Tournament.

Before RIT:
  • US Lacrosse Academic All-American (2021)
  • All-League selection (2019, 2021, 2022)
  • All-CIF San Diego (2022)
 
Personal:
  • Mechanical engineering major
  • Son of Gina and Christian Holenstein
  • Has one sibling, Lucy
  • Born in San Diego, CA
  • Hobbies include Fortnite, chilling and Legos
  • Started playing lacrosse in 3rd grade
  • Favorite Athletic-Related Moment: Beating Torrey Pines his senior year
  • Favorite Athlete: Jameis Winston

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2024First Year

    Defense
    6'2" 215 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2025Sophomore

    Defense
    6'2" 215 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2026Junior

    Defense
    6'2" 210 lbs
    18