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23 Gavin Vandenberg

  • Position M
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Elmhurst, Ill.
  • High School York Community

Biography

Career Highs
Goals 6 vs. Lasell (February 23, 2022)
vs. Springfield (March 26, 2022)
Assists 5 vs. Babson (May 4, 2022 - NEWMAC Semifinal)
Points 8 vs. Springfield (March 26, 2022)
Groundballs 8 vs. Wentworth (March 2, 2022)
Caused Turnovers 2 Three times


Accolades:
- NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team (2022)
- NEILA All-New England Honorable Mention (2022)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
- USILA Scholar All-America (2022)
- NEILA All-Academic Team (2021, 2022)
- NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team (2021)
- NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Week (2019: April 29; 2022: March 28)
- Graduates ranked 14th all-time at MIT in career points (127)


2022:
- Played in and stared all 18 games
- Ranked fourth in the NEWMAC in assists (31), fifth in points (75), and sixth in goals (44)


2021:
- Did not compete as the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic


2020:
- Started all five games


2019:
- Played in 18 games, started four


2018:
- Played in 16 games, started three


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Beating Babson my sophomore year, 13-12.


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Spring break trips to Colorado for some team bonding.


Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in economics
- Worked full time at McKinsey & Company
- Was an energy consultant at Sargent & Lundy
- Was a mechanical engineering intern at Tripp-Lite
- Was a business development and mechanical engineering intern at W.S. Darley & Co.
- Conducted market research for Play City (an MIT startup)
- Conducted athletic shoe midsole research for a major apparel brand
- Computer Building Club president


High School:
- Graduated from York Community High School
- All-Conference First Team
- Three-time West Suburban Conference Champions
- Three-time varsity letterwinner, was also a member of the soccer, basketball, and cross country teams
- National Honor Society, French Honor Society, eight-time High Honor Roll
- Ecology Club, Model United Nations, Economics Club


Club:
- True Lacrosse

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Sophomore

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    2020Junior

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    6'5" 170 lbs
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    2021Senior

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    6'5" 170 lbs
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    2022Senior

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    6'5" 170 lbs
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