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2026 MIT Men's Lacrosse Roster

Gil Talbot
Gil Talbot
Chris Aduama
Chris Aduama
Chris Aduama
Chris Aduama
Chris Aduama

7 Zach Bleil

  • Position M
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 235
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown New Canaan, Conn.
  • High School Hopkins School
  • Major Aerospace Engineering

Biography

Career Highs: 
  • Goals: 6 vs. Emerson (April 13, 2024) 
  • Assists: 3 – Three times, last vs. Wheaton (April 18, 2026) 
  • Points: 7 vs. Salve Regina (April 26, 2025) 
  • Groundballs: 5 vs. Roger Williams (February 22, 2025) 
  • Caused Turnovers: 2 vs. Trinity (Conn.) (April 1, 2023) and Williams (April 14, 2026) 
Accolades: 
  • 2025 USILA All-America Honorable Mention
  • 2023 NEWMAC Rookie of the Year 
  • 3x NEWMAC All-Conference First Team (2024, 2025, 2026) 
  • 2026 NEILA All-New England Second Team
  • 2025 NEILA All-New England Honorable Mention 
  • 3x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2024, 2025, 2026)
  • 2026 NEILA All-Academic Team 
  • 2025 CSC Academic All-District At-Large Team 
  • 2025 NEILA All-New England Preseason Honorable Mention 
  • 2x Inside Lacrosse Nike Lacrosse Preseason All-America Honorable Mention (2025, 2026)
  • 2025 USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-America Honorable Mention 
  • 2025 USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America Honorable Mention
  • Graduates tied for sixth all-time at MIT in career goals (125) and ranked seventh in career points (174) 
2026: 
  • Played in 13 games, started 12 
2025: 
  • Played in 15 games, started two 
2024: 
  • Played in 16 games 
  • Ranked fifth in the NEWMAC in goals (40) 
2023: 
  • Played in all 18 games 
Before MIT: 
  • Graduated from the Hopkins School 
  • Two-time US Lacrosse All-American, two-time All-League First Team, New Have Register All-Area Team 
  • Captain and four-time varsity letterwinner 
  • Also earned three varsity letters for soccer 
  • Peter H Newcomb Award for Sportsmanship and Character, Bill DeGennaro Outstanding Male Athlete Award 
  • National Merit Scholar Commendation 
  • Head of Weightlifting Club, Science Olympiad, Model UN 
Personal: 
  • Internship: Mechanical Engineering, Blue Marble Communications 
  • Research: MIT Space Propulsion Lab 
  • Rocket Team 
  • Favorite Sports Memory: “Beating RPI.” 
Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 
  • “Beating Springfield in the NEWMAC playoffs.” 
Club: 
  • Express North 2022 

Statistics

Season:
2026

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2023First Year

    M
    6'5" 220 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2024Sophomore

    M
    6'5" 235 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2025Junior

    M
    6'5" 235 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2026Senior

    M
    6'5" 235 lbs
    7