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2026 MIT Women's Lacrosse Roster

2 Ava Malysa

  • Position A
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Junior
  • High School Manhasset
  • Hometown Manhasset, N.Y.
  • Major Mathematics with Computer Science

Biography

Career Highs: 
  • Goals: 2 – Four times, last vs. Salve Regina (April 12, 2025) 
  • Assists: 2 vs. Wellesley (March 30, 2024) and Clark (March 26, 2025) 
  • Points: 3 vs. Wellesley (March 30, 2024) 
  • Groundballs: 2 vs. Salve Regina (April 12, 2025) 
  • Caused Turnovers: 2 vs. Smith (April 19, 2025) 
  • Draw Controls: 1 vs. Wellesley (March 29, 2025) 
2025: 
  • Played in nine games 
2024: 
  • Played in 11 games 
Before MIT: 
  • Graduated from Manhasset High School 
  • Two-time varsity letterwinner 
  • 2022 NY State Champions, 2023 Nassau County Champions 
  • Earned two varsity letters for basketball 
  • 2023 Long Island Champions, 2023 NY State Final Four 
  • Earned a varsity letter as a member of the cross country team 
  • Nassau County Scholar Athlete Award 
  • National Honor Society, Science Honor Society, Math Honor Society, History Honor Society, English Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society 
  • National Merit Scholarship Finalist 
  • AP Scholar with Distinction, AP Scholar with Honor 
  • Highest Honor Roll every quarter 
  • Long Island Science & Engineering Fair (LISEF) Grand Awards: First Place and competed at the Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) 
  • Spellman HV Clean Tech Competition – Finalist, Yale Science and Engineering Association Award for Most Outstanding Exhibit, Society for In Vitro Biology Award, Stockholm Junior Water Prize Regional Prize Award of Excellence for a Water-Related Science Research Project, Long Island Science Congress Honors Senior Division, Long Island Science Congress High Honors Senior Division 
  • Robert Keleher Foundation Scholarship Recipient 
  • Girl Scouts (Ambassador), Student Athlete Leadership Team (SALT), Green Club (Senator), Key Club, Peer Responders (Tutoring), Mathletes, Manhasset Junior Women’s Coalition Against Breast Cancer 
Personal: 
  • Research: MIT Laboratory for Economic Analysis and Design
  • Research: MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies 
  • Research: MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium (MCSC) 
  • Rocket Team 
  • Scholars of Finance vice president of professional development 
  • Favorite Sports Memory: “Scoring my first goal of college lacrosse.” 
Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 
  • “Winning the first round of NCAAs.” 
Club: 
  • Long Island Top Guns 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2024First Year

    A
    5'9"
    2
  • 2

    2025Sophomore

    A
    5'9"
    2
  • 2

    2026Junior

    A
    5'9"
    2