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2021 Men's Lacrosse Roster

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57 Ethan Walker

  • Position Attack
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 170
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Peterborough, Ontario
  • Highschool Culver Military Academy

Biography

HONORS AND AWARDS:
Tewaaraton Award Nominee (2018 and 2019)...Tewaaraton Award Watch List (2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021)…USILA Third Team All-America (2018)...USILA Honorable Mention All-American (2017, 2019 and 2021)…USILA Player of the Year Watchlist (2018)...BIG EAST Attack Player of the Year (2018)...Media Midseason Second Team All-America (2018)...NCAA All-Tournament Team (2017)…BIG EAST Freshman of the Year (2017)…BIG EAST First Team (2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021)…USILA National Team of the Week (2/19/18, 4/10/18)...BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week (5/1/17, 2/19/18, 4/9/18, 2/25/19, 4/22/19, 3/23/21, 5/4/21)…BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (2/13/17, 2/20/17, 3/27/17, 4/3/17, 4/10/17, 4/24/17).

DU CAREER RECORD BOOK:
1st in career points (279), 2nd in career goals (181), 1st in career assists (98), 1st in career shots (476), 1st in career shots on goal (317), 10th in man-up goals (14), third in games played (70). 

PLL Draft:
Taken 27th overall by the Waterdogs in the 2021 PLL Draft.

2021:
Played and started in 15 of Denver’s 17 games…Second on the team in points (60), led the team in goals (39) and was third on the team in assists (21)…Multiple goals 12 games, including five goal games at Villanova and at Air Force…Seven hat tricks…Scored four goals against Providence in the BIG EAST Semifinal and at Providence in the regular season…Season-best seven points in the BIG EAST Semifinal and at Air Force…3+ assists at Marquette and against Providence in the BIG EAST Semifinal…Added 27 ground balls.

2020:
Played and started in all six games at attack for the Pioneers…Scored 15 goals and added 10 assists, including a game-winning goal and two man-up tallies…Netted nine goals in the final two games, posting five in Denver’s game against North Carolina, and adding four goals and two assists in Denver’s 14-11 win at No. 10 Notre Dame….Scored the first three Denver goals in the Pioneers win over the Irish.

2019:
Played and started in all 15 games at attack, leading the team with 52 points on a team-high 39 goals and 13 assists…Tallied six hat tricks in his junior campaign, including a sock trick at St. John’s…Picked up 30 ground balls and forced seven turnovers in the ride, including two at Towson…Had a season-high seven points in wins over St. John’s and Cleveland State…Finished with 5+ points in five games. NCAA RANKINGS: 32nd in the country in goals per game (2.6) and 64th in points per game (3.47). 

2018:
Played and started at the lefty attack spot in all 17 games…Led the team in points (70) and goals (48)…Second on the team in assists (22)…70 points tied for the sixth-most in a single season in Denver’s DI history, and the 48 goals tied for fourth…Career-high nine points on a career-high eight goals and an assist in Denver’s 22-6 win at No. 7 Villanova (4/6)…The nine points tied for the third-most in Denver’s DI history, and the eight goals tied with Wesley Berg’s eight goals in the 2013 NCAA First Round for the most in a game in Denver’s DI history…Hat tricks in five-straight games from Feb. 16-March 10, including first of two sock tricks on the season in Denver’s 15-12 loss at No. 1 Duke (2/16)…Scored 4+ goals six times…Eight hat tricks on the season….Picked up 27 ground balls and forced a turnover…NCAA RANKINGS: 19th in the country in points per game (4.12), 7th in goals per game (2.82), 60th in assists per game (1.29), 20th in shooting percentage (.453) and 36th in man-up goals (5).

2017:
Played and started in all 17 games in Denver’s attack…Recorded a DU freshman DI record 72 points on 40 goals and 32 assists…Netted nine hat tricks, including a season-high four goals in Denver’s 12-11 win over Towson (3/25) and in the Pioneers’ 16-8 regular season win over Marquette (4/29)…Tallied eight points in the Pioneers 12-2 win over Providence on three goals and a season-high five assists…5+ points in nine games, including in five-straight in BIG EAST regular season play…Picked up 25 ground balls and forced a caused turnover…Scored three goals on the man-up. NCAA RANKINGS: 16th in points per game (4.24), 17th in assists per game (1.88), 21st in shot percentage (.430) and 25th in goals per game (2.35).  

BEFORE DENVER:
2016 USA Today All-USA Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year…High school career: 316 goals and 105 assists in his final three years…2016: 108 goals and 53 assists against one of the strongest scheduled in the country, helping lift Culver to a 20-3 record on the way to an Inter-Ac Challenge Championship…according the USA Today High School Sports…2015 and 2016 Lacrosse Magazine Midwest Regional Boys Player of the Year…Played for Matt Brown in the Summer of 2016 for Team Canada at the FIL U-19 World Lacrosse Championships, posting 14 points in six games on eight goals and six helpers. 

PERSONAL:
Born September 1, 1997 in Peterborough, Ontario… Son of Michael and Stephanie… Has one brother, Jensen… Chose Denver for its outstanding lacrosse program, to compete for National Championships while getting a quality education…Also enjoys hockey, basketball and baseball.

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Historical Player Information

  • 57

    2017Freshman

    Attack
    5'8" 180 lbs
    57
  • 57

    2018Sophomore

    Attack
    5'9" 170 lbs
    57
  • 57

    2019Junior

    Attack
    5'9" 175 lbs
    57
  • 57

    2020Senior

    Attack
    5'9" 170 lbs
    57
  • 57

    2021Graduate Student

    Attack
    5'9" 170 lbs
    57