Rutgers University Athletics

2022 Team Captain
2022 USILA Scholar All-American
2021 Scholar All-American
2021 USILA Senior All-Star Game Selection
2021 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
Two-time SAAC VP for Career and Employer Relations
Four-time Academic All-Big Ten Selection (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
2019 Big Ten All-Tournament Team

2022: Starter at midfield in all 19 games ... second on team with 20 assists ... sixth on team with 11 goals and 31 points ... had 12 ground balls and two caused turnovers ... had two assists in season opening win over LIU (Feb. 5) ... posted two assists in win over Marist (Feb. 9) ... had an assist in win vs. St. John's (Feb. 12) ... had two assists in win over No. 10 Army (Feb. 19) … had a goal and an assist and produced one ground ball, one caused turnover in win at No. 19 Loyola (2/26) ... netted one goal along with one ground ball in win at Stony Brook (Mar. 5) ... fed two assists in team's win over Lafayette (March 15) ... scored a goal in win at Hofstra (Mar. 19) ... recorded a goal, assist, and a ground ball in win vs. No. 8/9 Ohio State (Mar. 27) ... recorded two goals and a ground ball in win vs. Johns Hopkins (Apr. 3) ... had an assist at No.1 Maryland (Apr. 10) ... scored two goals, two assists, and had a caused turnover in win at Michigan (Apr. 16) ... recorded an assist in win vs. Penn State (Apr. 23) ... had assist in win over No. 12 Ohio State in Big Ten Semifinals (May 5) ... posted goal and assist against No. 1 Maryland in Big Ten Championship game (May 7) ... posted a goal and two assists in 19-9 home win over No. 14/17 Harvard in NCAA Tournament First Round (May 15) ... had a goal and two assists in Final Four against No. 10 Cornell (May 28)

2021: Starting midfielder in all 13 games, scoring seven goals and adding four assists and nine ground balls ... had 3 ground balls in home opener win against PSU (Feb. 20) ... had 1 assist and 1 ground ball in win against OSU (Feb. 27) ... 2 goals in win against MICH (March 6)... posted 1 goal against Maryland (March 13)... scored 1 goal in loss against Maryland (March 28)... posted a goal and assist in win against OSU (April 3)... scored goal in win against PSU (April 10)... had assist and 3 ground balls in win against JHU (April 17)... posted an assist and ground ball in regular season finale win against MICH (April 25) ... scored goal in Big Ten Semifinals against Johns Hopkins (May 6) 

2020: Starter for all six games, both at attack and midfield ... fourth on team with 11 goals, four assists and 15 points ... posted shot percentage of .550 that was tops in the Big Ten and 8th best nationally ... 14th in Big Ten with 1.83 goals per game ... collected nine ground balls ... scored four goals in season opening win over Quinnipiac (Feb. 1) ... scored four goals and had one assist and a ground ball in the 17-10 win over St. John's (Feb. 8) ... had three ground balls at No. 13 Army (Feb. 15) ... posted one goal and two assists at No. 11/12 Loyola (Feb. 22)... had one assist and two ground balls in game against Stony Brook (Feb. 29) ... scored two goals and had three ground balls with a caused turnover at No. 3 Princeton (March 7).

2019: Starter in 14 of 15 games between midfield and attack ... was second on the team with 20 assists and finished third on the team with 24 goals and 44 points ... scored multiple goals in seven of last nine games of season ... named Academic All-Big Ten ... had assist in win over Lafayette (Feb.2) ... scored game-tying goal in 19-15 comeback victory at St. John's (Feb. 9) ... had assist as starter at midfield against No. 1 Loyola (Feb. 23) ... made first career start as an attackman and had a goal and assist in win at Fairfield (March 2) ... scored a goal and had an assist and a ground ball in 9-8 win over rival Princeton (March 9) ... scored four goals with an assist and caused turnover against No. 16 Lehigh (March 12) ... posted a goal and an assist with two ground balls at No. 13 Syracuse (March 16) ... scored two goals and added an assist and two ground balls in win over Hofstra (March 23) ... scored two goals and had three assists in 14-6 win at No. 4 Ohio State (March 31) ... scored four goals at No. 20 Johns Hopkins (April 6) ... scored two goals and added an assist against No. 3 Maryland (April 14) ... Posted two goals and three assists  in 11-9 win against Michigan (April 20) ... notched a goal and four assists at No. 1 Penn State (April 27) ... scored three goals against No. 1 Penn State in Big Ten Semifinals (May 2) ... named to Big Ten All-Tournament Team

2018: Played in all 15 games, starting the last 10 at midfield ... recorded six goals and 13 assists for 19 points ... had multiple points in five of the last seven games, including four against Big Ten teams ... collected eight ground balls ... scored first career goal in collegiate debut in season-opening win over Robert Morris (Feb. 3) ... scored game-winning goal in win at Brown (March 3) ... made first career start in overtime loss at Princeton (March 10), notching one assist  ... had assist in win at No. 17 Lehigh (March 14) ... notched a goal and an assist in win over No. 12 Syracuse (March 18) ... scored a goal and provided two assists for three points in Big Ten opener against No. 6 Johns Hopkins (April 1) ... had a goal and an assist in win over No. 17 Michigan (April 8) ... had one assist and three ground balls at No. 1 Maryland (April 15) ... had two assists at No. 19 Ohio State (April 28) ... had two assists in Big Ten Semifinals vs. No. 2 Maryland (May 3)

Prior to Rutgers: U.S. Lacrosse All-American … First Team All-State … scored 147 goals and had 180 assists as a four-year varsity starter … high school’s all-time leading scorer in program history … team captain … honor roll student … parents are Michael and Karen Gallagher … has a younger sister, Caitlin. 

Know Your Knights
 

One word to describe your Coach:	Fiery
Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present:	Joey Downes
Best player ever competed against:	Michael Rexrode
Major:	Supply Chain and Marketing Sciences
I chose my major because:	It was the most respected major in the most competitive school on campus. I found interest in how to plan, manufacture, transport, and deliver at the most time efficient and cost effective way possible.
Favorite place to hang out on campus:	Henry's Diner
Favorite professional sports team:	New York Jets
One word to describe myself on the field/court:	Shifty
Few people know that I:	Have never had a pet
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career:	My Father
I started playing my sport because…:	My father introduced me to the sport because he was a collegiate lacrosse player himself at SUNY Cortland.
I chose Rutgers because…:	I visited a lot of other small liberal arts colleges and found that I ultimately preferred a big school and the B1G atmosphere. I wanted to be compete at the highest level in the Big Ten athletically and in the classroom at the Business School.
Favorite cereal:	Honey Nut Cheerios
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is:	Wedding Crashers
Favorite musician/group:	Zac Brown Band
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at:	Spikeball
Favorite all-time gift received:	iPod Shuffle when I was in middle school
My favorite Halloween costume growing up was:	Woody from Toy Story
The place in the world I would most like to visit is:	Hawaii
Phone app you cannot live without:	Google Maps
What would you like to say to the R Fund donors who have provided for your scholarship and/or facility resources?	I want to thank them for their generosity. Their unwavering support of Rutgers athletics has allowed our university to compete at the highest level and gain national recognition. We appreciate you!