Bio

As a freshman: Appeared in eight games in his first season with the Black and Gold ... Registered three ground balls and forced two turnovers on the season ... Collected his three ground balls in the final four games of the season ... Forced a turnover and recovered a ground ball against Stony Brook (Mar. 26) and Wagner (Apr. 9) ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.

Before Bryant: A 2009 graduate of the Taft School in Watertown, Conn., where he played varsity lacrosse and basketball after attending four years of high school in British Columbia… Member of the U-16 National Lacrosse Championship team, where he was named Defensive MVP of the national tournament… Also a member of the U-13 (2002), U-15 (2004), U-17 (2006) and U-19 (2007 and 2009) teams that won the Provincial Field Lacrosse title… Led high school team to a combined 30-2 record as a junior and senior en route to back-to-back second-place finished at the British Columbia Provincial Championships… Also a two-year varsity letterwinner in basketball and a four-year varsity football letterwinner while in high school in Canada… Honor roll student throughout high school and postgrad.

Personal: The son of David and Karen MacGrotty, Matthew Brett MacGrotty was born March 29, 1990… Has one sister, Alysia.