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Malfa, Ryan
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Jersey Number 34
Ryan Malfa
- Year:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-6
- Hometown:
- West Long Branch, N.J.
- High School:
- Shore Regional
- Major:
- Biology
Bio
2025 as a Senior
2024 as a Junior
2023 as a Sophomore
2022 as a Freshman
High School
Personal:
- Appeared in seven games with one start
- Recorded one assist against Old Dominion (3/22)
- Scored one goal against Charlotte (3/29) and Temple (4/12)
- Won one draw control against South Florida (5/3)
- Picked up one ground ball against Old Dominion (3/22) and Liberty (4/16)
- Dean's List (Spring 2025)
- JMU Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete List (Spring 2025)
2024 as a Junior
- Appeared in three games
- Took five shots
2023 as a Sophomore
- Played in three games
- Picked up a ground ball at Vanderbilt (Apr. 8)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2023)
2022 as a Freshman
- Played in one game for the Dukes
High School
- NJ All-Group 1 First Team as a senior and Second Team as a sophomore
- First Team All-Central A Division as a senior and Second Team as a sophomore
- First Team All-Shore Conference as a sophomore and senior
- All-Shore Conference by Asbury Park Press as a senior and Second Team as a sophomore
- Diane Chapman Female Athlete of the Year
- Scored 167 career goals with 49 assists for 216 points at Shore Regional
- Scored 61 goals with 36 assists (97 points) as a senior
- Scored 71 goals with 10 assists (81 points) as a sophomore
- Scored 35 goals with three assists (38 points) as a freshman
- Helped Shore Regional to 2019 playoffs as a freshman and sophomore
- Voted Top Lacrosse Freshman in NJ in 2018 and in Top Sophomores in 2019 by NJ.com
- 2019 US Lacrosse National Tournament New Jersey Team selection
- Played club lacrosse for T3 Elite Shore
- Dual-sport athlete who also starred on the field hockey team, earning NJ Group 1 First Team and First Team All-Conference honors
- Scored 34 career goals with 30 assists in field hockey, helping Shore Regional to three sectional championships and two state titles
- High Honor Roll every year of high school
- Earned Student of the Month Award in December 2020
Personal:
- Daughter of Gregg and Carly Malfa
- Has a brother, Tucker, and sister, Maddie
- Her father, Gregg, was a captain and leading scorer in men’s lacrosse at Kean University
- Her mother, Carly, started three seasons for the Rutgers field hockey team
- Majoring in Biology
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