Manhattanville University Athletics

2015: Started in three of the ten appearances he made for Manhattanville in his senior season … scored a goal while recording two ground balls in the season opener against Vassar (2/25) … scored a career-high six points, with four goals and two assists in a 13-7 win over Alfred State (4/8) … had one goal and one ground ball in a loss to FDU-Florham (4/15) … finished the year with six goals and two assists for eight total points … finished his career with 24 goals, 12 assists and 148 ground balls, the most among active players … named to the MAC Spring Academic Honor Roll for the third straight year.
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2014: Appeared in all 16 games during his junior season … opened the season with a three-point (2 G, 1 A) display against SUNY Maritime (2/22) … scored goals in four consecutive games over a two-week period (3/8-3/19) … recorded a goal, an assist, and led the team in ground balls (10) in a loss to Becker (3/14) … scored two goals in the season-finale against Misericordia (4/26) … finished fourth on the team in goals (12) … led the Valiants in ground balls with 79 on the season … as one of the teams primary faceoff-takers, Polak went 88-for-170 in the faceoff circle and led the Valiants in faceoff-win percentage (.518) … named to the MAC Spring Academic Honor Roll. 
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2013: Saw action in all 16 games with Manhattanville during his sophomore season while starting in one contest … led the team in ground balls with 57 on the season … finished fourth on the team with six assists on the year … was also one of the team’s primary face-off takers going 52-for-146 (35.6%) at the face-off ‘X’ … picked up a season-high two assists in the first game of the season against Vassar (3/2) … notched another assist in the following game against Western Connecticut State (3/6) … scooped up seven ground balls against Farmingdale (3/20) … picked up a season-best two goals on the road against Clark (3/23) … registered another goal on a season-high five shots while tying his season-high seven ground balls against Merchant Marine (3/27) … scored goals in three consecutive games against Babson (4/5), Eastern (4/10) and Misericordia (4/13) … also went a perfect 6-for-6 on face-offs against Misericordia (4/13) … picked up two more assists and three ground balls in the season finale against DeSales (4/27) … named to the MAC Spring Academic Honor Roll. 
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2012:  Appeared in 11 games during his first season with Manhattanville … scooped up three ground balls in the season opener against Mount St. Vincent (2/25), while also causing one turnover defensively … registered one more ground ball on the season against Montclair State (3/17).
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High School: Graduated from Longmeadow High School in 2011 … played four seasons of varsity lacrosse with the Lancers … reached the Western Massachusetts Championship both his junior and senior seasons … also was a state finalist in 2010 … most recently played on the Springfield lacrosse club from 2009-10 … while at Longmeadow he also played three seasons of varsity golf and was part of the 2009 Western Massachusetts Championship team.

Personal: Born July 12, 1993 … son of Nancy and John Polak … has one sister, Grace … majoring in finance while minoring in history while at Manhattanville.