Tajae McLean-Byrd
2022: Enters season holding program record for most ground balls in a career (179), a season (78) in 2019, and in a game (19 at Post 4/13/21). Also holds program record for most faceoffs won in a career (337), a season (135) in 2019, and in a game (23 at Post 4/13/21)... All-CACC Team… played in and started all 14 games… totaled 7 goals and 1 assist… had seven games with 10+ ground balls and led the team with 134… went 222-342 in faceoffs (64.9%)... recorded his 200th career ground ball during first game of the season on 2/20 vs Alderson Broaddus, and is the first Golden Falcon to reach the 300 ground ball mark when he picked up 11 on 4/20 vs Caldwell… surpassed 400 career faceoff wins when he won 13 on 3/11 vs Roberts Wesleyan… broke his own single-game faceoff win record when he won 25 on 4/1 vs Chestnut Hill, and also broke the single-season faceoff win record during that contest… CACC Weekly Honor Roll 2/28… CACC Defensive Player of the Week 3/7… USILA Team of the Week 4/5
2021: Honorable-Mention USILA All-North Region... Second-Team All-CACC... started all eight games… had one goal… led the team with 68 ground balls… went 122-177 in faceoffs… USILA Team of the Week 3x... CACC Defensive Player of the Week 3x
2020: Started all six games… had one assist… led the team with 43 ground balls…went 80-150 in faceoffs… CACC Defensive Player of the Week 3/9
2019: Started 11 of 13 games… had one goal… had four games with 10+ ground balls and led the team with 78… went 135-246 in faceoffs… CACC Defensive Player of the Week 3/25
Prior to Felician: Graduated from Mount St. Michael Academy in Bronx, N.Y.
Personal: Only child of Jewel McLean… biochemistry major with a 3.25 GPA… born 9/15/00 in Bronx, N.Y.
