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Brad Ross '04

Brad Ross '04

 

Brad Ross - Class of 2004
Lacrosse

Inducted 2018

In his three years at Bullis, Brad Ross made a strong impact on Bullis athletics, becoming a three year letter winner in lacrosse and football. As a lacrosse player, Brad was a three year starter and a captain his senior year. He was a two-time All-County and All-State selection (2003 and 2004), and an All-American selection in 2004. In 2004, Brad was named 1st Team All-Met by The Washington Post, 1st team All-County by the Gazette, The Maryland State Team for Seniors, and was a C. Markland Kelly award finalist for the best player in the state of Maryland.

After graduating from Bullis in 2004, Brad played lacrosse at Duke University, where he was a two-year captain and three-year starter at midfield. Brad led the team to three consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) titles in 2007, 2008, and 2009. In his time at Duke, he had a pair of NCAA tournament championship berths in 2005 and 2007 totaling a NCAA-record 73 wins over five seasons. Brad graduated from Duke with over 100 career points, ranking him among the top midfield point-getters in Duke's program history. Off the field, he was just as successful, earning two USILA Scholar All-America nods while being named to the ACC All-Academic team in 2007 and 2008. Brad was a finalist for the NCAA Division I Lowe's Senior Class Award in 2008 and 2009.

In 2009, Brad was drafted by Major League Lacrosse (MLL) to the Toronto Nationals, where he helped lead the team to the MLL Championship. In 2011, he once again won the MLL championship as a member of the Boston Cannons and was named to the MLL All-Star roster. He concluded his playing career after four successful seasons.

While still playing professionally, Brad became an assistant coach at Brown University in 2009. In 2010, Brad was named associate head lacrosse coach for Bryant University where he led the Bulldogs to three Northeast Conference tournament titles and back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances, from 2010-2014. In 2014, Brad joined Ohio State University as the men's assistant lacrosse coach, as well as the the team's offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator. In 2016, Brad was elevated to the team's associate head coach.