Adam Slager

Position:
Face-Off
Height:
5-8
Weight:
165
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Stoughton, Wis.
High School:
Stoughton HS

Honors and Awards:

2025-
BIG EAST Specialist of the Week (March 17, April 28)

BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)

2025 Season (R-So.): Twice named BIG EAST Specialist of the Week (March 17 and April 28) ... Team's top faceoff specialist recorded a .545 winning percentage (116-of-213) and led the squad with 55 ground ball while playing all 14 games ... Scored first career goal in the 9-8 win over Air Force on March 22 while winning 7-of-12 draws ... Won 15-of-18 and picked up eight ground balls in the overtime win at Utah (March 15).

2024 Season (R-Fr.): Posted a .558 faceoff percentage (43-of-77) as a redshirt freshman with 22 ground balls and one assist ... Took at double-digit faceoffs in each of the first five games of the year ... Won 8-of-10 draws in his NCAA debut at Air Force (Feb. 3) and picked up four ground balls ... Won 7-of-12 faceoffs against Lindenwood (Feb. 9) with four ground balls an assist ... Claimed 9-of-12 against Detroit Mercy (Feb. 13) and 7-of-15 against eventual NCAA champion and No. 1 Notre Dame (Feb. 18) ... Posted a perfect 4.0 grade-point average in the spring semester.

2023 Season (RS): Did not make any appearances as a true freshman.

Prior to Marquette: Slager earned four letters playing lacrosse at Stoughton High School and served as a team captain as a junior under head coach Theo Lucas … As a senior was named first team all-conference, first team all-state, US Lacrosse All-America and was a Wisconsin all-star game selection ... Recorded 34 goals, 36 assists and 356 face wins while leading Stoughton to a state championship ... Named second team all-conference as a freshman while recording 18 goals, 25 assists and a .780 faceoff percentage … As a junior, was named first team all-conference faceoff specialist, honorable mention all-conference midfielder, first team all-state, and was a US Lacrosse All-American while recording 28 goals, 20 assists with a .906 faceoff percentage … Played club lacrosse for Sweetlax under head coach Kevin Martin.

Personal: Slager was born in Stoughton, Wisconsin and is the son of Craig and Sara Slager … Has an older sister, Allison … Finance major in MU's esteemed Accelerating Ingenuity in Markets (AIM) program.