The 2022 Senior Perspectives is the 17th in a series of annual collections. Senior captains and representatives of teams at Harvard have been invited to contribute viewpoints based on personal experience from both their senior seasons and full varsity careers at Harvard.

Austin Madronic
Hometown: Victoria, British Columbia
Concentration: Economics
House Affiliation: Winthrop

Thinking back on my four years as a member of the Harvard men's lacrosse team I feel a lot of different emotions, but the one that shines through the most is pride. I am proud to have been a part of this team and Harvard lacrosse. I am proud to have had the opportunity to share a locker room with my teammates, both past and current, who have become family to me. I am proud of the effort that our team put in every time we stepped on the field, in the winning times and the losing. I feel proud to be a part of the rebuild, to be a part of a group who suffered heartbreaking losses of our season, of our time together, of close games, to be a part of a team who was considered an underdog in the majority of our games and held belief in ourselves to perform at the highest levels.
 
Although Covid has taken away nearly two full years of competition from my experience at Harvard, I still feel blessed to have the relationships that I have made during my four years. We have grown together as a team, and I have made true lifelong friends and memories that will last forever.
 
I am grateful for the relationships and experiences that I have made here, and none of this would be possible without the help that I have gotten in order to get here. I am grateful for my family. My mom and dad have made so many sacrifices and have been the best mentors in my life and without them, none of this would be possible. They have believed in me when I didn't believe in myself and have pushed me and supported me through all the good times.
 
As much as I wish there was more time and Covid hadn't taken so much of it away, the relationships that I built here and that time I was able to spend with my teammates is priceless to me and something that I will cherish forever. Even though my time here at Harvard is coming to an end, I am lucky to be a part of the Harvard lacrosse family and couldn't be more excited for what the future holds for this family.