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2024 Men's Lacrosse

Jim Alvarez

9 Andrew O'Berry

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 190
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown McLean, Va.
  • High School Gonzaga College HS
  • Position M
  • House Winthrop

Biography

Career Highs

Goals: 2 at Yale (4/30/2022)
Assists: 2 at Virginia (2/18/2023)
Points: 2, 2x; Last at Virginia (2/18/2023)
Ground Balls: 6 at Yale (3/16/2024)
Caused Turnovers: 1, 11x, last vs. Brown (4/27/2024)

2024 (Senior)

First-Team All-Ivy League … 2024 Harvard men’s lacrosse team captain … USA Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-America … Preseason NEILA First-Team All-New England … Appeared in all 13 games for the Crimson … Was the team’s primary short-stick defensive midfielder and factored in to every situation for the Crimson … Contributed to a Harvard defense that ranked sixth nationally in opponent clear percentage (.802), 12th in caused turnovers per game (9.54) and 18th in clear percentage (.885)… Grabbed 40 ground balls, caused six turnovers and added four points during the season … Opened the season with a four-ground ball and one assist game in the win over Providence (Feb. 17) … Helped the Crimson shut out the Friars for nearly 25 minutes in the contest, the largest stretch of the season … Dished an assist, grabbed two ground balls and caused a turnover in the win over Bryant (Feb. 20) … Grabbed a ground ball while factoring in on the defensive end of the field against Bucknell (Feb. 24) … Contributed to the shutdown of Bucknell down the stretch to help the team complete a seven-goal comeback, the largest for the program in 26 years … Scooped up three ground balls in the win over Merrimack (Feb. 27) … Added two ground balls in the win over Vermont (Mar. 2) … Grabbed four ground balls and caused a turnover in the Crimson’s upset win over No. 13 Michigan (Mar. 10) … Helped the team improve to 6-0 for the first time since 1990 with the victory … Grabbed a career-best six ground balls in the narrow loss to No. 10 Yale (Mar. 16) … Notched three ground balls and caused one turnover in the tilt with No. 17 Princeton (Mar. 23) … Scooped up four ground balls and caused a turnover in the Crimson’s upset bid against No. 2 Virginia (Mar. 30) … Helped the Harvard defense shut down one of the best attack units in the nation in an eventual close loss … Scored his first goal of the season just 15 seconds in the game while grabbing four ground balls and causing one turnover against Dartmouth (Apr. 6) … Grabbed two ground balls and caused a turnover against No. 14 Penn (Apr. 13) … Scooped up three ground balls in the Crimson’s matchup with No. 9 Cornell (Apr. 20) … Finished the season with a two ground ball and one caused turnover game against Brown (Apr. 27).

2023 (Junior)

Appeared in 11 games as a sophomore ... Notched four points with a goal and three assists in the campaign ... Added 15 groundballs and two caused turnovers to the Crimson defensive effort ... Contributed to the Crimson ride that ranked third in the nation, holding opponents to a .789 clearing percentage ... Also contributed to a defensive unit that caused the fourth most turnovers in the nation at a 10.5 per game clip ... Assisted on a career-high two goals while picking up two ground balls in the season opener at No. 1 Virginia (Feb. 18) ... Saw action against Bucknell (Feb. 25) ... Grabbed two groundballs and caused a turnover in the win over Vermont (Mar. 3) ... Scored a goal, caused a turnover and grabbed a groundball against Michigan (Mar. 11) ... Saw action against Dartmouth (Mar. 25) ... Grabbed two groundballs in the win over Colgate (Apr. 1) ... Contributed heavily to the relentless Crimson defensive effort in the team's 10-8 upset win over No. 4 Cornell (Apr. 8) ... Grabbed two groundballs in the contests against Penn (Apr. 15) and Princeton (Apr. 22) ... Appeared in the season finale against Yale (Apr. 29). 

2022 (Sophomore)

Tallied one goal and one groundball at Rutgers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (May 15) … Recorded two goals and one caused turnover at No. 9 Yale (April 30) … Picked up one assist and one groundball against No. 3 Princeton (April 23) … Posted three groundballs at No. 11 Penn (April 16) … Registered one groundball and one caused turnover at No. 6 Cornell (April 9) … Posted one goal and one groundball against Colgate (April 2) … Recorded one goal and two groundballs against Dartmouth (March 26) … Saw action against No. 13 Boston University (March 22) … Picked up one groundball and one caused turnover against No. 13 Brown (March 19) … Tallied one groundball at No. 13 Michigan (March 12) … Registered two groundballs at Fairfield (March 5) … Posted one groundball against No. 8 Ohio State (Feb. 26) … Recorded one goal and two groundballs against NJIT (Feb. 19).

2021 (First-Year)

Did not compete due to season cancelation by the Ivy League ... Secured a spot on the Inside Lacrosse Power 100 Incoming Freshmen Rankings at No. 96.

Before Harvard

Three-year letterwinner and starter at Gonzaga … Captain senior year … 2019 All-Met Honorable Mention … Named to the 2019 WCAC All-Conference First Team … 2018 WCAC All-Conference Honorable Mention … Played for the Next Level Lacrosse Club … Three-year member and Vice President of National Honor Society senior year … Eight-time First Honors recipient … Clinic counselor with Prince George Pride Lacrosse … Volunteer and mentor at the Washington Jesuit Academy … Member of Best Buddies International.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021First-Year

    0 lbs
  • 9

    2022First-Year

    M
    6'2" 190 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2023Sophomore

    M
    6'2" 190 lbs
    9
  • 9
    C

    2024Junior

    M
    6'2" 190 lbs
    9
    C