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2023 Men's Lacrosse

6 Hayden Cheek

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wellesley, Mass.
  • High School Noble and Greenough
  • Position A
  • Concentration Undeclared

Biography

Career Highs

Goals: 4, 2x; Last vs. Vermont (3/3/23)
Assists: 1, 12x, last vs. Yale (4/29/23)
Points: 4, 2x; Last vs. Vermont (3/3/23)
Ground Balls: 3, 6x; Last vs. Yale (4/29/23)
Caused Turnovers: 2, 2x; Last vs. Bucknell (2/25/23)
Point Streak: 25 Games (2/19/22 - 4/29/22)* 
*Recorded at least one point in every game of his junior and senior seasons (2022-2023) 

2023 (Senior)

Saw action in all 12 games making 12 starts for the Crimson ... Finished tied for second on the team with 24 points ... Notched 18 goals and six assists on the year ... Contributed to the third-ranked Harvard ride that held opponents to a .789 clearing percentage in 2023 ... Caused six turnovers and grabbed 23 groundballs to aid the defensive effort ... Started and scored two goals while also grabbing three groundballs in the season opener at No. 1 Virginia (Feb. 18) ... Made the start at attack and score two goals, picked up three gorundballs and caused two turnovers against Bucknell (Feb. 25) ... Led the Crimson offense with four goals in the dominant victory over Vermont (Mar. 3) also adding three groundballs in the win ... Notched two points with a goal and an assist against Michigan (Mar. 11) ... Had an all-around solid effort against Brown, scoring two goals, picking up three groundballs and causing a turnover in Harvard's thrilling 16-15 OT win over the Bears (Mar. 18) ... Scored a goal and grabbed two groundballs against Boston U. (Mar. 21) ... Scored two goals and added an assist while grabbing two groundballs against Dartmouth (Mar. 25) ... Scored a goal and threw an assist in the win over Colgate (Apr. 1) ... Increased his goal scoring streak to 20 consecutive games with a tally against Cornell in Harvard's upset win over the Big Red (Apr. 8) ... Broke his goal scoring streak, but improved his point streak by adding an assist against Penn (Apr. 15) ... Added another assist in the contest against Princeton (Apr. 22) ... Turned in a three-point performance on senior day against Yale (Apr. 29) scoring two goals and throwing an assist ... Ended his career on a 25-game point streak dating back to the start of the 2022 season. 

2022 (Junior)

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

2020 (Sophomore)

Did not see action.

2019 (First-year)

Saw action in four games ... Tallied one assist for one point vs. Cornell (April 6) ... Had four ground balls on the season ... Scooped up two ground balls in home games vs. Cornell (April 6) and vs. Yale (April 27).

Before Harvard

Five-year letterwinner …Two-year team captain…Career Independent School League and Noble and Greenough record holder for points (320) … Independent School League Champion (2018)…Two-time ISL honorable mention …Two-time ISL first team …2018 ISL Player of the Year (2018)...2018 Boston Lax All-American…Boston Globe All-Scholastics…Boston Herald All-Scholastics…Graduated with Distinction…Recipient of Shield Award for All-Around Skill and Leadership in Sport …His mother, Charlotte Joslin ’90, played lacrosse, hockey and field hockey at Harvard… Brother, Morgan ’18, played lacrosse at Harvard … Brother, Watson ’20, plays lacrosse at Harvard

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2019First-Year

    A
    6'1" 180 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2020Sophomore

    A
    6'1" 180 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2022Junior

    A
    6'1" 180 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2023Senior

    A
    6'1" 180 lbs
    6