Leeds named RPI Men’s Lax assistant

TROY, N.Y. >> The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men’s lacrosse program has added Aaron Leeds as an assistant coach, it has been announced by Associate Vice President & Director of Athletics Dr. Lee McElroy. Leeds joins the staff of first-year head coach Scott Hackett-Dalgleish.

A native of Owings Mills, Md., Leeds comes to the Engineers from Ferrum College in Virginia, where he was an assistant coach and defensive coordinator in 2017. In his one season with the Panthers, he helped them finish fourth in Division III in mandown defense (85%) and seventh in clearing percentage (89%).

Leeds was a four-year varsity performer at Salisbury University prior to entering coaching. As a defenseman, he helped the Gulls to three NCAA Championship games, including back-to- back national titles in 2016 and 2017. The team, which played in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Playoffs in 2014, won two Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) Championships and finished with an 83-9 record in his tenure.

Individually, Leeds played in 61 games, including 44 as a

starter. He registered career highs for assists (3), points (3), ground balls (63) and caused turnovers (40) as a senior when he was named All- CAC First Team and a United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Associ-

ation (USILA) All-America. He was All-League Second Team as a junior when he had a goal and an assist with 61 ground balls and 38 caused turnovers in 24 contests. He also earned the team’s Unsung Hero award.

Leeds graduated from Salisbury with a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science. He is also a graduate of The Boys’ Latin

School of Maryland, where he played soccer, hockey and lacrosse, helping each team to conference championships or championship games. He was presented the Hayley Milbourn Integrity Award, which honors a Baltimore-area high school athlete who demonstrates extraordinary character, by The Baltimore Sun during his senior year.