Boston University

AWARDS
• Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American (2024)
• First Team All-Patriot League (2022)
• Second Team All-Patriot League (2024)
• Second Team All-New England (2022, 2024)
• All-ECAC Team (2022)
• Patriot League Rookie of the Week (4/8/19)
• Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2021, 2020)

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT IN 2024
Started all 17 games ... Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American ... Second Team All-Patriot League and All-New England ... Matched career high with 21 goals and set new career highs in assists (19) and points (40) ... Scored three goals, including overtime winner, in 11-10 victory at then-No. 11 Army West Point to send Terriers to Patriot League title game ... Scored career-high five goals in 14-10 win over Saint Joseph's on Feb. 6 ... Notched one goal and collected career-high four assists against then-No. 8 Yale on April 9 ... Scored a goal in each of his final seven games and finished season on eight-game point streak.

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT IN 2023
Started all six games in which he appeared ... Recorded season-high three points on two goals and one assist in a 14-11 win over Lehigh on April 22 ... Tallied two goals in a 12-11 victory at No. 9 Army West Point that clinched the regular-season title ... Scored a goal in a 14-8 win over Colgate on March 4, his first home game since April 5, 2022 ... Found the back of the net in a 16-9 triumph over Loyola Maryland on April 15.

AS A SENIOR IN 2022
First Team All-Patriot League ... Second Team All-New England ... All-ECAC honoree ... Started all 11 games he appeared in before suffering a season-ending injury ... Scored career-high 21 goals and matched his career high with eight assists for a career-best 29 points ... Recorded a goal in each of his first nine games, including eight multi-goal efforts ... Matched his career best with four goals in a 13-8 win over No. 19 Bryant on Feb. 19 ...Twice tallied a career-high five points, scoring two goals and a career-best three assists in wins against both Colgate (March 5) and Lafayette (March 26) ... Recorded a hat trick in a 12-7 win over Bucknell (March 12) and again in a 16-10 win at Holy Cross (March 19) ... Scored two goals and one assist for three points in a 12-10 win over Merrimack in the season opener on Feb. 12 ... Also had two goals and one assist in a 17-9 win over Navy on April 2.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2021
Started both games in which he appeared before suffering a season-ending injury ... Scored his lone goal of the year in the Terriers' season-opening 15-12 win at Merrimack on Feb. 20 ... Recovered a ground ball against Army West Point on March 6.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2020
Started all six games ... Finished season on a four-game point streak ... Collected a career-high seven points by matching his career high of four goals and tallying a career-best three assists in 17-11 win at Bellarmine on Feb. 22 ... Tallied two goals and one assist in 13-12 comeback win at Colgate on Feb. 29 ... Found the back of the net in 13-5 win at UMass Lowell on Feb. 15 ... Recorded an assist at Bryant on Feb. 18 ... Caused two turnovers and added a ground ball against No. 12 Ohio State on Feb. 8. 

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2019
Started all 17 games ... Named Patriot League Rookie of the Week on April 8 after he tallied career-high four goals as part of career-high six-point day in 15-13 comeback win at Army West Point ... Three of his four goals, including the game-winner, came in the fourth quarter of the Army win ... Tallied career-best two assists four different times, including each of the last two regular-season contests ... Recorded two ground balls in collegiate debut, an 8-7 victory at Providence (Feb. 3).

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Played three years of varsity lacrosse at Our Lady of Good Counsel ... Led his squad in points during each of the last two seasons en route to a pair of WCAC All-Conference selections ... Earned All-Met honors from the Washington Post in 2018 ... Started on the varsity team as a sophomore and was one of the leading point scorers ... Also played varsity soccer.

PERSONAL
Son of Margaret and Dean Cates ...Has one sibling, Griffin ... Enrolled in the College of Communication, majoring in advertising.