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2020 Men's Lacrosse Roster

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7 Paul Rasimowicz

  • Position Faceoff
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Somerset, N.J.
  • Highschool Trinity Pawling School

Biography

• USILA Scholar All-America Team (2020)
• Honorable Mention All-Ivy (2018)

As a senior (2020)

• Played in all five games as a senior during the Big Red’s shortened season due to COVID-19.
• Served as one of the team’s two primary face-off specialists.
• Finished the season 39-of-83 from the X for a percentage of 0.470.
• Was critical in helping Cornell win the face-off battle against UAlbany, Towson, and High Point.
• Recorded a season-high face-off percentage of 0.705 (12-of-17) against UAlbany, helping the Big Red to a season-opening victory over the Great Danes.
• Captured a season-high 12 face-off victories against UAlbany and High Point.
• Led the team in ground balls (19) for the third time in four years, ranking sixth in the Ivy League in ground balls per game (3.80).
• Picked up a season-high eight ground balls against UAlbany on Feb. 15.
• Scored his first collegiate goal against Towson on Feb. 21.
• Finished the season with one goal and two assists for three points (all career-highs).

As a junior (2019)

• Played in 13 games as a junior as the team’s primary face-off specialist.
• Won 102-of-243 face-offs on the year (.419).
• Posted a positive winning percentage vs. St. Bonaventure (6-of-6), Dartmouth (5-of-8), Brown (9-of-19) and Princeton (19-of-29).
• Ranked second on the team with 52 ground balls.
• Picked up a season-high 14 ground balls vs. Princeton.

As a sophomore (2018)

• Named honorable mention All-Ivy following the season.
• Posted a .623 face-off win percentage against Ivy competition, good for second in the conference.
• Won 145-of-280 restarts (.518) on the season overall.
• Won the face-off battle nine times, including all six Ivy opponents he faced.
• Posted a season-high 21 face-off wins at Penn.
• Had a season-high .750 winning percentage (18-of-24) vs. Air Force.
• Led the Big Red with 70 ground balls.
• Picked up double-digit ground balls against Harvard (12) and Dartmouth (11).

As a freshman (2017)

• Was thrust into a starting role immediately and served as the team’s primary face-off man throughout the season. 
• Despite facing five of the top 15 face-off men in the nation during the 2017 campaign, managed to win .447 percent of his face offs.
• Won the face-off battle four times, all of which came vs. Ivy opponents (Penn, Dartmouth, Harvard and Princeton).
• Had a critical performance vs. Harvard, where he won 7-of-8 of his face-offs in the final stanza, including a stretch of six in a row in which Harvard was held out of its offensive end for over 10 minutes, as the Big Red pulled away for the victory.
• Led the team with 49 ground balls, including a season-high 13 vs. Princeton.
• Posted three caused turnovers.
• Handed out two assists vs. Dartmouth.

Prior to Cornell

• Earned four varsity letters in lacrosse, playing for Immaculata High School before one season at Trinity Pawling School.
• Helped Trinity Pawling to a first place finish in the Founders League.
• Was named first-team All-New England, and was also given the Bill LaBelle Award as the team’s MVP.
• Served Immaculata as team captain.
• Was named first-team USA Today, first-team all-state, and team MVP.
• Helped Immaculata to the 2014 NJ State Championship.
• Was named a Brine All-American and took first place at the National Face Off Championship that same season.
• Lettered three times in football.

Personal

• Paul Flynn Rasimowicz is the son of Daniel Rasimowicz and Patricia Flynn and he has two brothers.
• Enrolled in the School of Hotel Administration.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2017Freshman

    Midfield
    6'0" 180 lbs
    13
  • 7

    2018Sophomore

    Faceoff
    6'0" 200 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2019Junior

    Faceoff
    6'0" 200 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2020Senior

    Faceoff
    6'0" 200 lbs
    7