Cornell University Athletics

2023 l FIFTH-YEAR SEASON
Tewaaraton Award Nominee… first pick in the 2023 PLL Draft by Atlas Lacrosse Club … USILA William C. Schmeisser Defensive Player of the Year … named USILA first-team All-American … named Inside Lacrosse First-Team All-American for the second time after unanimous selection … named USA Lacrosse Magazine first-team All-American for the second year in a row … awarded ECAC Defensive Player of the Year … unanimous selection to All-Ivy first-team  … named USILA Scholar All-American … four-time USILA Team of the Week honoree … caused multiple turnovers on seven occasions, including four in the NCAA Tournament game against Michigan (5/14/23) … tied his career-high eight groundballs in a matchup at Yale (3/18/23) … started in all 15 of the Big Reds games.

2022 l SENIOR SEASON
First-team Inside Lacrosse All-American on defense ... unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection ... started all 16 games for the Big Red in 2022 ... second on the team in ground balls recovered (75) and first in caused turnovers (34) ... scooped six ground balls and caused a pair of turnovers in the win at Penn State ... caused a pair of turnovers and collected three ground balls in the win over No. 11 Yale ... fielded six ground balls and caused a turnover at No. 7 Penn ... caused four turnovers and fielded five ground balls in the win at Dartmouth ... caused a pair of turnovers while scooping two ground balls against No. 12 Army ... fielded six ground balls and caused a turnover against No. 14 Brown ... caused a season-high five turnovers while scooping a season-high eight ground balls in the win at No. 5 Princeton ... had four caused turnovers and won five ground balls against No. 5 Yale in the semifinals of the Ivy League Tournament ... forced three turnovers and won five ground balls in the NCAA Tournament first round win over Ohio State.

2021 l JUNIOR SEASON
Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 l SOPHOMORE SEASON
Named an Inside Lacrosse/Maverik Media Honorable Mention All-American ... started all five contests on the Big Red defense in a shortened sophomore campaign due to COVID-19 ... collected nine ground balls and forced four turnovers, a mark which ranked fourth on the team ... won a career-high four ground balls and forced a career-best two caused turnovers against High Point on Feb. 23 ... collected two ground balls in Cornell’s thrilling victory over then-No. 2 Penn State ... picked up at least one ground ball in every game of the season.

2019 l FRESHMAN SEASON
Saw action in seven games as a rookie, including four Ivy League contests ... finished the season with two ground balls, registering one apiece vs. Penn State and St. Bonaventure.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Earned four varsity letters in lacrosse at Hewlett HS ... led all defenseman in Long Island for caused turnovers and ground balls in 2018 ... four-time all-conference ... three-time all-county ... Defenseman of the Year finalist ... two-time team captain ... lettered once in football and in winter track, earning all-conference honors in both sports.

PERSONAL
Gavin Ellis Adler is the son of Cary and Karen Adler and he has one brother and one sister ... enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.