Cornell University Athletics

PRONUNCIATION
2025 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
Appeared in eight games as a running back ... Rushed 23 times for 112 yards while catching one pass for seven yards ... Averaged 4.9 yards per carry and 14.9 all-purpose yards per game ... Most productive rushing performance came against Colgate (Oct. 4) with 11 carries for 67 yards and a long of 20 yards ... Posted six carries for 19 yards at Harvard (Oct. 10) ... Broke off a 21-yard rush against Bucknell (Oct. 18) as part of a one-carry, 21-yard, one-reception performance ... Added two carries for four yards combined against Yale (Sept. 27) and Brown (Oct. 25) ... Scored on a seven-yard reception against Bucknell.

2024 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Did not see varsity action

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Two-time All-County honoree ... two-time team MVP ... two-time captain ... named an Eddie Meath All-Star ... two-sport athlete with track and field ... state champion sprinter ... three-time Section V champion ... three-time county champion ... voted All-Greater Rochester ... two-time team MVP ... two-time team captain ... Churchville-chili 100m, 200m, and 55m record holder ... was class president ... a member of the National Honor Society, Nation Foreign Language Honor Society ... also played club soccer for Chili Soccer Association.

PERSONAL
Ricardo Lagares Jr. is the son of Ricardo and Latoya Lagares, and has one brother and one sister ... he is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.