East's Career Stats
2012:
Played and started in all 14 games, bringing his appearance streak to 37 games
through the 2012 season … finished as VMI’s third-leading point getter, scoring
17 goals with six assists for 23 points, one point behind Drew Leonard … took a
team third-best 63 shots as a midfielder … came on late in the season, scoring
twice in first six games, but logged at least one goal in the final eight games
of the season … had five multiple goal games in that span, including
back-to-back hat tricks against Manhattan (Apr. 7) and Mercer (Apr. 14) second-leading
scorer over final eight games of the season with 21 of his 23 points (15g, 6a) …
named to MAAC All-Academic team for second straight season … named a team
captain for 2012-13 following the season.
2011:
Goal and assist vs. Navy, team-high 5 shots (2/12) ... Had
a goal on five shots against Mercer (2/16) and a pair of ground balls ... Scores
a pair of goals against Army (2/19), including a man-up score ... Had assist on
Drew Leonard goal against UVA (2/28) ... Two shots and a ground ball against
the Cavaliers ... Assisted on a Chris
Rossie goal in the second quarter against PC (3/12) to go along with four shots
and a ground ball ... Returning starter who adds physicality as a d-mid ... Solid
all-around game vs. Navy, 1 goal, 2 shots, 1 gb, 1 caused turnover (2/12) ... Scored
VMI’s first goal against Bellarmine (3/16) on an assist from Keith Long ... Assisted
on a Lowell Patterson score against Bellarmine (3/16) ... Added helper on a
Mickey Hofmeister man-up goal against Detroit with 14:21 remaining in the
contest ... Had four shots on goal
against Mount St. Mary’s (3/22) ... Scored
twice against Marist (4/2), as the first score came with 1:23 left in second
quarter and second score was with 3:05 remaining in the third frame of action
... Collected a ground ball against
Siena (4/30).
2010: Earned significant time as a reserve midfielder ... Saw action in 12 games as a true freshman ... Had 13 groundballs ... Caused five turnovers on the year, including two versus Siena in MAAC action.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Heritage ... Holds school record for goals by a midfielder (136) ... Notched between 43 and 47 goals each of his final three high school seasons, with a high of 47 in 2007 ... Adidas Underclassman Lacrosse All-American (2008) ... Played at the Adidas National All-American Lacrosse Classic in July of that year ... Played at the U.S. Lacrosse National Senior Showcase ... First Team All-Dulles District in 2007 and 2009 ... First Team Washington Post All-Extra, 2007 ... Unanimous selection at First Team All-Region, 2009 ... Three-year member of the National Honor Society ... Received four different science awards at the Loudoun County Regional Science and Engineering Fair ... Named Heritage's Male Athlete of the Year for 2009 ... Also lettered three years in football, and was Second Team All-District on two occasions.
Personal: Full name is Russell Harrison East ... son of Jennifer and Andy East … has a sister, Rachel … majoring in business and economics ... serves as the S-5 Captain on the Regimental Staff at VMI.
