Ricky Miezan

TIFFANY ON MIEZAN
2023 – “After a standout football career as a Stanford linebacker, Ricky could not be more excited to pick up a stick again and be back playing lacrosse.  What we are gaining here is a caring man with a big heart; a man who also happens to bring to the field a howitzer of a shot and blazing speed.  And unlike most of the roster, Ricky will actually be intentionally reducing his weight and max lifts somewhat as he shapes his body into a downhill dodging, and feeding, offensive midfielder.”

2023

• With one goal and one assist against No. 3 Maryland, registered a career-high two points
• Scored his first collegiate goal in UVA’s season opener against Michigan (Feb. 11)
• Officially signed with UVA in December 2022
• All-ACC Academic Team
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

AT STANFORD (2018-22)

• Two-year starting inside linebacker (2021-22)
• Appeared in career 29 games and posted 129 total tackles
• Team Captain (2022)
• Three-time Pack-12 Academic Honor Roll (2019-21)
• Athon Preseason All-Pac-12 fourth team (2022)
• Shrine Bowl Watch List (2022)
• Season-high five tackles with two tackles-for-loss at Washington (2022)
• Finished second on the team in total tackles (68) in 2021
• Made a career high nine tackles against Notre Dame (2021)
• Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year nominee (2021)
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Pac-12 fourth team (2021)
• Played in and started in 2020 season opener before an injury ended his season
• Made first career start and finished with a career-best four solo tackles, including one for loss, at No. 12 Oregon (2020)
• Played in the first two games before suffering a season-ending injury (2019)
• Made collegiate debut against Oregon State (2018)

HIGH SCHOOL

• Prepped at Episcopal (Va.) under head coach Panos Voulgaris
• First played football as a junior in high school
• 55 tackles and seven sacks as a senior
• 2017 Under Armour All-America
• 2017 all-state first team
• 2017 all-IAC first team
• 2017 all-MET honorable mention
• 2016 all-IAC second team
• Led football team to 2016 IAC title
• School-record 65-yard punt
• Also competed in soccer, lacrosse and track
• Nation’s third-rated lacrosse player as a senior
• Nation’s top-rated lacrosse player as a junior
• 2017 all-state first team in lacrosse
• Three-time All-IAC first team in lacrosse
• 2017 all-MET second team in lacrosse
• 2016 team MVP in lacrosse
• Two-time lacrosse team captain
• Led track team to third-place finish at 2016 state meet in 400m relay
• Led soccer team to 2015 IAC title

PERSONAL

• Full name is Frederic Robert Miezan
• Born in Washington, D.C.
• Son of William and Julie Miezan
• Father competed in the 1996 Olympic Games as a sprinter on the 4x100m relay team for Cote D’Ivoire
• Has one brother, Willy
• Brother played soccer at Longwood
• Father and brother were born and raised in Ivory Coast
• Grandfather coached Ivory Coast Olympic kayaking team
• Pursuing a master’s degree in Commerce