Truitt Sunderland

TIFFANY ON SUNDERLAND
2023 – “Truitt has already made a splash with his collegiate career, demonstrating an offensive acumen and intuitiveness for finding openings in a defense both as an off-ball player looking for a feed, and as the feeder himself. Truitt lit up the scoreboard during our Alumni scrimmage, and his teammates recognize the tremendous value he brings to our program both as a scorer and rider. Truitt is smoothly navigating the sensitive decision-making of when to be the aggressor on offense versus recognizing when a linemate has a better opportunity.”

2023

• Appeared in 16 games, including his first career start at North Carolina (April 7)
• Scored nine goals, dished out eight assists and collected 14 ground balls as an attackman
• Registered one goal in UVA’s NCAA Tournament first round win over Richmond (May 13)
• Recorded three games with three points: Harvard (Feb. 18), Ohio State (Feb. 25) and Lafayette (April 25)
• In his collegiate debut against Michigan (Feb. 11), recorded two ground balls and one shot on-goal
• Ranked the No. 2 overall incoming freshman in the nation, according to Inside Lacrosse
• All-ACC Academic Team
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

HIGH SCHOOL

• No. 4 prospect in the nation, according to Inside Lacrosse
• Led the team in goals (47) and assists (45) in 2022
• C Markland Kelly Award nominee (2022)
• Under Armour and Nike All-American (2022)
• All-MIAA First Team selection (2022)
• All-Metro First Team selection (2022)
• Team MVP & captain (2022)
• Tallied 35 goals and 22 assists his freshman season (2019)
• Helped Calvert Hall win its third consecutive MIAA A championship and National Prep championship (2019)
• Sophomore season (2020) was cancelled due to COVID-19
• Missed junior season with a broken foot (2021)
• Played club for Kooper’s Lacrosse Club (2015-21)

PERSONAL

• Son of Athan and Kate Sunderland
• Has two sisters, Emma and Lucy
• Father, Athan, played lacrosse and soccer at Randolph Macon (1992-95)
• Major is undeclared and is currently studying in UVA’s College of Arts and Sciences

WHY UVA?

• “I chose UVA because as a kid I grew up watching the games and I knew one day I wanted to play at Klöckner stadium. When the recruiting process came around, there was no call I was more excited about than the calls with UVA. I could get a sense of the strong culture and I could immediately tell it was something I wanted to be a part of.”