Aidan Murnane Season 2025-26

#81
PositionDefense
Weight195 lbs
Height6-1
ClassGraduate Student
HometownBriarcliff Manor, N.Y.
High SchoolBriarcliff

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TIFFANY ON MURNANE
2026 –
"grabs life by the horns and bullies it … now fully recovered due in large part to moving to Charlottesville early this summer … we are seeing signs of a superior defender."

AT COLGATE (2022-25)

2025

  • Suffered season-ending injury in season opener at No. 14 Penn State (Feb. 1)

2024

  • Started in 14 of his 15 total appearances at close defense
  • Second Team All-Patriot League
  • Tallied 20 caused turnovers and 38 ground balls, both career highs
  • Finished second on the team and tied for ninth in the Patriot League in caused turnovers and ranked fourth on the squad in ground balls
  • Tied his career high of six ground balls and logged three CTs against Boston in the Patriot League quarterfinals (April 30)
  • Collected three caused turnovers and three GBs in victory at No. 5 Army (April 6)
  • Recorded a season-high four caused turnovers at Navy (March 30)
  • Scored his first career goal in Raiders' win at Bucknell (March 16)
  • Tallied five ground balls and caused two turnovers in win at UAlbany (Feb. 17)
  • Logged three caused turnovers in Colgate's victory at No. 4 Penn State (Feb. 2)

2023

  • Started in all 11 games he appeared in
  • Led the team with 19 caused turnovers and logged six games with multiple CTs
  • His 1.73 caused-turnovers-per-game average was fifth among all Patriot League players
  • His 32 ground balls were third most on the team
  • Caused two turnovers and had four ground balls in win over Holy Cross (April 28)
  • Recorded a career-best seven caused turnovers and six ground balls at Lehigh (April 15)
  • Registered four ground balls and a caused turnover against Army (April 8)
  • Caused a pair of turnovers and scooped up three ground balls in the Raiders’ win over Navy (March 11)
  • Logged two caused turnovers and picked up four ground balls in season opener at Air Force (Feb. 18)

2022

  • Started in all 13 games games he appeared in
  • Led the team in caused turnovers with 17, more than double the next closest player
  • Registered at least one caused turnover in 12 games
  • Finished tied for third on the team with 22 ground balls
  • Registered multiple ground balls in seven games
  • Logged a career-best four ground balls and four caused turnovers against Navy
  • Recorded three ground balls and a caused turnover against No. 6 Cornell

HIGH SCHOOL

  • A 2021 graduate of Briarcliff High School
  • High Shool All-American
  • As a senior (2021), recorded 58 ground ball recoveries, 10 goals and two assists
  • Two-time sectional champion (2019 and 2021) in lacrosse
  • Also helped Briar Cliff to a regional championship (2019)
  • Honored as the 2019 Lohud Section I Player of the Year
  • Presented with the Ed Hoffman Award as the school's top athlete
  • Competed for the Primetime club program
  • Multi-sport athlete who was a three-year team captain in basketball and two-year team captain in lacrosse
  • Two-time all-section in basketball
  • National Honor Society member
  • Volunteered with the Red Cross and Briarcliff 6th Man

    PERSONAL
  • Born Aidan John Murnane in Briarcliff, N.Y.
  • Son of Denis and Anne Murnane
  • Has two brothers, Conor and James, and one sister, Meghan