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