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Cortland Red Dragons

SUNY Cortland Athletics

2024 Men's Soccer Roster

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16 Alex Lessman

  • Position Defense
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 190
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Plainview
  • High School Plainview-Old Bethpage
  • Major Physical Education

Biography

2024: Alex was a third team United Soccer Coaches All-American and first team all-region selection...Named the SUNYAC Defensive Player of the Year and a first team All-SUNYAC honoree...Selected to the SUNYAC All-Tournament team after playing all 290 minutes for Cortland during the conference tournament...Played in and started 23 games for Cortland, helping the Red Dragons keep eight clean sheets in games that he appeared in...Scored six points on two goals and two assists...Scored the second Cortland goal in a 3-0 shutout victory at Morrisville...Netted the game-tying goal in a 1-1 road tie at Buffalo State...Provided an assist on Cortland's third goal in a 3-1 road victory over Oswego...Chipped in an assist in an 8-0 victory at home against Canton...Was selected as the SUNYAC Defensive Athlete of the Week on Oct. 21. 

2023: Alex earned second team all-region and first team All-SUNYAC honors...Named to the Div. III Men's Soccer Academic All-District team by College Sports Communicators for the second straight year...Started in all 22 games...Scored five points on two goals and one assist...Scored the team's first goal in the second minute in a 2-1 home victory versus Catholic University...Scored the first Cortland goal in the eighth minute in a 6-1 home victory versus SUNY Potsdam...Registered an assist on the third goal in the 80th minute of a 3-0 home victory versus Oneonta.

2022: Alex earned Div. III Men's Soccer Academic All-District honors by College Sports Communicators...Played in 21 games with 20 starts...Scored eight points on three goals and two assists...Tallied Cortland's second goal in the 62nd minute in a 3-0 win at Buffalo St...Scored the team's first goal in the 21st minute in a victory at Ithaca...Recorded Cortland's second goal in the 59th minute in a 3-3 home tie versus Plattsburgh...Assisted on the game-winning goal in the 70th minute in a 2-1 home victory versus New Paltz...Assisted on Cortland's first goal in the 16th minute in a 5-2 win at Widener.

2021: Saw action in a 6-1 home win versus Nazareth in the first round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs.

2020: Member of the program but the season was canceled.

High School: A 2020 graduate of Plainview-Old Bethpage...Member of the high honor roll, the National Honor Society and the Business Honor Society...Four-year member of the soccer team, three as a starter...Two-time team captain...Earned all-county honors and a Newsday Top-100 Player in Long Island as a senior...Honorable mention all-county selection as a sophomore and junior...Played one year of basketball.

Other: Red Letter Award winner in 2022-23 and 2024-25 for men's soccer, and winner of the Carl "Chugger" Davis Award in 2024-25, presented to a senior male athlete for strong leadership skills and athletic achievement, at the C-Club Athletic Awards Ceremony...Received the Alpha Delta Scholarship, member of the President's List and SAAC representative at Cortland...Levittown Gunners team won two state titles.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    6'1" 185 lbs
  • 16

    2021Sophomore

    Defense
    6'1" 195 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2022Junior

    Defense
    6'1" 195 lbs
    16
  • 16
    C

    2023Senior

    Defense
    6'2" 190 lbs
    16
    C
  • 16
    C

    2024Graduate Student

    Defense
    6'2" 190 lbs
    16
    C