West Point Warrior: Ethan Linsay

SEATTLE- O’Dea star senior lacrosse player Ethan Linsay follows in his father’s, Ernie Linsay, footsteps in becoming a student-athlete at a military academy. Though, instead of his father’s alma mater The Naval Academy, Ethan has chosen to attend the Naval Academies' rival, Army West Point.

The highly recruited attackman was given plenty of opportunity to pursue his athletics and academics at another university. Though, decided that The West Point Academy felt most like home.

Linsay stated, “I’ve been playing lacrosse my whole life and grew up with a dad who played at the Naval Academy. So throughout my life, it was destined for me to end up at a military academy. Especially throughout high school and summer ball being around the Army coaches and when I visited, I just knew. Great people, great campus, great program.”

Linsay has been highly viewed amongst his peers whether that be on his travel team the West Coast Stars, or his O’Dea team as well as outside of lacrosse being a leader in his community inside and outside of school.

“I've always been a leader on my club teams and O’Dea lacrosse teams and learning that I wanted to be a leader when I’m older, there is no better place for that than West Point,” states Linsay

This leadership has not gone unnoticed by anyone involved with Linsay’s development.

Junior attackman and O’Dea teammate, Dylan Pignotti stated, Ethan does a great job keeping the boys on focus and on track to reach our goals as a team. He is a great leader in that he is respectful of everyone and their level of play. He treats the best players on the team with the same level of respect that he treats some of the lower-level players on the team.”

Although his father, Ernie Johnson, was a part of the Naval Academy, Ethan said his father was “ecstatic” and “very proud of him”.

Linsay posts a cumulative GPA of 4.5 and plans on majoring in civil engineering at West point, as well as pursuing a career as an engineer after his 5-year service academy commitment comes to completion.