Trevor Baptiste

Trevor Baptiste
Born (1996-07-03) July 3, 1996
Newark, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight220 pounds (100 kg)
Shootsleft
PositionFaceoff specialist (field), Transition (box)
NCAA teamDenver (2018)
NLL team
Former teams
San Diego Seals
Philadelphia Wings (2018-2023)
MLL draft1st overall, 2018
Boston Cannons
PLL teamNew York Atlas
Pro career2018–
Websitehttp://trevorbaptiste.co/
Career highlights

PLL:

MLL:

  • 1x All-Star (2018)

NCAA:

  • NCAA Record, Face-off wins by a freshman in a DI season (2015)
  • First Team All-American (2015-18)
  • Big East Midfielder of the Year (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
  • First Team All-Big East (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
  • Inside Lacrosse Freshman of the Year (2015)
  • NCAA Championship (2015)
  • NCAA All-Tournament Team (2015)
  • NCAA Record, career faceoff winning percentage (.714)

NLL:

  • NLL All-Rookie Team (2019)
Medal record
Representing  United States
Men's lacrosse
World Lacrosse Championship
2018 Netanya
2023 San Diego
World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
2019 Langley

Trevor Baptiste (born July 3, 1996) is an American professional lacrosse player who plays as a face-off specialist for the New York Atlas of the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) and the San Diego Seals of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). He attended the University of Denver, where he set the NCAA Division I season record for face-off wins by a freshman. During the 2015 regular season, Baptiste led all of college lacrosse in face-off win percentage (72%). He also set the Pioneers' school record for face-off wins during a season. He was selected first overall in the 2018 MLL Draft, by the Boston Cannons. Baptiste has won the PLL Faceoff Athlete of the Year Award five times (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).

He is widely regarded as one of the greatest face-off specialists of all time, and the most dominant face-off specialist of his era.