Joey Boylston

Boylston Quick Hits: All-ASUN first-team in 2023 … 42 career games played with 41 starts … ranks second all-time at Utah in career caused turnovers (38).

2023: Started in all 17 games, contributing 54 ground balls, 24 caused turnovers and three assists.

• Had two-or-more caused turnovers in eight games.
• Earned ASUN Player of the Week for his performance against Mercer.
• Recorded a career-high nine ground balls along with two caused turnovers and an assist vs. Mercer.
• Notched a career-best three caused turnovers against Bellarmine, adding four ground balls.
• Had five ground balls and two caused turnovers in Utah’s win vs. Jacksonville.
• Also put up four ground balls and two caused turnovers against Lindenwood.
• Ended the season with back-to-back games with two caused turnovers against Air Force in the ASUN Championship and vs. Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament.

2022: Played in all 14 games, starting in 13 while recording 26 ground balls, seven caused turnovers and an assist.

• Career-high four ground balls and two caused turnovers vs. Robert Morris.
• Had three ground balls at Marquette and vs. Detroit Mercy, adding a caused turnover against Detroit Mercy.
• Three ground balls and a caused turnover against Robert Morris.
• Had an assist, a ground ball and a caused turnover at UMBC.
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.

2021: Started in all 11 games as a true freshman, recording 10 ground balls and seven caused turnovers.

• Notched a career-high two ground balls and one caused turnover against Denver, Bellarmine and Jacksonville.
• Had one groundball and one caused turnover in Utah’s wins over Westminster and Boston.
• Earned Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.

High School: A letterwinner in lacrosse and football at Oceanside Collegiate Academy … ranked No. 4 in the state of South Carolina according to MaxPreps in lacrosse … led the Landsharks to back-to-back South Carolina 4A State Championships (2018-19) in LAX … earned First-Team Lower State and first-team all-state his junior year … named UA Underclass All-American honors and played for the 2019 Under Armour Underclassman South Team … was also a standout player in football, earning First-Team Lower State honors his senior year.

Personal: Son of David and Colleen Boylston … has an older sister, Maddie, younger brother, Sam, and younger sister, Poppy … father was a quarterback at ETSU … sister Maddie plays volleyball at Virginia (So.) and cousin Cole plays lacrosse at Mercer (Fr.) … majoring in civil engineering.