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Skylar Wahlund

Goalie

Player profile

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 210
  • Hometown Powell, Ohio
  • Last School Olentangy Liberty
  • Year Senior

Ohio State Overview
• Has played in 21 career games in goal and made 171 saves
• Has a .491 career save percentage
• Is an OSU Scholar-Athlete majoring in accounting

Honors & Awards
2022: Big Ten All-Tournament Team

2022 (Senior Season)
• Started the final nine games of the season and had a .532 save percentage and 12.33 goals-against average in that span
• Made 126 total saves in those nine games for an average of 14.00 per contest
• Had 21 saves in a Big Ten Tournament game vs. Rutgers, the most ever in a conference tournament contest
• Made 11 or more saves in eight of Ohio State’s final nine games
• Finished with season totals of 134 saves, a 12.17 goals-against average and .525 save percentage
• Was fifth in the conference in saves per game and sixth in save percentage

2021 (Junior Season)
• Started each of the first three games in goal and made 25 saves
• Had 11 saves and a .579 save percentage in the season-opener at Johns Hopkins

2020 (Sophomore Season)
• Played in two games – vs. Detroit Mercy and at Boston University
• Made three save sin 21:09 against the Titans

2019 (Freshman Season)
• Played in three games, earning a start against Boston University (2/9).
• Against the Terriers, made eight saves and picked up his first career win.
• Also saw action against Marquette (3/2) and Hofstra (3/9).

At Olentangy Liberty
• Named Ohio’s Goalie of the Year and a U.S. Lacrosse All-American.
• Played for head coach Jason Godwin.
• First team All-Ohio, All-Region and All-Conference.
• Set Olentangy Liberty’s single-season record for saves (219).
• Named the Patriots’ Defensive MVP in 2018, finishing with a .680 save percentage and 5.2 goals-against average.
• Led Olentangy Liberty to the Division I state quarterfinals as a senior and the semifinals as a junior.
• Athlete of the Year nominee.
• Second team All-Ohio as a junior and first team All-Region.
• Helped Olentangy Liberty reach the Division I state semifinals.
• In the regional finals, made 18 saves in a 13-6 win over Liberty to earn US Lacrosse Magazine Midwest Player of the Week honors.

Personal
• Is the son of Garnet and Kim Wahlund.
• A management and industry exploring major.