Aidan Maguire

February 15, 2026: The Duke Blue Devils Men’s Lacrosse team won 22-6 against the University of Vermont Catamounts.

Photo by: Nat LeDonne / Duke Athletics

November 19, 2025: The Duke Blue Devils Men’s Lacrosse Headshots

Position:
Short Stick Defensive Midfield
Height/Weight:
6-1 / 205
Class:
Senior
Experience:
3
Hometown:
Hingham, Mass.
High School:
St. Sebastian's

Honors: Raymond J. Enners National Most Outstanding Player of the Year (2026) … Lt. Donald MacLaughlin National Midfielder of the Year (2025) … Consensus All-America First Team (2025, 2026) … ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Year (2025) … All-ACC (2025, 2026) ... USILA All-America Second Team (2024) … Inside Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention (2024) … College Sports Communicators Academic All-America At-Large Third Team (2026) … USILA Scholar All-America (2026) … Duke Male Senior Student-Athlete of the Year (2026) … ACC Award of Excellence (2026) … All-ACC Academic Team (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).

Career: Played in 72 career games … Caused 68 turnovers to rank fifth in Duke career history and the most by a short-stick midfielder … Collected 161 ground balls … Added 19 goals and 16 assists for 35 points.

2026: Played in all 16 games as a short-stick midfielder … USILA Raymond J. Enners Award winner as nation’s Most Outstanding Player … Consensus All-America first team selection … All-ACC … Team Captain … Helped anchor Duke’s defense that ranked seventh nationally … Forced at least one turnover in 11 games … Contributed five goals and seven assists for 12 points … Registered four caused turnovers and two assists in win over Jacksonville (Feb. 21) … Named ACC Defensive Player of the Week and to USILA Team of the Week following his performance versus the Dolphins … Had a career night with two caused turnovers, five ground balls and two goals in NCAA first round win at Richmond (May 9) … Picked up at least three ground balls in nine games and had at least one in 15 outings … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District At-Large Third Team … All-ACC Academic Team … USILA Scholar All-America … ACC Academic Honor Roll … Duke Male Senior Student-Athlete of the Year.

2025: Played in all 18 games at defensive midfield … Lt. Donald MacLaughlin National Midfielder of the Year … Consensus All-America First Team … ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Year … All-ACC … Led one of the best rope units in the country … Ranked second on the team with 26 caused turnovers … Picked up 57 ground balls to lead non-faceoff specialists … Tied for fifth by a SSDM in NCAA single-season history … Tied for seventh in the Duke records book … Scored six goals and four assists … Registered at least one caused turnover in 13 games … Forced multiple turnovers eight times … Totaled a career-high four takeaways in win over Air Force … Also had four ground balls versus the Falcons … Notched a goal, two caused turnovers and four ground balls in season opener against Bellarmine (2/1) … Named ACC Defensive Player of the Week following performance versus the Knights … Tallied the double overtime game winner at Richmond (3/15) to earn his second conference weekly award … Also had a caused turnover and three ground balls against the Spiders … Credited with three caused turnovers, eight ground balls and two goals in win at Boston U (4/5) to capture third ACC Defensive Player of the Week and second USILA Team of the Week honors … Scored two goals and dished two assists for four points in win over Syracuse (4/19) … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2024: Saw action in all 19 games … The anchor to the defensive midfield unit and a leader on the faceoff wing … USILA All-America second team honors … Led all shortstick midfielders with 40 ground balls and 15 caused turnovers … Also scored three goals and dished four assists for seven points … Had at least on ground ball in 16 games … Picked up a season-high four versus Penn (3/1), Notre Dame (4/7) and Utah (5/11) … Registered at least one caused turnover in 12 contests … Forced two turnovers and picked up two ground balls in ACC Championship semifinal win over Syracuse (5/3) … Also forced two turnovers in win at High Point (2/10) … Scored a goal and an assist in win over Saint Joseph’s (2/17) … Added goals against Penn (3/1) and at North Carolina (4/27) … Picked up three ground balls and forced one turnover to hold Richmond (3/16) to just three goals … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2023: Played in all 19 games as a defensive midfielder … Picked up 24 ground balls and forced 10 turnovers … Scored five goals and an assist for six points … Registered at least one ground ball in 13 games, including the final 12 contests … Registered his first career goal in win over North Carolina (3/17) … Also had four ground balls and a caused turnover versus the Tar Heels … Registered three ground balls and one caused turnover in win at No. 1 Virginia (3/31) … Scored a goal in three consecutive games at Notre Dame (4/8), Virginia (4/15) and Syracuse (4/29) … Registered a goal and an assist along with three ground balls and a caused turnover in NCAA First Round win over Delaware (5/14) … Had two ground balls and two caused turnovers in win over Merrimack (5/7) … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Duke: A four-year letterwinner at St. Sebastian’s … Played club lacrosse for Laxachusetts Black … Tabbed as the No. 53 recruit in the Class of 2022 by Inside Lacrosse and 47th by the National Lacrosse Foundation … A BostonLax All-American as a junior and senior … All-League selection as a senior … Also played football … Led the league in receiving yards as a senior … All-ISL and All-New England in 2021.