2019: Played midfield for the No. 2 ranked team that reached the national championship game.
2018: Injured in second game and missed entire season.
2017: Career-high 3 goals and 4 points at St. Johns... Finished season with 11 goals and 3 assists... Scooped up 13 ground balls... Had at least one goal in four straight games.
2016: Played in all 16 games… 7-0-7… Best game was against Princeton scoring 2-0-2.
Off the Field: Associated with Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership, a New York City school-based non-profit organization that provides academic intervention, leadership training, and lacrosse to at-risk youth… Member of the Bergen Catholic S.H.I.E.L.D. club… Helped organize several holiday gift drives for The Abraham House in NYC…Works for Top Shott Lacrosse, the Greenwich Warriors and gives individual lacrosse instruction.
Before Yale: Four-year letter winner at Bergen Catholic High School (Oradell, N.J.)… Recognized as an All-American by US Lacrosse… Selected as New Jersey Player of the Year by NJ.com and MSG Varsity… Named First Team All-Metro, First Team All-State, First Team All-County, and First Team All-Gibbs… Awarded the Joe Nazzaro Trophy as the top midfielder in the state… Voted the Gibbs and County Player of the Year… Led the program to its first-ever state championship and an appearance in the TOC Finals… Amassed 147 points and over 300 ground balls in his career… National Honors Society… Maintained Highest Honors all four years… Graduated in the top ten percent of his class… Received an NJSIAA Scholar-Athlete Award.
Personal: Brendan Thomas Mackie is the son of Karen and John Mackie…Brother, Conor, ’18 also plays lacrosse for the Bulldogs… Twin sister, Kate, will be attending Fordham… Uncle and grandfather played football for Yale… Brothers faced-off against each other for the 2014 State Championship… Interested in a career in finance or law.
