Double problems: Harrison Keith '27 is equipped on the Lacross and soccer fields

Harrison Keith '27 plays lacrosse as long as he can remember. He started his second class career and continued to the high school, where he played as an offensive midfielder for Choate Rosemary Hall. At Choate he also started as security in the football team.

Despite his love for both sports, Keith knew that the pursuit of football in college would be the right decision – his recruitment status for football was better. So he committed himself to football to Dartmouth and spent a year a year before the Lacrosse field in his first year.

This absence did not last long.

“I spent the first year without lacrosse and missed it,” said Keith. “I knew I wanted to pick it up again.”

After the end of the football season, he decided to achieve the ambitious goal, to join a second university team and to contact the coaching team. He then joined the team this January.

Playing on Division 1 level and at the same time compensating for a strict workload of the Ivy League is a challenge that only a few can tackle. Keith, now a member of the soccer and lacrosse teams, is about to master not only a sport, but also two. His ability to switch between the disciplines has distinguished him and made Keith not only an important player in both teams, but also made a unique presence in Dartmouth Athletics, his coaches say.

Keith played a key role in the football team as a defensive last season and played as a starting safety of the Big Green. The team complete 8-2, with Keith, who published a total of 10 tackles in nine games. At the beginning of the spring season, adaptation to Lacrosse for Keith will prove to be no low performance – especially in view of the physical and mental requirements of both sports. Fortunately for Keith, his football game can lead to the Lacrosse field well, according to football head coach Sammy McCorkle.

“I see his ability to play security, its ability to quickly cover the ground and changed in Lacrosse about the defense,” said McCorkle.

Keith also knew that he could be a capital in the Lacrosse team. He explained that football has a “physicality that [he] can bring to Lacrosse. ”

Keith will also improve as a total athlete. McCorkle emphasized the potential advantages that Keith is facilitated from both sports and explained that playing Lacrosse during the offseason from Fußball Keith will help to work on its condition, speed work and physicality.

“He is one of the hardest working people they encounter,” said McCorkle. “Not only physically, but also as a student of the game.”

Keith's commitment to both sports, combined with his work outside the field, has not been unnoticed. McCorkle described him as a calm leader who is respected by his teammates for the intensity, which he not only plays for football, but also studies sport through film.

“When Harrison appeals, people listen and respect him,” said McCorkle. “And that is because he supports everything he says.”

Keith has already made a name for itself with his first lacrosse season, which only begins last month. The Lacrosse head coach of men, Sean Kirwan, spoke in detail about Keith's presence and explained that the team could not ask for a better addition to the changing room. “So far, Keith led Keith with a good example and has set a bar for the performance that not only improved his game, but also that of his teammates, said Kirwan.

Kirwan said Keith had to deal with rust because he had been gone from competitive Lacrosse for a year. While his teammates gave him a “grace”, Kirwan noticed that Keith wanted to have an immediate effect; He demands nothing less than excellence.

“Admission to the team was initially an adaptation, but pretty simple,” said Keith. “This is proof of the culture that Kirwan has built up.”

Members of the Lacrosse team have expressed enthusiasm for Keith, who joined the squad. According to Kirwan, Keith not only brings leadership qualities and unrivaled work morality, but also the winning mentality of the Big Green Football team, which has won consecutive championships in the last two seasons. This mentality is urgently needed because the Lacrosse team starts from a hard season of 3-10. According to Kirwan, however, this year's squad has high goals for a much greater performance in 2025.

The addition of Keith to the team is part of a greater effort to build the depth on the Lacrosse squad, said Kirwan. Keith's talent, combined with his proven ability to appear on a championship part, will be worthwhile this season, he added.

The team's goals for revision can already be felt with Keith on board. On February 15, he scored the gaming goal against Bucknell University, and according to Kirwan, his influence will only grow if he continues to integrate into the team. Keith makes this dynamic one of the most important Dartmouth players after which the Lacrosse season progresses.

“He represents what an Dartmouth student athlete is in his way of thinking, his work ethic, his passion for sport,” said McCorkle. “He is a great representative of the Dartmouth football team and Dartmouth.”