Bio

2024: Key contributor as part of the Scots’ balanced offensive attack … Started 17 games … Fourth on the team with 30 goals and fifth in points with 33 … Netted a team-best six man-up goals …  Added 17 groundballs and two caused turnovers … Had best showing against St. Vincent (Feb. 24) with three goals, two assists, and four groundballs … Recorded hat tricks on four separate occasions, including back-to-back games vs. DePauw (March 23) and at Wittenberg (March 30) … Scored at least one goal in all but two games, including 10 multi-goal efforts … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll … Member of the fall and spring semester AD Honor Roll.

2023: Added depth to the attacking unit as a key reserve … Appeared in 16 games … Scored 11 goals, including seven that were player-up … Added 12 groundballs and six assists … Had a four-point performance versus Brockport (March 4), thanks to three goals and an assist … Netted two goals and an assist in loss to Wittenberg (April 22) … Grabbed at least two groundballs in four separate games … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll for the second time. 

2022: One of the team's top offensive players … Started all 16 games … Ranked third on the team again with 19 goals … Finished year third on team with 27 points, thanks to eight assists … Added 14 groundballs and a caused turnover … Scored three goals against Western Connecticut State (March 16) in 14-10 win … Had a stretch of four-straight two-goal games in April, including back-to-back three-point days against DePauw (April 3) and NCAC champion Denison (April 9) … Scooped up four groundballs against Ohio Wesleyan (April 12) … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll.

2021: Impact player, who was a starter from day one … Third on the team with 19 goals … Added nine groundballs and four assists … Had five points on four goals and an assist at Hiram (March 31) … Capped year with three goals versus Allegheny (May 1) … Totaled seven multi-goal games … Logged a pair of games with three groundballs.

Prior to Wooster: KLA All-Star and logged over 100 career points while attending Bryan Station High School.

Personal: Parents are Steve Byars ’86 and Lisa Blackadar ’87 … Mother was inducted into Wooster’s W Association Hall of Fame in 2005 … Mother played field hockey and lacrosse, earning first-team NFHCA All-America, four first-team all-region, and four all-conference honors between the two sports … Global and international studies major and Spanish minor … Involved with the Goodwill Industries service program on campus … APEX Fellow.