2027 Lacrosse Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 14
Michelle Zhai
- Position:
- A
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Methacton
- Hometown:
- Collegeville, Pa.
- School:
- Columbia College
2025-26 (Junior Year)
Started all 15 games … Finished second on the team with 27 assists … Ranked third on the team with 48 points (21 goals, 27 assists), with her 27 assists ranking sixth in Columbia history for a single season … Helped the Lions rally from a 4–0 deficit with four goals to defeat Marist, 12–9 … Ranked among the top 50 nationally in NCAA Division I in assists per game … Ranked seventh in the Ivy League in assists per game … Earned Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week honors after a career-high performance with four goals and four assists against Sacred Heart, becoming the first Columbia women’s lacrosse player to earn an Ivy League weekly award since 2019 … Enters the 2027 season with 68 career assists, ranking fourth in program history and sitting nine points shy of the program’s all-time top 10.
2024-25 (Sophomore Year)
Contributed in all 15 games… Season high of five points with four assists at Marist… Third on the team in assists with 16… Fifth in total points with 21 (5 goals, 16 assists)… .900 shots on goal percentage out of 20 shots.
2023-24 (First-Year)
Finalist for Columbia Female Rookie of the Year…Started all 15 games she played in…Tallied an incredible 25 assists in her first season, which was first on the team and ranked fifth all-time in a single season in Columbia history…Totaled 18 goals, good for a team-high 43 points in her first season…Scored 3 goals against Lafyette (2/17), against Brown (3/23), and against Harvard (4/20)... Totaled 20 ground balls and 3 draw controls.
High School: Attended Methacton High School in Eagleville Pennsylvania… US Lacrosse All-Academic (2023)...PASLA Student-athlete of the Year (2023) …1st Team All-League (2023 , 2022)...Team Captain (2023)...Class Secretary…National Honor Society.
Personal: Enrolled at Columbia...Intends to major in Economics.
Started all 15 games … Finished second on the team with 27 assists … Ranked third on the team with 48 points (21 goals, 27 assists), with her 27 assists ranking sixth in Columbia history for a single season … Helped the Lions rally from a 4–0 deficit with four goals to defeat Marist, 12–9 … Ranked among the top 50 nationally in NCAA Division I in assists per game … Ranked seventh in the Ivy League in assists per game … Earned Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week honors after a career-high performance with four goals and four assists against Sacred Heart, becoming the first Columbia women’s lacrosse player to earn an Ivy League weekly award since 2019 … Enters the 2027 season with 68 career assists, ranking fourth in program history and sitting nine points shy of the program’s all-time top 10.
2024-25 (Sophomore Year)
Contributed in all 15 games… Season high of five points with four assists at Marist… Third on the team in assists with 16… Fifth in total points with 21 (5 goals, 16 assists)… .900 shots on goal percentage out of 20 shots.
2023-24 (First-Year)
Finalist for Columbia Female Rookie of the Year…Started all 15 games she played in…Tallied an incredible 25 assists in her first season, which was first on the team and ranked fifth all-time in a single season in Columbia history…Totaled 18 goals, good for a team-high 43 points in her first season…Scored 3 goals against Lafyette (2/17), against Brown (3/23), and against Harvard (4/20)... Totaled 20 ground balls and 3 draw controls.
High School: Attended Methacton High School in Eagleville Pennsylvania… US Lacrosse All-Academic (2023)...PASLA Student-athlete of the Year (2023) …1st Team All-League (2023 , 2022)...Team Captain (2023)...Class Secretary…National Honor Society.
Personal: Enrolled at Columbia...Intends to major in Economics.
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