The hero of St. Ignatius’ win over Georgetown Prep was senior attackman Kody Haan, who buried the game-winner with 8.3 seconds remaining to complete his hat trick. He followed that up with a four-goal, one-assist performance against Chaminade, capping off an impressive East Coast showing. Against Georgetown Prep, Haan surprised with two right-handed goals. On one, he dodged a short-stick matchup behind the cage, saw daylight when dared to his right, and converted with a dunk before the slide arrived. His second right-handed goal came on the game-winner—a slick sequence where he caught left-handed, switched to his right to avoid the traffic, stepped in, and ripped top shelf. His lone left-handed tally was a crafty stepdown on a skip pass, bouncing it through an approaching defender’s legs to screen the goalie and finish.

Haan’s four goals against Chaminade followed a similar blueprint. He seamlessly transitions from dodging to setting his feet, using defenders as natural screens, and varies his release points to keep goalies guessing. The Tufts commit proved that his scoring ability translates against elite competition. Expect him to make an early impact when he arrives in Medford.

Committing to Tufts on July 2, this crafty left-handed attackman had a stellar NHSLS campaign, most notably netting a hat trick against St. John’s. In what was likely a sign of things to come following the graduation of QB Stu Gates (Dartmouth), Haan had the ball in his stick a lot more than he did in the spring, though he didn’t necessarily need it to find success. Haan got up the hash, got back to the middle of the field, and scored a high-to-low offering off the catch. An exceptionally skilled and accurate shooter, he showed the propensity to feast on subpar approaches and slip through the cracks of ball-watching defenses.