Thomas McConvey

Thomas McConveyFrom Mimico to the First Overall Pick — Built to Score at Every Level

Position: Forward
Shoots: Left
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
MSL Team: Brampton Excelsiors
NLL Team: Rochester Knighthawks

A Scorer at Every Stop

There are players who find ways to score goals.
Then there are players for whom scoring seems to follow them everywhere they go.

Thomas McConvey has been that player.
From his junior days with the Mimico Mountaineers to a record-setting career at the University of Vermont, a remarkable final NCAA season at Virginia, the first overall selection in the National Lacrosse League Draft and eventually Major Series Lacrosse, McConvey has consistently demonstrated an ability to find the back of the net.

At 6-foot-4 and 210 pounds, he possesses the size of a power forward.

But watch him closely and you quickly realize there's much more to his game.

He can shoot from the outside. He can get to the middle. He can finish around the crease. And as his professional career has developed, he's become increasingly dangerous as a distributor.
For opposing defenses, that creates a difficult question.

Take away the shot?

Or take away the pass?

With Thomas McConvey, sometimes neither answer works.

Early Years

Growing up in Toronto, McConvey attended St. Michael's College School, where he developed into one of Ontario's elite young field lacrosse players.

He helped St. Michael's capture four Ontario provincial championships while accumulating an extraordinary 207 points over his junior and senior seasons.

A two-year captain, McConvey was named the team's Most Valuable Player in 2018 while also earning recognition on the school's honour roll.
Lacrosse talent also ran in the family. His younger brother Jonathan followed him to the University of Vermont.

But before Thomas made his name south of the border, Canadian box lacrosse had already provided the foundation.

Mimico Mountaineers

McConvey spent three seasons of Junior A lacrosse with the Mimico Mountaineers from 2017 through 2019.

The progression was impressive.

By 2019, McConvey had developed into the most dominant offensive player in Ontario Junior A.
He scored 48 goals and finished with 105 points, leading the league in both categories and earning OJALL Most Valuable Player honours.

Over his three junior seasons, McConvey accumulated 188 points in 60 games.

By then, his combination of size, shooting ability and offensive instincts was impossible to overlook.

But his next chapter would show that McConvey's game wasn't limited to the box.

University of Vermont

McConvey arrived at the University of Vermont in 2019 and immediately made an impact.

As a freshman, he scored 23 goals and added nine assists, earning America East All-Rookie and Second Team All-Conference honours.

Then he just kept getting better.

During the 2021 season, McConvey led Vermont with 37 goals and 53 points while earning All-American recognition.

And then came 2022.

It was the season that transformed an outstanding college career into a historic one.
McConvey scored a Vermont single-season record 60 goals, adding 14 assists while starting all 19 games.

He was named:

America East Offensive Player of the Year
ECAC Offensive Player of the Year
America East Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Inside Lacrosse Third Team All-American

He helped Vermont capture the America East championship and reach the NCAA Tournament.
By the time his Vermont career was complete, McConvey had recorded 172 points and had produced at least one point in every game he played for the Catamounts.

There was still one NCAA chapter remaining.
And it might have been the most impressive one.

One Year at Virginia

With an additional year of eligibility available, McConvey transferred to the University of Virginia for the 2023 season.

He was joining one of college lacrosse's premier programs, surrounded by elite talent and competing every week against some of the best players in the country.

McConvey didn't disappear into that lineup.
He became one of its stars.

Playing midfield for the Cavaliers, McConvey earned USILA First Team All-American honours.

More importantly, he received the Lt. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Award, presented annually to the outstanding midfielder in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse.

After four years building his reputation at Vermont, McConvey had gone to one of the biggest stages in college lacrosse and proved he belonged among the very best players in the country.

National Lacrosse League

The Rochester Knighthawks made their belief in McConvey perfectly clear.

They selected him first overall in the 2022 NLL Entry Draft.

McConvey completed his NCAA career before joining Rochester for the 2023-24 season.
His transition to professional box lacrosse was immediate.

As a rookie, he scored 28 goals and added 24 assists for 52 points in 17 games, finishing third among NLL rookies in goals and points and earning a spot on the 2024 NLL All-Rookie Team.
His first professional season also produced a glimpse of just how dangerous he could become when everything clicked.

Against Panther City, McConvey scored six goals and added an assist—his first professional sock trick.

And he's continued to grow.

Through his first three NLL seasons, McConvey has already climbed into Rochester's franchise leaders with:

91 goals
110 assists
201 points

His development as a passer has been particularly noteworthy.

The player who built his reputation as an elite goal scorer is becoming an increasingly complete offensive weapon.

Major Series Lacrosse

McConvey brings that same combination of size, shooting and creativity to the Brampton Excelsiors.

And during the 2026 season, we've seen exactly how dangerous he can be.

Against Cobourg in July, McConvey scored four times and helped Brampton turn what had been a difficult night into a late challenge for the Kodiaks.

In another meeting with Cobourg, McConvey again delivered in the biggest moments, scoring twice in the third period—including the goal that gave Brampton the lead and another that provided some much-needed breathing room.

Brampton has been building around a young group of players learning how to compete together at the senior level.

McConvey gives them something every offense needs.

A player who wants the ball when the game matters.

More Than a Goal Scorer

The easiest way to describe Thomas McConvey is as a scorer.

The statistics certainly support it.

But that description is becoming incomplete.

His NLL career has demonstrated increasing growth as a playmaker. His size allows him to absorb contact and protect the ball, while his field lacrosse background gives him an understanding of spacing that translates extremely well to the box game.

That combination makes him increasingly difficult to defend.

Give him room and he'll shoot.

Pressure him and he can move the ball.

Overplay either option and he's strong enough to attack the middle.

That's the evolution of an offensive player.
And McConvey is still only entering the prime years of his career.

By the Numbers

Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
Position: Forward
Shoots: Left
High School: St. Michael's College School
Junior: Mimico Mountaineers
NCAA: University of Vermont / University of Virginia
Junior Career: 188 points in 60 games
2019: OJALL Most Valuable Player
2022: America East Offensive Player of the Year
2022: Vermont single-season record — 60 goals
2023: USILA First Team All-American
2023: Lt. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Award — NCAA's Outstanding Midfielder
NLL Draft: 1st Overall, 2022 — Rochester Knighthawks
NLL Team: Rochester Knighthawks
MSL Team: Brampton Excelsiors
NLL: 201 points through first three seasons
2024: NLL All-Rookie Team

Gary Groob's Take

Thomas McConvey is one of those players where the first thing you notice is the shot.
It's hard not to.

He's a big lefty who can absolutely hammer the ball from the outside, and if you give him enough time to get his hands free, there's a pretty good chance you're going to be reaching into the back of the net.

But the more I've watched Thomas, the more I've come to appreciate everything else he brings.

I've seen nights with Brampton where he's scoring goals, setting up Mike Triolo or one of the other forwards, fighting his way into the middle and simply refusing to disappear when things aren't going the Excelsiors' way.
That's important to me.

It's easy to look good when everything is going well.

I pay attention to the players who keep competing when it isn't.

And Thomas does.

His career path tells you something about him as well.

He went to Vermont and became one of the greatest offensive players that program has ever had.

Then he could have stopped there.
Instead, he went to Virginia.

New school. New teammates. New system. Bigger spotlight.

And he became the best midfielder in NCAA lacrosse.

Then Rochester made him the first player selected in the NLL Draft.

Every step has brought greater expectations.
And every time, Thomas McConvey has answered them.

What excites me is that I don't believe he's finished evolving.

The goal scorer is becoming a playmaker. The young first-overall pick is becoming an established professional. And with Brampton, he's becoming one of the players that organization can build around.

We've already seen what Thomas McConvey can do.

I have a feeling the most interesting part is discovering what he does next.

That's why he belongs among the Stars of MSL.

— Gary Groob