Towson University Athletics

2025 USILA and USA Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention
2025 First Team All-CAA midfielder
2022 CAA All-Rookie Team

2025: All-America Honorable Mention midfielder by USILA and USA Lacrosse, also earning First Team All-CAA... team captain... started all 17 games in the first midfield, earning 40 points off 20 goals and 20 assists, adding 13 ground balls... 11 multi-point games on the season... three points in each of the first three games of the season... hat trick with an assist in road win at UMBC (2/28)... had four assists, including game-tying assist and game-winning assist in overtime, in home win vs. Stony Brook (3/22)... scored goals on all four shots, adding an assist for five-point day in home overtime win vs. Loyola (4/8)... two goals and two assists in CAA title game victory vs. Drexel (5/3)... member of the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll with High Honors.

2024: Started all 17 games on the first midfield line, leading all Towson midfielders in assists with 22, adding 23 goals for 45 points... earned at least one point in all 17 games, having multiple points in 14 games, including final 11 contests... CAA Offensive Player of the Week with three goals and three assists, adding two ground balls, in CAA home win vs. Hofstra (4/6)... earned five points on three goals and two assists in CAA title game victory vs. #19 Delaware (5/4), following with two goals and an assist in NCAA Tournament contest at 4-seed Syracuse (5/12)... member of the Fall 2023 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll.

2023: Played in eight games, including starting five games on the attack line, before missing rest of the year due to injury... tallied up eight goals, three assists and 16 ground balls... started the year with a hat trick in victory at Mount St. Mary's (2/11)... earned two goals and six ground balls vs. #5 Loyola (3/1)... later shifted to the midfield line, having two assists and two ground balls in a home victory vs. Fairfield (3/25)... member of the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll.

2022: CAA All-Rookie Team … appeared in 15 games as a redshirt freshman, primarily in the midfield … finished with 14 points on nine goals and four assists … scored the first goal of his college career against No. 16 Johns Hopkins (Feb. 11) on the man-up … added a career-best two assists at Saint Joseph’s (March 11) … had three multi-point games, including a two-goal effort against UMass (May 5) in the CAA Tournament Semifinals … put 16 of his 19 shots on goal, a .842 shots on goal percentage … finished the season on a six-game point streak … grabbed four ground balls and caused one turnover … served just one 30 second penalty.

2021: Played and started in two games before suffering an upper body injury … made his career debut at No. 5 Virginia (2/6) … logged his first career point, an assist, against Saint Joseph’s (2/13) in an overtime win.

High School: Played attack at Sunset High School for head coach Justin Blackmore … helped lead the Apollos to three league titles … earned All-State honors twice and All-League honors three times … served as a captain for three years … twice named team Offensive MVP … earned honor roll plaudits three times and was once named Student of the Month … played club for Legends West for head coach Scott Hochstadt.

Personal: Full name is Calder Stark Gallagher … prefers to go by Chop … son of Tim and Gretchen Gallagher … has two siblings, Tillman and Olive … Tillman plays men’s lacrosse at Michigan … uncle Jonathan played professional tennis while another Uncle, Ted, played football at Washington … aspires to be a firefighter and lacrosse coach … volunteers for HEADstrong Foundation and The Q Center … hobbies include golf, swimming and movies … coaches lacrosse in the summer … favorite athlete is Bo Jackson … favorite meal is orange chicken chow mein … favorite memory is playing one season in high school with his brother and reaching the state title game … nickname, Chop, comes from being born 10.5 pounds; family called him chonchito, Spanish for baby pork chop, that was shortened to Chop … majoring in business at the University.