Governor’s Academy coach Steve Moreland had some background with Ian Olenik, having coached him in the New England Twisters program since the sixth grade.
But even Moreland, who formerly coached at Phillips Academy Andover, was surprised with what he was seeing from his undersized freshman long-stick middie when Gov’s began its 2019 season.
“I’ve had freshmen make the team at Phillips Academy and Governor’s,” said Moreland, “but I can’t remember a ninth-grader with the confidence and poise of a veteran on day one like he did.
"He did not carry himself like a ninth-grader.”