University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Accolades

• Selected as one of the team’s 2020-21 trio of captains

• Saw action in eight games in his final campaign
• Recorded a season-high three ground balls at Towson on March 5

2021:

• Battled injuries, which cut down on his playing time throughout the season
• Scored an early goal in the Retrievers’ 10-8 triumph over Vermont on April 3
• Contributed a trio of two-ground ball efforts in the second half of the season

2020: 

• Reprised his role as one of the squad’s top short-stick defensive midfielders
• Competed in all five games and amassed 14 ground balls, including 12 in the final three contests
• Corralled a career-high five ground balls in the victory over Towson and combined for four more and two caused turnovers in the finale against High Point
• One of two lacrosse team representatives on UMBC’s Student-Athletic Advisory Council.

2019:

• Played in all 16 games as a short-stick defensive midfielder
• Caused two miscues in his third collegiate game versus Mount St. Mary’s
• Scored his first collegiate goal on March 9 at High Point
• Produced a pair of clutch efforts in America East Tournament
• Scored an early fast-break goal in the upset of host Stony Brook
• Despite getting banged up in that game, came up with a season-high four ground balls and caused a turnover in the title game victory over Vermont
• Tied for seventh on the squad with six caused miscues and tied for eighth with 18 ground balls.

Background: Earned First Team All-Conference honors in 2018, elevating from a Second Team selection in 2017… Part of a 2016 Stags’ squad –coached by UMBC alum Scott Morrison  - that reached a championship game for the first time in eight years… A 2017-18 honor roll student… Interested in a career in the business arena… Lists favorite professional team as the NFL’s Green Bay Packers and favorite movie as The Sandlot… Regards himself as an outstanding dancer and comedian… Sister, Morgan, competes in lacrosse at the University of Cincinnati… Son of Lashawn and Keith Dukes, Sr… Keith, Sr., competed in baseball and football at Widener University.