ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The 2026 season was a breakout campaign for Landon Brimmer.

After appearing in five games in 2025, Brimmer, a sophomore from Shaftsbury, Vt., made his first start in goal for the Roberts Wesleyan University men's lacrosse team against Southern New Hampshire on March 7.

Brimmer, who didn't earn his first win until 18 days later against Lake Erie College, began to develop a close bond with defenders Liam Linden, Brady Kustra and Connor Pearce during that time that helped the Redhawks win five of their last six regular-season games and earn a berth in the East Coast Conference championship playoffs.

Brimmer led the ECC in save percentage (58.4%) while stopping 122 shots and compiling a 9.43 goals-against average. He made a season-high 22 saves at Molloy on March 14 and stopped 20 shots against the eventual ECC champions in the conference semifinals on April 29.  

The Shaftsbury, Vt., native also excels in the classroom where he has a 3.80 grade-point average as a Sports Management/Marketing major. Brimmer, who hopes to work as a coach or in the front office for a professional sports franchise, has been selected the Roberts Wesleyan University Male Scholar-Athlete of the Month for April.

Brimmer took a few moments to share his thoughts on being a student-athlete at Roberts. do have been lightly edited for length and clarity.

Every goalie has a story as to how they got started playing the position, what is yours?
"I was in third grade, and I was mostly a midfielder. I had been playing lacrosse for like three years at that point and we were playing this team that's 15 minutes from us, and they, they had like eight guys, so we were sharing players with them, and their coach was like, 'Oh, do you want to hop in the net?'  I was like, 'Sure, because I had played soccer goalie my whole life up until that point anyways,' and then I made a couple saves and let in like one or two goals and then my coach from my club was like, 'Do you want to hop in the net?' and I'm like, 'Sure, I might as well,' because the guy that we had in net that year ended up switching to pole because he wasn't enjoying getting hit by a ball, so I was like, 'You know what, why not?'

How do you approach being a goalie?
"It's simple: see the ball, save the ball. It's something I heard a couple of years ago from one of the best goalies in the country, and I used to have it on my gloves. I used to write, 'see the ball, save the ball' on a piece of tape on my gloves just to remind me. … I think that just having stuff on my gloves that speaks to me personally helps me."

Have you always worn zero on your jersey?
"I wore 15 from third grade all the way up to high school, and when I got here Connor Pearce had 15. I just saw zero and I was like, you know what, I kind of felt a little like underappreciated in high school from colleges and it was a tough ride to try and get offers. I was trying to get recruited all throughout, and then it was like, I'm getting into fall of my senior year and I still had zero offers before I got the offer here. I had zero offers from everybody else up until that point, but this is the place I wanted to go. So it's like, let's rock zero."

Are you going to keep zero next year or are you going to switch to 15?
"I'm going to keep zero. I want to set a legacy with that number. I love Pearce and I can't take that number away from him. I'm hoping that a freshman is able to come in and take 15, and then we can help teach him who Pearce was and how important that number has been to the program."

Now that you've been at Roberts a couple of years, how would you describe your experience so far?
"It's been good. I really like how tight-knit the community is, and how small it is. My high school was only 900 students, so it wasn't like I was going from 900 to 25,000, it's about the same. I was able to focus on my academics. I think that having the weekends and being able to study and and spend it with the guys is very fun and, because of how small it is you get to meet new people all the time. Luckily this year I was able to get a job with Isaac (Marrero) doing late night food, so I was able to meet a bunch of people. Now it's like if I see somebody around campus, I can say hi, and I basically like have met everybody on campus. Knowing how tight-knit of a community it is, and how you can get one job and then all of a sudden you know almost everybody on campus, it just makes it so much better."

Have you had a favorite course that you've taken so far?
"I would say it was Principles of Management with Dr. Joel Hoomans. I did love Hoomans. He's an amazing teacher and he makes it a fun class, it's a hard but fun class. If you put in the effort, you're going get a good grade. You are also able to collaborate with people that you don't know, especially since I took that my first semester on campus, I was able to meet new people and the way that it was set up, I was able to make a couple friends that hopefully I'll have throughout my life."

How about away from sports and studying, do you have any hobbies that you really like?
"I love going to church. I love going to Mass and spending time reading theological books, and just praying the rosary. I enjoy spending time with my friends as well."

What does being a Redhawk mean to you?
"Family, easily family."