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Ethan Bramoff playing for St. Anthony's freshman team this past spring.
Ethan Bramoff represented Long Island in the Nike National All Star Games this summer.
Ethan Bramoff is one of the top-ranked long stick middies in the country in his age group.
Moving from a school where you know everybody walking down the halls to a school with about 2,500 students may not be an easy task. But it’s one that Ethan Bramoff and his family were willing to take on. After all, he was following his lacrosse dreams, moving from Sag Harbor to Holbrook in 2020 so that he could attend Long Island Lutheran in Brookville, Nassau County, where he could make a name for himself.
He’s done that and then some.
Not long after transferring to LuHi, Bramoff helped the school win its first-ever state championship. The somewhat small school size made the championship even more special for Bramoff and his teammates.
“Our lacrosse team was the closest I’ve ever been with a team,” he said “That was awesome.”
But LuHi was a mere stepping stone.
A year later, Bramoff transferred to St. Anthony’s High School in Huntington where, this past spring, he played on the school’s freshman team, which went undefeated en route to winning the league championship, winning almost every game by double digits. The school’s varsity team is considered one of the best in the country, ranked as high as the No. 2 team in the nation, and had upward of 20 Division I commits on it. Bramoff said that the competition within the program is so strong that there were players who were committed to some of the top collegiate programs in the country who didn’t get much playing time.
Bramoff is following in the footsteps of three five-star athletes at his position, long stick middie, a midfield position that only plays defense. A five-star athlete is someone who is ranked in the top-25 of their age group. Bramoff has loved the competition within the program, which he feels is only making him better.
“To have one five-star at your school is a big deal, let alone three in the same position,” Bramoff said. “Every day, you have to compete for your spot so every day you are playing your hardest, getting better, where at other schools, most of your starters know who they are before every game.”
Bramoff’s travel team, the Long Island Express 2026, the year he is expected to graduate from high school, is just as competitive. It’s been the No. 1 team in the country for its age group the past three years. That team is so dominant it’s outscored its opponents, 473-145, this summer alone.
Bramoff’s accomplishments seemed to pile up this summer. In addition to playing on successful teams, Bramoff also represented Long Island in the Nike National All Star Games, where he led his team to a championship victory over Philadelphia, leading to an additional spot on the All-Star team for the showcase.
Bramoff also takes great pride in the work he puts in off the field.
Most days over the summer, Bramoff starts his day with an hour-and-a-half long workout at his gym, Xceleration in Deer Park. Most days, Bramoff will then work out for a second time, either getting another lift in or going to the field and working on his lacrosse skills. During the school year, Bramoff will work out right after school at Xceleration.
“Whenever I have free time throughout the day, I use it to try to improve myself,” he said. “Whether it’s a second lift for the day, or it’s foot work or it’s stick work, I’m always trying to stay working.”
While there is a rule against college coaches recruiting lacrosse players until their junior year, Bramoff certainly has dreams of playing at some of the top lacrosse programs in the country. Some of those programs include Harvard, the University of North Carolina, Duke and University of Virginia.
“I would love to go to a school that will be able to compete for a national championship and give me a great education,” Bramoff said. “All of those schools excel in both academics and lacrosse.”
While making the move out of his hometown of Sag Harbor was a difficult one at first, Bramoff, entering his sophomore year this fall, says it was the right move at the end of the day.
“Moving to Holbrook really did help me a lot in getting the exposure,” he said. “First of all, it put me at the best school in the country for lacrosse, and made the club team I was on a lot more accessible, rather than driving the [hour and 40 minutes] both ways for practice like I was doing.”
