Philadelphia Waterdogs teammates, Ryan Conrad, a 27-year-old associate on the KKR & Co. capital markets team, center, and Jake Carraway, a 26-year-old investment banking associate at Barclays, left, enter the field during the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) opening game against the Utah Archers at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium-SUNY Albany in Albany, on June 1.
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Wall Street Bankers Skip Hamptons Summer for Pro Lacrosse League
Young investment bankers and traders who play in the Premier Lacrosse League must balance travel, practices and games with long work weeks. ‘It’s chaotic.’
This summer, countless bankers and financiers will get away to the Hamptons or vacation in Europe. And a handful will be traveling nearly every weekend — to play lacrosse.
Jake Carraway, a 26-year-old investment banking associate at Barclays Plc, is one of many players in the Premier Lacrosse League who will spend the next few months balancing life as a pro athlete with a full-time career in finance. Carraway, who started on Wall Street in 2021 after playing lacrosse as a student at Georgetown University, is a midfielder for the upstart league’s Philadelphia Waterdogs.