Alex's Story

I found this website after I saw a promotion for the book, American Boy. Matt Megale sounded so much like our son, Alex. Alex was handsome, bright, engaging, and a lot of fun! He was a lacrosse stand out at his private high school, Loyola Blakefield in Towson, Maryland—a town where lacrosse ruled. He went from there to the University of Pennsylvania, where he played on their D1 lacrosse team. Little did we know then that addiction already had begun to take hold of our own American boy, when he was trying to find some relief from the demands he felt from being a student at an Ivy League school and a member of a Division 1 Lacrosse team. He dropped out in his sophomore year, and went into a rehab program. Over the next nine years, he had so many successes, including moving to Aspen, CO and working for the Aspen Ski Company while following his passion for Telemark skiing; working as a beloved coach for boys high school and club team lacrosse; he won lacrosse awards for First Team All American and Upper Midwest Lacrosse Conference Division 2 Defensive Player of the Year while he was a student and lacrosse team member at St. Thomas University in Minnesota. He competed in, and finished an Ironman race last September in Cambridge, MD. He had a great job as an outside sales rep for DiscoverOrg, a beautiful girlfriend, and a loving family. He was so loved by many, many friends, and he put everyone’s needs above his own. Sadly, all of this was not enough to save him from succumbing to the disease of addiction, and we lost him on May 4, 2019. He will be forever loved, and forever missed.