Seamus Camenga started playing lacrosse in sixth grade after watching a friend play.

"It’s definitely my favorite thing to do when I’m not in school," said Camenga, now a captain and senior with the LaSalle Institute lacrosse team. "It made me better as a person. I think it’s just the character you have to have on the field. You got to learn to succeed, and learn to fail."

He's had his fair share of both on the lacrosse field, but he’ll never back down from anyone.

"I have a defender who is 6'3", maybe number five in the country, coming up against me, and they just hack away. I’d say that’s probably a disadvantage," Camenga said.

The LaSalle cadet is one of about 30,000 people in the U.S. affected by dwarfism.

"It’s something I’ve been trying to teach kids, not only with dwarfism, like me, or any disability, is that 'they can do it.' Nobody can tell them they can’t, and I’ve proven that," Camenga said.

Next year, he'll be playing for Hudson Valley Community College.

Liam Manion, co-captain of the LaSalle lacrosse team, said Camenga has his support.

"He’s unselfish, he’s caring, hard-working. I'd say the best work ethic I’ve seen at this school in a long, long time," Manion said.