2017 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
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Jersey Number 17
Riley Donahue
- Position:
- Attack
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- West Genesee
- Hometown:
- Camillus, N.Y.
Bio
Senior Year (2018): Became the ninth player in program history to record 200 points in her career … Finished her career ranked ninth on Syracuse’s all-time scoring list (227 pts.) … Also ranked seventh in career goals (143) and assists (83) … All-Northeast Region Second Team honoree … Named to Tewaaraton Award Watch List … Team co-captain … Started all 19 games …. Led the team in assists (22) and ranked third in points (48) and fourth in goals (26) … Scored multiple goals in nine games … Recorded four points (1g, 3a) in the season opener against Connecticut … Had a pair of goals, a ground ball and a caused turnover against Albany … Posted four points (2g, 2a) and a draw control at Virginia … Registered a hat trick against Florida … Had two goals at Cornell … Recorded three points (2g, 1a) and two ground balls at Notre Dame … Had four points (2g, 2a), a ground ball and tied her career high with two caused turnovers at Princeton … Also had four points (3g, 1a) against Duke … Scored a goal and dished out an assist at Loyola … Posted four points (2g, 2a) to go along with a draw control against North Carolina … Had two points (1g, 1a), two ground balls and a draw control at Boston College … Scored a goal and picked up two ground balls against Louisville … Dished out two assists and had a draw control against North Carolina in the ACC Tournament … Posted three points (1g, 2a) and a ground ball against Princeton in the NCAA Tournament … Member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall semester.
Junior Year (2017): IWLCA All-America Second Team honoree ... All-Northeast Region First Team selection ... Voted to the All-ACC Second Team and ACC All-Tournament Team ...Tewaaraton Award Nominee ... ILWomen Honorable Mention All-American ... Served as team co-captain ... Led the team in points (68), goals (42) and assists (26) ... Posted career high in assists and tied her career high in points ... Also recorded career highs in ground balls (29) and draw controls (17) ... Had four or more points in a game nine times ... Had seven points and four goals in the season opener against Boston College ... Recorded four assists against Canisius ... Posted five points (2g, 3a) and two ground balls against Massachusetts ... Scored a pair of goals against Albany and Virginia ... Tied her career high with four goals and picked up three ground balls at Florida ... Tallied three goals and three ground balls at Princeton ... Posted four points (2g, 2a) at Duke ... Also had four points (3g, 1a) at Loyola ... Scored a goal and dished out two assists against Virginia Tech ... Tied her career high with four ground balls to go along with a goal and an assist at North Carolina ... Recorded five points (2g, 3a) against Cornell ... Recorded three points (2g, 1a) at Louisville ... Had four points (2g, 2a) against Virginia Tech in the ACC Tournament ... Recorded four goals and a career-high three draw controls against Virginia in the ACC Tournament semifinals ... Had three points (2g, 1a) against North Carolina in the ACC Tournament final ... Posted a goal and an assist against Boston College in the NCAA Tournament.
Sophomore Year (2016): All-Northeast Region First Team selection … Finished second on the team goals (50) and tied for third in points (68) … Also ranked fourth in assists (21) … Posted career highs in points, goals, assists, ground balls (22), draw controls (7) and caused turnovers (10) … Played in all 25 games, making 24 starts … Recorded at least one point in 24 of 25 games … Tied her career high with four goals against Marist, Virginia Tech and North Carolina … Recorded three points (1g, 2a) against Loyola … Had a goal and an assist against Binghamton … Scored three goals and had one assist against Wagner … Posted three points (1g, 2a) against Northwestern … Scored a pair of goals against Florida … Tallied six points on two goals and a career-high tying four assists at Virginia … Recorded four points (3g, 1a) against Boston College and Connecticut … Posted five points (4g, 1a) at Virginia Tech … Had a goal and an assist at Albany and against Louisville … Posted six points (4g, 2a) against North Carolina … Scored a pair of goals against Boston College and Notre Dame in the ACC Tournament … Tallied four points (2g, 2a) at Canisius … Had four points (2g, 2a) against USC in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals … Scored three goals against Maryland in the NCAA Tournament semifinals … Member of the ACC All-Academic Team … Member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll during the spring semester.
Freshman Year (2015): Made her college debut against Denver ...Tallied four goals, three assists, a ground ball and two caused turnovers against Canisius ... In the second game against Canisius scored three goals and had one assist ... Recored a goal against Virginia ... Scored a goal and grabbed a ground ball against UConn ... Scored a goal and recorded a ground ball against Boston College ... Credited with two goals, an assist, a ground ball and a draw control ... Scored a goal at Northwestern ... Recorded a goal and an assist at Duke ... Scored a goal, found a teammate for an assist and reined in a ground ball against Virginia Tech ... Tallied an assist, three ground balls and two caused turnovers at North Carolina ... Did it all at Louisville, scoring a goal, finding teammates for three assists, grabbing two ground balls and causing a turnover ... Credited with two goals and two ground balls against Albany ... Recorded a goal, two assists and a ground ball in the first round of the ACC Tournament against Boston College ... Scored three goals and picked up a ground ball against Duke in the ACC Semifinals ... Netted a goal in the ACC Championship against North Carolina ... Tallied a goal, an assist and two ground balls against Loyola ... Scored a goal against Penn in the NCAA Tournament opener ... Scored twice, caused a turnover and picked up a ground ball against Loyola ... Member of 2015 Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
High School: Earned All-America honors as a senior … 2014 All-CNY Player of the Year … Member of the 2014 All-CNY First Team … Team was state champion in her sophomore and senior seasons … Named to the State Championship All-Tournament Team as a senior … Recorded 40 goals and 36 assists in her her final high school campaign … Earned the John Pepper Sportsmanship Award as a senior … Served as team captain … Also a member of the soccer and ice hockey squads … Named to the All-CNY First Team for both sports during her senior season.
Personal: Born in March of 1996 … Daughter of Kevin and Laurie Donahue … Two brothers … Father, Kevin, is an assistant lacrosse coach at Syracuse and played for the Orange from 1976-79 … Uncles, Tom Donahue (1978-81), Pat Donahue (1984-87) and Tim O'Hara (1977-80) were also four-year members of the SU lacrosse team … Brother Collin played for the Orange for two years (2011-12) and brother Dylan is a redshirt junior on this year’s men’s squad ... Majoring in Management and Technology.
Junior Year (2017): IWLCA All-America Second Team honoree ... All-Northeast Region First Team selection ... Voted to the All-ACC Second Team and ACC All-Tournament Team ...Tewaaraton Award Nominee ... ILWomen Honorable Mention All-American ... Served as team co-captain ... Led the team in points (68), goals (42) and assists (26) ... Posted career high in assists and tied her career high in points ... Also recorded career highs in ground balls (29) and draw controls (17) ... Had four or more points in a game nine times ... Had seven points and four goals in the season opener against Boston College ... Recorded four assists against Canisius ... Posted five points (2g, 3a) and two ground balls against Massachusetts ... Scored a pair of goals against Albany and Virginia ... Tied her career high with four goals and picked up three ground balls at Florida ... Tallied three goals and three ground balls at Princeton ... Posted four points (2g, 2a) at Duke ... Also had four points (3g, 1a) at Loyola ... Scored a goal and dished out two assists against Virginia Tech ... Tied her career high with four ground balls to go along with a goal and an assist at North Carolina ... Recorded five points (2g, 3a) against Cornell ... Recorded three points (2g, 1a) at Louisville ... Had four points (2g, 2a) against Virginia Tech in the ACC Tournament ... Recorded four goals and a career-high three draw controls against Virginia in the ACC Tournament semifinals ... Had three points (2g, 1a) against North Carolina in the ACC Tournament final ... Posted a goal and an assist against Boston College in the NCAA Tournament.
Sophomore Year (2016): All-Northeast Region First Team selection … Finished second on the team goals (50) and tied for third in points (68) … Also ranked fourth in assists (21) … Posted career highs in points, goals, assists, ground balls (22), draw controls (7) and caused turnovers (10) … Played in all 25 games, making 24 starts … Recorded at least one point in 24 of 25 games … Tied her career high with four goals against Marist, Virginia Tech and North Carolina … Recorded three points (1g, 2a) against Loyola … Had a goal and an assist against Binghamton … Scored three goals and had one assist against Wagner … Posted three points (1g, 2a) against Northwestern … Scored a pair of goals against Florida … Tallied six points on two goals and a career-high tying four assists at Virginia … Recorded four points (3g, 1a) against Boston College and Connecticut … Posted five points (4g, 1a) at Virginia Tech … Had a goal and an assist at Albany and against Louisville … Posted six points (4g, 2a) against North Carolina … Scored a pair of goals against Boston College and Notre Dame in the ACC Tournament … Tallied four points (2g, 2a) at Canisius … Had four points (2g, 2a) against USC in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals … Scored three goals against Maryland in the NCAA Tournament semifinals … Member of the ACC All-Academic Team … Member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll during the spring semester.
Freshman Year (2015): Made her college debut against Denver ...Tallied four goals, three assists, a ground ball and two caused turnovers against Canisius ... In the second game against Canisius scored three goals and had one assist ... Recored a goal against Virginia ... Scored a goal and grabbed a ground ball against UConn ... Scored a goal and recorded a ground ball against Boston College ... Credited with two goals, an assist, a ground ball and a draw control ... Scored a goal at Northwestern ... Recorded a goal and an assist at Duke ... Scored a goal, found a teammate for an assist and reined in a ground ball against Virginia Tech ... Tallied an assist, three ground balls and two caused turnovers at North Carolina ... Did it all at Louisville, scoring a goal, finding teammates for three assists, grabbing two ground balls and causing a turnover ... Credited with two goals and two ground balls against Albany ... Recorded a goal, two assists and a ground ball in the first round of the ACC Tournament against Boston College ... Scored three goals and picked up a ground ball against Duke in the ACC Semifinals ... Netted a goal in the ACC Championship against North Carolina ... Tallied a goal, an assist and two ground balls against Loyola ... Scored a goal against Penn in the NCAA Tournament opener ... Scored twice, caused a turnover and picked up a ground ball against Loyola ... Member of 2015 Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
High School: Earned All-America honors as a senior … 2014 All-CNY Player of the Year … Member of the 2014 All-CNY First Team … Team was state champion in her sophomore and senior seasons … Named to the State Championship All-Tournament Team as a senior … Recorded 40 goals and 36 assists in her her final high school campaign … Earned the John Pepper Sportsmanship Award as a senior … Served as team captain … Also a member of the soccer and ice hockey squads … Named to the All-CNY First Team for both sports during her senior season.
Personal: Born in March of 1996 … Daughter of Kevin and Laurie Donahue … Two brothers … Father, Kevin, is an assistant lacrosse coach at Syracuse and played for the Orange from 1976-79 … Uncles, Tom Donahue (1978-81), Pat Donahue (1984-87) and Tim O'Hara (1977-80) were also four-year members of the SU lacrosse team … Brother Collin played for the Orange for two years (2011-12) and brother Dylan is a redshirt junior on this year’s men’s squad ... Majoring in Management and Technology.
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