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Jersey Number 88
Jay McDermott
- Position:
- Defense
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 207
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Duxbury, Mass.
- High School:
- Duxbury
Senior Year (2016): Recorded 15 grounds balls and caused a career high five turnovers while starting all 17 games for the Orange... Picked up one ground ball and one turnover versus Siena (2/13)… Recorded one ground ball against Army (2/28)… Caused one turnover against Virginia (3/4)… Tallied one ground ball and one caused turnover versus St. John’s (3/12)… Picked up two ground balls at Johns Hopkins [3/19] … Marked one ground ball against Duke (3/26)… Recorded one ground ball versus Notre Dame (4/2)… Picked up one ground ball and forced one turnover against Cornell (4/12)… Recorded a career/season high four ground balls and had one caused turnover against Duke (5/1)… Scooped up one ground ball versus Colgate (5/7)… Picked up one ground ball against Albany (5/15)… Notched a ground ball and caused turnover versus Maryland (5/21).
Junior Year (2015): Played in all-16 games with 15 starts on close defense … Totaled 19 ground balls and caused four turnovers ... Picked up a ground ball against Cornell (2/15) ... Grabbed a pair of ground balls against Army (2/22) ... Caused a turnover and collected a ground ball vs. St. John's in the Cobb County Classic (3/7) ... Caused a turnover for the second-straight game and collected three ground balls against Johns Hopkins (3/14) ... Picked up a ground ball against Duke (3/22) ... Collected a ground ball at Notre Dame (3/28) ... Earned a ground ball against Hobart (4/14) ... Collected a pair of ground balls against North Carolina in the ACC Semifinal (4/24) ... Caused a career-high two turnovers and picked up a ground ball in the ACC title game against Duke (4/26) ... Collected a ground ball at Colgate in the regular season finale (5/2) ... Collected a career-high four ground balls in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Marist (5/10) ... Collected a ground ball against Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Quarterfinal (5/17).
Sophomore Year (2014): Played in 13 games on close defense, including one start … Totaled four ground balls and two caused turnovers … Picked up the first ground ball of his career in the Orange’s season-opening win against Siena (2/10) … Made his first career start at Virginia (3/1) and collected a career-high two ground balls … Had one ground ball and was credited with his first career caused turnover against St. John’s (3/8) at the Cobb County Lacrosse Classic … ACC Academic Honor Roll … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
Freshman Year (2013): Played in two games ... Made his college debut in SU's 18-9 victory at Providence (3/19) ... Member of the SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the fall.
High School: Rated the 34th-best defenseman in the Class of 2012 by Inside Lacrosse … Led the Dragons to two state championships (2011, 2012) … Part of a Duxbury defense that allowed double-digit goals just once in 25 games during its 2012 state title run … Recipient of the lacrosse program’s Jonathan Taylor Memorial Award.
Personal: Jonathan Francis McDermott ... Born in November 1993 in Boston, Mass. ... Son of Paul and Laura McDermott ... One sister, one brother ... Finance major.
Junior Year (2015): Played in all-16 games with 15 starts on close defense … Totaled 19 ground balls and caused four turnovers ... Picked up a ground ball against Cornell (2/15) ... Grabbed a pair of ground balls against Army (2/22) ... Caused a turnover and collected a ground ball vs. St. John's in the Cobb County Classic (3/7) ... Caused a turnover for the second-straight game and collected three ground balls against Johns Hopkins (3/14) ... Picked up a ground ball against Duke (3/22) ... Collected a ground ball at Notre Dame (3/28) ... Earned a ground ball against Hobart (4/14) ... Collected a pair of ground balls against North Carolina in the ACC Semifinal (4/24) ... Caused a career-high two turnovers and picked up a ground ball in the ACC title game against Duke (4/26) ... Collected a ground ball at Colgate in the regular season finale (5/2) ... Collected a career-high four ground balls in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Marist (5/10) ... Collected a ground ball against Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Quarterfinal (5/17).
Sophomore Year (2014): Played in 13 games on close defense, including one start … Totaled four ground balls and two caused turnovers … Picked up the first ground ball of his career in the Orange’s season-opening win against Siena (2/10) … Made his first career start at Virginia (3/1) and collected a career-high two ground balls … Had one ground ball and was credited with his first career caused turnover against St. John’s (3/8) at the Cobb County Lacrosse Classic … ACC Academic Honor Roll … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
Freshman Year (2013): Played in two games ... Made his college debut in SU's 18-9 victory at Providence (3/19) ... Member of the SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the fall.
High School: Rated the 34th-best defenseman in the Class of 2012 by Inside Lacrosse … Led the Dragons to two state championships (2011, 2012) … Part of a Duxbury defense that allowed double-digit goals just once in 25 games during its 2012 state title run … Recipient of the lacrosse program’s Jonathan Taylor Memorial Award.
Personal: Jonathan Francis McDermott ... Born in November 1993 in Boston, Mass. ... Son of Paul and Laura McDermott ... One sister, one brother ... Finance major.
Syracuse Men's Lacrosse Postgame Press Conference
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MLAX | Postgame Press Conference vs. Georgetown
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