2011 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
John Lade
- Position:
- Defense
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 194
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Randolph, N.J.
- High School:
- Randolph
Started all 45 games he played for the Orange from 2009-11 ... Played his freshman season of 2008 at Villanova before transferring to Syracuse.
Senior Year (2011): Became the fourth Orange defender, and the first since John Glatzel in 2002, to win the William C. Schmeisser Award as the nation’s most outstanding defenseman … Named to the USILA All-America First Team for the second straight year … Tewaaraton Award nominee and All-BIG EAST First Team selection … Started all 15 games he played on close defense … Missed the Princeton and Providence games due to injury … Part of a Syracuse unit that ranked third nationally in scoring defense (6.90 goals per game) and set a school record for man-down defense efficiency, leading the nation at 81.7 percent … Recorded 29 ground balls and ranked third on the team with 22 caused turnovers … Named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll on Feb. 21 after holding Denver’s Alex Demopoulos to one assist in a 13-7 Orange victory … Was selected as the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (May 2) after tying the SU single-game record for caused turnovers (6) and holding Notre Dame leading scorer Sean Rogers to one goal in an 11-8 win over the top-ranked Irish … Recorded a season-best five ground balls and had four caused turnovers against St. John’s … Held Johns Hopkins attackman Chris Boland scoreless and collected four ground balls in SU’s 5-4 double-overtime win against the Blue Jays … Shut out Siena’s Bryan Neufeld in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, ending Neufeld’s nation-leading 52-game point streak.
Junior Year (2010): Named to the USILA All-America First Team and the All-BIG EAST First Team … Started 12 games after missing the first three due to injury … Part of a Syracuse unit that led the nation in scoring defense (7.4 goals per game) … Collected 32 ground balls and was second on the team with 22 caused turnovers … Ranked 14th nationally in caused turnovers per game (1.83) … Tied his season high with three caused turnovers, including one that helped set up Chris Daniello’s game-winner at Cornell … Recovered a season-best five ground balls and matched his season high with three caused turnovers against Albany … Held Villanova leading scorer Kevin Cunningham without a point in a 20-6 SU victory … Named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (April 5) and to the ThunderBay/Inside Lacrosse Team of the Week (April 6) for his performances against the Great Danes and Wildcats … Against Providence, matched his season best with five ground balls and his season high with three forced turnovers … Also had three caused turnovers and four ground balls at St. John’s.
Sophomore Year (2009): USILA Honorable Mention All-American … Started all 18 games on close defense … One of seven players to start every game … Part of an SU defense that ranked fourth nationally in scoring defense (7.39 goals per game) … Finished third on the team, and first among all close defenders, with 53 ground balls … Had at least one ground ball in 16 of the team’s 18 contests, including a season-best six against Binghamton … Recorded five ground balls at Georgetown, versus Colgate, Princeton at the Inside Lacrosse Big City Classic, and Maryland in the NCAA quarterfinals … Topped 100 ground balls for his career in SU's game against the Terps.
Team USA (Summer 2008): Member of the U.S. Under-19 Team that won the gold medal at the 2008 U-19 International Lacrosse Federation (ILF) World Championship in Coquitlam, British Columbia … Anchored a U.S. defense that held four of its seven opponents to fewer than 10 goals and three of its foes to five goals or less, including the first shutout in U.S. U-19 history as the Americans defeated Japan, 27-0.
Freshman Year (2008 at Villanova): All-Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) First Team … CAA All-Rookie Team honoree … Only freshman in the CAA to be a first-team all-conference choice … Started all 15 games on defense for the Wildcats … Led the team with 53 ground balls … Was 17-of-39 (.436) at the faceoff X … Picked up at least four ground balls on nine different occasions, including a career-high eight against Notre Dame … Had four ground balls in a 7-4 win against Towson … Picked up four ground balls and won 6-of-11 faceoffs in an 11-10 win at Robert Morris.
High School: Four-year starter … One of the top 100 prospects in the Class of 2007, according to Inside Lacrosse … Led the Rams to a 17-5 record and a Group III runner-up finish his senior year … Notched five goals, 12 assists, and won 67 percent of his faceoffs as a senior … New Jersey Defender of the Year as a senior … Earned all-area, all-state, All-Fitch Conference, and All-Iron Hills Division First Team honors in 2007 … Two-time HSAA selection … Joe Nazarro Award recipient … Two-time team captain … Collected 771 career ground balls … Named MVP of the East squad at the U.S. Lacrosse National Senior Showcase … Also a standout in football and track … Recognized in both sports with first-team all-area and all-county honors … Football MVP … Conference champion in the 300m and 4x400m relay.
Personal: John Christian Lade … Born in November 1988 in Morristown, N.J. … Son of Charlie and Janice Lade … Three brothers … Biology major.
| LADE'S CAREER STATS | ||||||||
| Year | Games | Shots | Goals | Assists | Points | GBs | Faceoffs | CTs |
| 2008 ! |
15 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
53 |
17-39 (.436) |
- |
| 2009 | 18 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
53 |
0-0 |
- |
| 2010 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0-0 |
22 |
| 2011 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0-0 |
22 |
| Totals | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 17-39 (.436) |
44 |
| ! - at Villanova | ||||||||
