2011 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Tommy Palasek
- Position:
- Attack
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Rocky Point, N.Y.
- High School:
- Rocky Point
Played two years at Johns Hopkins before transferring to Syracuse.
Senior Year (2012): All-BIG EAST Second Team selection … Named to the North roster for the USILA North-South Senior All-Star Game … One of seven players to start all 17 games ... Led the team in points (54), assists (30), and was second in goals (24) ... Scored 45 points in the last 12 games (3.8 ppg) of the year ... Six multi-goal games, including four hat tricks … Ranked ninth in the BIG EAST in goals per game (1.41), second in assists per game (1.76), and second in points per game (3.18) ... Named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on April 9 after recording five points, including tying a career best with four goals versus Princeton … Selected to the BIG EAST Honor Roll three times (March 26, April 2, April 16) … Averaged 3.5 points per game versus Providence (two goals, one assist) and Villanova (two goals, two assists) earn BIG EAST Honor Roll honors (March 26) for the first time in 2012 … Tied his career high with four goals and added an assist to finish with five points versus Duke in the Konica Minolta Big City Classic … Named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll on April 16 after a career-best six-point day (three goals, three assists) against Rutgers at the ESPNU Warrior Classic, and three points (one goal, two assists) at Cornell … Recorded the 100th point of his career with an assist on SU’s first goal against Georgetown ... Named BIG EAST Championship’s Most Outstanding Player and selected to the all-tournament team after posting 10 points (four goals, six assists) in two games, including tying a career-high with six points (three goals, three assists) in the championship game against St. John’s ... Picked up 24 ground balls.
Junior Year (2011): Played in all 17 games, starting the last eight in place of the injured Tim Desko…Finished third on the team in points (35) with 17 goals and 18 assists … His 18 assists tied for the team lead … Tied for eighth in the BIG EAST in assists per game (1.06) … Ranked 10th in the league in points per game during conference play (2.33) … Averaged 2.9 points per game as a member of the starting rotation and led SU with 23 points in those eight games … Also picked up 11 ground balls and caused three turnovers on the season … Made his SU debut against Denver and recorded two assists … Averaged 3.5 points in wins against Albany and Johns Hopkins to earn BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week honors on March 21 … Tallied five points, including a career-best four goals, in the Albany victory, and contributed two assists in the Johns Hopkins triumph … Made his first start of the year against Cornell and notched three points, including two goals … Registered a career-high six points (three goals, three assists) against Rutgers at the ESPNU Warrior Classic and was named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week (April 25) for the second time … Four points (two goals, two assists) versus St. John’s … Tallied five points, including a career-high four assists, against Siena in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … Had a hand in all four of SU’s first-half goals versus Siena, scoring twice and assisting on the other two … Palasek also tied his season high with two ground balls against the Saints.
Sophomore Year (2010 at Johns Hopkins): Played in 14 games, starting five … Team’s fourth-leading scorer with 20 points (13 goals, seven assists) … Eleven of his points came in the Blue Jays’ last four games … Recorded a .650 shooting percentage, the best mark on the team (min. 10 shots) … Collected nine ground balls and forced two turnovers … Notched a season-best three points (two goals, one assist) in a 10-7 home loss to Syracuse … Matched the performance with two goals and one assist in games against Towson during the regular season, and Duke in the NCAA Tournament … Notched the first hat trick of his career with three goals at Navy … Dished out a season-best two assists against North Carolina.
Freshman Year (2009 at Johns Hopkins): Played in 14 games … Saw time on attack and as a member of the Blue Jays’ second midfield … Totaled one goal and four assists … Team’s leading freshman scorer … Tallied his first career point with an assist against North Carolina … Recorded the first goal of his career a week later in a 14-9 win versus Albany … Also had assists against Mount St. Mary’s and Brown during the regular season, and Virginia in the NCAA quarterfinals.
High School: Played four years of lacrosse … Led Rocky Point to the 2008 New York State Class B title and a four-year record of 54-19 … Totaled 181 goals and 217 assists, including 50 goals and 92 assists en route to the state championship as a senior … Holds the school records for points and assists … 2008 Under Armour and U.S. Lacrosse All-American ... Long Island Player of the Year … Three-time all-division and two-time all-county selection … Also played football and basketball for three seasons … Two-time all-county and team MVP selection as a standout running back in football … Owns the Rocky Point school record for touchdowns … Point guard for the basketball team and earned academic all-county honors.
Personal: Thomas J. Palasek … Born in January 1990 … Son of Tom and Catherine Palasek … Father, Tom, graduated from Syracuse in 1987 and played two years of JV lacrosse ... Three brothers, three sisters ... History major.
| PALASEK'S CAREER STATS | ||||||||
| Year | Games | Shots | Goals | Assists | Points | GBs | Faceoffs | CTs |
| 2009 ! | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | - |
| 2010 ! | 14 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 0-0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 17 | 48 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 0-0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 17 | 67 | 24 | 30 | 54 | 24 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Totals | 62 | 140 | 55 | 59 | 114 | 44 | 0-0 | 6 |
| ! - at Johns Hopkins | ||||||||
