2016 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Dylan Donahue
- Position:
- Attack
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Camillus, N.Y.
- High School:
- West Genesee
Senior Year (2016): Seminfinalist for the Tewaaraton Award... Finalist for the Senior CLASS Award... Named first team USILA/Nike All-American… Earned All-ACC Team honors... Named ACC Offensive Player of the Week on February 15... Recognized as a Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American... Named to the All-ACC Preseason Team... Recorded a career high and team-best 32 assists... Ranked 18th in the country with 1.88 assists per game... Added 29 goals, which ranked second on the team... Led the team with 61 points... Also picked up 23 groundballs in 17 starts for the Orange ... Seven man-up goals ranked 12th in the nation... Scored four goals and recorded a season high of five assists against Siena (2/13)… Tallied one goal, four assists and three ground balls versus Albany (2/21)… Scored a goal, recorded an assist, picked up two groundballs and caused a turnover against Army (2/28)… Notched two goals, three assists and one ground ball versus Virginia (3/4)… Recorded two goals, two assists and two ground balls against St. John’s (3/12)… Scored a goal, recorded two assists, collected a ground ball and caused two turnovers against Duke (3/26)… Scored and picked up two ground balls against Notre Dame (4/2)…Tallied two goals, one assist and caused a turnover against Hobart (4/6)… Notched two goals and one assist against Cornell (4/12)… Scored the game winning goal, recorded four assists and picked up a ground ball against North Carolina (4/29)… Notched two goals, one assist and two ground balls versus Siena (4/20)… Scored a goal, recorded an assist and picked up a ground ball against North Carolina (4/29)… Tallied two goals, two assists and two ground balls against Colgate (5/7)… Scored against Albany (5/15)… Recorded an assist and collected three ground balls versus Maryland (5/21).
Junior Year (2015): Tewaaraton Award Nominee ... USILA Third Team All-American ... All-ACC Team ... All-ACC Academic Team ... Four-time ACC Offensive Player of the Week ... Two-Time national player of the week ... Started all-16 games ... Led the team with 50 goals and ranked second with 71 points ... Finished eighth nationally with 3.13 goals per game ... Led the nation with 15 extra-man goals ... Ranked 11th in total scoring (4.44 points per game) ... His 50 goals were the seventh-most in a single season in Syracuse history, he also became the first 50-goal scorer since Tom Marechek in 1991 ... Team co-captain ... Scored four goals, including two extra in the season opener against Siena (2/22) ... Recorded five points (two goals, three assists) against Cornell (2/15) ... Scored five goals, including the eventual game-winner, and added an assist, while collecting two ground balls against Army (2/22) ... Scored a hat trick against Virginia, where all-three goals came on extra-man opportunities (3/1) ... Scored twice and added three assists, while collecting a pair of ground balls against St. John's in the Cobb County Classic ... Scored five goals and registered a pair of assists to set a career-high with seven points against Duke (3/22) ... Scored seven goals, which ties for eighth in Syracuse history for goals in a game, against Notre Dame. The output was a career-high in goals and tied a personal best in points from the previous contest (3/28) ... Scored a goal and contributed an assist at North Carolina (4/11) ... Posted his fourth hat trick in five games against Hobart (4/14) ... Scored two goals and chipped in two assists against North Carolina in the ACC Semifinal ... Scored a goal and added an assist and a season high four ground balls against Duke in the ACC title game (4/26) ... Scored three times at Colgate (5/2) ... Scored three goals and added two assists against Marist in the NCAA Tournament opener (5/10) ... Posted another five-point effort (three goals, two assists) and added three ground balls against Johns Hopkins (5/17).
Sophomore Year (2014): USILA Honorable Mention All-American … ACC All-Tournament Team ... Started all 16 games on attack … Led the Orange in goals (37) and ranked third on the team with 54 points (37 goals, 17 assists) … Third in the NCAA in shooting percentage (.529, 37-70) … Seventh in the ACC in goals per game (2.31) and eighth in points per contest (3.38) … Tallied a point in every game and scored at least one goal in 14 of SU’s 16 contests, including seven hat tricks … Tied for the team lead in extra-man goals (7) and game-winning goals (2) ... Tabbed the ACC Player of the Week and Brine/IL Player of the Week for his performances against Siena (2/10) and Albany (2/16). Donahue scored eight goals on eight shots and added an assist to finish with nine points against the Saints, and he tallied five points (3 goals, 2 assists) versus the Great Danes. His eight goals in the Siena game were one shy of the Orange single-game record and the most ever for an SU player in a season opener … Recorded hat tricks in back-to-back wins against St. John’s (3/8) and Johns Hopkins (3/15). Also contributed an assist versus the Blue Jays … Had six points (4 goals, 2 assists) in the ACC semifinals versus Duke (4/25), including the game-winning goal with one second remaining … Against Colgate (5/3), registered four points (3 goals, 1 assist) and tied his career high with four ground balls.
Freshman Year (2013): Played in all 20 games on attack, starting 10 in a rotation with Billy Ward ... Fourth on the team with 41 points (27 goals, 14 assists) and third in goals (27) ... Recorded the best shooting percentage of anyone that attempted at least 10 shots (.519, 27-52) ... Tallied a season-high three goals five times, including in his collegiate debut versus Albany (2/17). All three of his goals against the Great Danes were in the fourth quarter, including the equalizer to force overtime with 2:52 to play ... Season-best four points (3 goals, 1 assist) versus Notre Dame (4/27) at the Konica Minolta Big City Classic and versus Duke (5/27) in the national championship game ... Recorded 13 points (8 goals, 5 assists) in SU's four NCAA Tournament games ... Named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team after notching one goal and two assists versus Denver (5/25) in the national semfinals, and three goals and one assist against Duke in the title game ... Scored the game-winning goal with 13 seconds left in a 7-6 NCAA quarterfinal victory against Yale (5/18) to send the Orange to the Final Four ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... Selected to the SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll both semesters.
2012: Redshirt season ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... Named to the SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the spring.
High School: Helped the West Genesee Wildcats to three straight Section III titles (2009-11) ... Was the team's leading scorer as a senior with 112 points (72 goals, 40 assists) ... U.S. Lacrosse All-American ... Named to the 2011 All-Central New York (CNY) First Team ... Two-time all-league selection ... Wildcats' team captain ... Member of the Central team that competed at the 2010 Empire State Games.
Personal: Dylan J. Donahue ... Born in May 1993 in Syracuse, N.Y. ... Son of Kevin and Laurie Donahue … 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 ... One brother, one sister … Older brother, Collin, was an attackman for two years (2011-12) at Syracuse ... Sister, Riley, is a freshman on the Orange women's lacrosse team ... Environmental engineering major.
