2011 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Jeremy Thompson
- Position:
- Midfield
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 192
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Nedrow, N.Y.
- High School:
- LaFayette
Spent the 2007 and 2009 seasons at Onondaga Community College before coming to Syracuse.
Senior Year (2011): USILA Third Team All-American … All-BIG EAST First Team selection for the second straight season … Started all 17 games … One of eight players to start every game … SU’s top scoring midfielder with 30 points (18g, 12a) … Averaged 1.76 points per contest and recorded at least one point in 15 of the team’s 17 games … Also served as SU’s primary faceoff specialist and led the Orange in faceoff wins (61) and attempts (123) … Second on the team with a .496 faceoff winning percentage (min. 5 attempts) … Collected 37 ground balls … Scored one goal, picked up five ground balls and turned in a career-best 11-for-14 (.786) showing at the faceoff X versus Denver … Scored one goal and tied his career high with two assists in wins against Virginia, and Georgetown at the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic … His goal against the Cavaliers proved to be the game-winner … Also won 5-of-10 (.500) faceoffs and had three ground balls in the contest … Recorded a season-best four points, including tying his career high with two assists, and his season high with two goals versus Albany … Matched his personal best with 11 faceoff wins in 15 attempts (.733) against the Great Danes and had five ground balls … Thompson also posted two-goal games against Army, Hobart, Notre Dame and Maryland (NCAA) … Added an assist against Hobart to finish with three points (2g, 1a) in that contest … At Princeton, totaled two points (1g, 1a) and tied his personal career high with six ground balls … Recorded one assist and three faceoff victories in a 5-4 double-overtime win against Johns Hopkins … His faceoff win at the start of the second OT against the Blue Jays set the stage for Stephen Keogh’s game-winner.
Junior Year (2010): USILA Second Team All-American … Named to the All-BIG EAST First Team as the squad’s specialty player and the All BIG EAST Second Team as an at-large selection … 2010 'Cuse Awards Syracuse 8 Courage Award winner ... Started all 15 games as a member of SU's first midfield … Scored 23 points (15g, 8a) … Also won 78-of-134 (.582) faceoffs and was third on the team with 46 ground balls … Led the BIG EAST in faceoff winning percentage … Tied for the conference lead with three game-winning goals … Eight multi-point games … Won a season-best seven faceoffs in seven games … Tallied one goal, one assist and seven faceoff wins in his Orange debut versus Denver … Against Georgetown, totaled three points, including a career-best two assists, and seven faceoff wins … Also had a career-high six ground balls against the Hoyas … Established career highs in points (5), goals (3) and matched his personal bests with two assists and seven faceoff wins against Villanova … Recorded two goals at Virginia and Johns Hopkins.
International Experience - 2010: Member of the Iroquois National Team scheduled to compete at the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championship, but didn't due to a passport dispute … 2006: Competed for the Iroquois Nationals at the International Lacrosse Federation (ILF) World Championship and helped the team to a fourth-place finish.
Junior College (2007 & 2009): Helped Onondaga Community College (OCC) to two NJCAA national championships, two Mid-State Conference titles and two Region III championships … The Lazers were 31-0 in his two seasons … Two-time All-Region III and NJCAA All-American … Scored 20 goals and had 28 assists for the undefeated (16-0) Lazers in 2009 and had 42 goals and 26 assists to help lead the Lazers to a 15-0 record in 2007 … Part of an OCC offense that scored at least 20 goals 13 times, surpassed 30 goals in a game four times in 2007 and defeated Suffolk Community College, 30-6, in the NJCAA title game … Scored three goals in OCC’s win against Nassau Community College in the 2009 national championship tilt.
High School: Listed as the No. 4 overall prospect in the Class of 2006 by Inside Lacrosse, along with his brother, Jerome … 2006 Under Armour and U.S. Lacrosse All-American … Participated in the 2006 U.S. Lacrosse National Senior Showcase … Led LaFayette to two state championships (2003, 2005) and a 24-0 overall record in 2005 … Team MVP … Two-time team captain.
Personal: Jeremy Jerome Thompson … Born in January 1987 in Syracuse, N.Y. … Son of Jerome and Deloris Thompson … Three brothers, one sister … Cousins, Marshall Abrams (1997-2000) and Brett Bucktooth (2003-06), both played for the Orange … Communication and rhetorical studies major.
| THOMPSON'S CAREER STATS | ||||||||
| Year | Games | Shots | Goals | Assists | Points | GBs | Faceoffs | CTs |
| 2010 | 15 | 64 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 46 | 78-134 (.582) | 9 |
| 2011 | 17 | 58 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 61-123 (.496) | 1 |
| Totals | 32 | 122 | 33 | 20 | 53 | 83 | 139-257 (.541) | 10 |
