2013 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Brian Megill
- Position:
- Defense
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Clark, N.J.
- High School:
- Arthur L. Johnson
Finished his career as SU's all-time leader in caused turnovers (103).
Senior Year (2013): Named a USILA Second Team All-American and one of the 25 nominees for the Tewaaraton Award, presented to the national player of the year for the second straight season ... Unanimous All-BIG EAST First Team selection for the second year in a row ... Team co-captain ... One of six players to start every game ... Led the Orange in ground balls (55) and second on the team in caused turnovers (25) ... Named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week three times (Feb. 25, March 11, April 29). Earned the award for the first time in his career after holding Army's Garrett Thul scoreless in a 6-2 win, ending Thul's 42-game, goal-scoring streak. Megill also had a season-high four caused turnovers in the contest ... Won BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week again after picking up a season-best five ground balls, causing three turnovers, and scoring his only goal of the season in a 13-11 victory against St. John's at the Independence Classic ... Tied his season-best with five ground balls in the regular season at Villanova ... Assisted on Derek Maltz's game-winning goal with 10 seconds left versus Rutgers ... Was 6-for-11 (.545) at the faceoff X in 2013, including a 5-for-7 (.714) performance against Duke's Brendan Fowler in the NCAA championship game.
Junior Year (2012): USILA Second Team All-American and one of the 25 nominees for the Tewaaraton Award, presented to the national player of year ... Unanimous All-BIG EAST First Team selection ... Team co-captain … Played in all 17 games, starting 10 … Attempted the game’s opening faceoff in the other seven contests … Leader of an Orange defense that ranked eighth nationally in caused turnovers per game (8.59) … Set the SU single-season record for caused turnovers (37) and ranked fifth in the NCAA in individual caused turnovers per game (2.2) … Led the Orange with 62 ground balls, and was fifth in the BIG EAST in ground balls per game (3.65) … Went 22-for-47 (.468) at the faceoff X … Named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll four times (Feb. 20, March 12, April 16, April 23) … Held Albany’s Miles Thompson, the 2011 America East Rookie of the Year, to one assist and tied his career high with five caused turnovers in SU’s season-opening win against the Great Danes … Guarded 2011 Tewaaraton Award winner Steele Stanwick of Virginia and held him to one goal … Registered his first collegiate point (an assist), and made his faceoff debut, going 3-for-4 (.750) at the X, at St. John’s in the regular season … Eclipsed 100 career ground balls by picking up four at Cornell … Collected seven ground balls and set career highs for faceoffs won (8) and attempted (12) versus Rutgers at the ESPNU Warrior Classic … Megill became the first SU player since Matt Abbott in 2008 to record one goal, one assist, and collect at least nine ground balls when he achieved the feat in SU’s 13-12 win at Hobart … His goal against the Statesmen was the first of his career … Named to the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team after picking up a combined eight ground balls and causing four turnovers in wins against Villanova and St. John’s … Held 2012 BIG EAST Attackman of the Year Kevin Cunningham (Villanova) to two points in the semifinals.
Sophomore Year (2011): Named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team … Started all 17 games ... One of eight players to start every game … Member of a defensive unit that ranked third in the NCAA in scoring defense (6.94 goals per game) and set a school record for man-down defense efficiency, leading the nation at 81.7 percent ... Led all SU close defenseman with 27 caused turnovers … Fourth on the squad in ground balls (34) … Had four ground balls and a personal-best five caused turnovers in SU’s double-overtime win against Johns Hopkins … Scooped up a season-high five ground balls and caused three turnovers against Rutgers at the ESPNU Warrior Classic … BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring.
Freshman Year (2010): Started all 15 games at close defense … First rookie defenseman to start every game for the Orange under John Desko … Part of a Syracuse unit that led the nation in scoring defense (7.4 goals per game) … Recorded 39 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers … Recovered at least five ground balls three times … Named to the ThunderBay/Inside Lacrosse Team of the Week (April 20) after setting a season high for ground balls (6) at Rutgers … Equaled his season best with six ground balls at Notre Dame.
High School: Listed as the No. 21 defenseman, and the 74th overall prospect, in the Class of 2009 by Inside Lacrosse … U.S. Lacrosse All-American … Collected 130 ground balls, scored 13 goals, and recorded eight assists a senior … Registered 20 goals and more than 200 ground balls in his scholastic career … Selected to play in the New Jersey North-South All-Star Game … First-team all-state and all-conference honoree … Team MVP and captain … Arthur L. Johnson’s Male Athlete of the Year … Also played football, basketball and ran track.
Personal: Brian Adam Megill … Born in December 1990 in Summit, N.J. … Son of Raymond and Joanne Megill … One brother, one sister … Brother, Ray, played lacrosse at Maryland from 2004-07 … Accounting major.
| MEGILL'S CAREER STATS | ||||||||
| Year | Games | Shots | Goals | Assists | Points | GBs | Faceoffs | CTs |
| 2010 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0-0 | 14 |
| 2011 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0-0 | 27 |
| 2012 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 22-47 (.468) | 37 |
| 2013 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 6-11 (.545) | 25 |
| Totals | 69 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 190 | 28-58 (.483) | 103 |
