2024 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Stevens, Jake

Jersey Number 14
Jake Stevens
- Position:
- Midfield
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 193
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Puslinch, Ontario, Canada
- High School:
- Culver Military Academy
- Prev School:
- Princeton
Bio
Career Overview: A top two-way threat at Princeton, Stevens was an immediate impact in the Orange midfield as a two-way player.
Honors and Awards
10th Overall Pick in 2024 PLL Draft (New York Atlas)
USILA All-America Second Team (2024)
Inside Lacrosse All-America Second Team (2024)
Inside Lacrosse All-America Third Team (2022)
Inside Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention (2020)
USA Lacrosse All-America Second Team (2024)
USA Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention (2023)
ACC Player of the Week (March 12)
2024: Tenth overall pick in the 2024 Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) Collegiate Draft … second pick in the second round by the New York Atlas … second Team USILA, Inside Lacrosse, and USA Lacrosse All-America … ACC Player of the Week (March 12) … Preseason All-ACC … Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America First Team and USA Lacrosse Preseason All-America Second Team … Saw time in 16 games as a graduate student midfielder … missed two games to injury … made his Syracuse debut against Vermont (Feb. 3) in the season opener … versatile player who logged time as an offensive and defensive midfielder, while taking reps on the faceoff wing … pounded home 21 goals with 15 assists for 36 points, third-most among Syracuse midfielders … registered the game-winning goal against No. 4 Johns Hopkins, the first top-five win for the Orange under head coach Gary Gait ‘90 … tallied at least one point in 15 games this season … notched four multi-goal games including a trio of hat tricks … posted a season-high four goals against No. 6 Duke (May 3) in the ACC Tournament … accounted for eight goals between the ACC and NCAA Tournaments, including a hat trick against No. 12 Towson (May 12) in the first round … scored twice with the man advantage, once each in the aforementioned Hopkins and Duke games … grabbed 47 ground balls, largely on the faceoff wing to aid in a resurgent Syracuse faceoff unit … caused four turnovers while serving just one 30-second penalty all season.
Prior to Syracuse: Graduate transfer from Princeton University … transitioned to offensive midfielder from defensive midfielder … USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America Honorable Mention (2023), Ivy League All-Tournament pick (2023), Second Team All-Ivy (2019, 2022), Inside Lacrosse Third Team All-America (2022) and Honorable Mention (2020) … played in 50 games at Princeton, including seven starts … racked 58 goals as a midfielder, adding 11 assists for 69 career points … took 151 shots, scoring on 38.4 percent of those chances in his career … surpassed 20 goals in his final two seasons in New Jersey, putting up 22 in 2022 and 24 in 2023 … scored 14 times on the man-up, including eight last season and five in 2022 … credited with three game-winning goals … finished time at Princeton with 179 ground balls and 24 caused turnovers.
High School: Played at Culver Military Academy for head coach Jon Posner … helped lead Culver to national championships in 2017 and 2018 … named First Team All-Midwest in 2018 and was a team captain that season … won the Bob Meek Award in 2018 … also lettered in ice hockey … played box lacrosse for Kitchener-Waterloo Braves and Brooklin LC … named 2018 Transition Player of the Year … played current and former Syracuse players Sam English, Owen Hiltz, Alex Simmons and John Cohen.
Personal: Son of Dennis and Shireen … has one sibling, Joel, who plays at Hobart … working towards a graduate degree … chose Syracuse for its proximity to home and history of excellence in lacrosse.
Honors and Awards
10th Overall Pick in 2024 PLL Draft (New York Atlas)
USILA All-America Second Team (2024)
Inside Lacrosse All-America Second Team (2024)
Inside Lacrosse All-America Third Team (2022)
Inside Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention (2020)
USA Lacrosse All-America Second Team (2024)
USA Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention (2023)
ACC Player of the Week (March 12)
2024: Tenth overall pick in the 2024 Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) Collegiate Draft … second pick in the second round by the New York Atlas … second Team USILA, Inside Lacrosse, and USA Lacrosse All-America … ACC Player of the Week (March 12) … Preseason All-ACC … Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America First Team and USA Lacrosse Preseason All-America Second Team … Saw time in 16 games as a graduate student midfielder … missed two games to injury … made his Syracuse debut against Vermont (Feb. 3) in the season opener … versatile player who logged time as an offensive and defensive midfielder, while taking reps on the faceoff wing … pounded home 21 goals with 15 assists for 36 points, third-most among Syracuse midfielders … registered the game-winning goal against No. 4 Johns Hopkins, the first top-five win for the Orange under head coach Gary Gait ‘90 … tallied at least one point in 15 games this season … notched four multi-goal games including a trio of hat tricks … posted a season-high four goals against No. 6 Duke (May 3) in the ACC Tournament … accounted for eight goals between the ACC and NCAA Tournaments, including a hat trick against No. 12 Towson (May 12) in the first round … scored twice with the man advantage, once each in the aforementioned Hopkins and Duke games … grabbed 47 ground balls, largely on the faceoff wing to aid in a resurgent Syracuse faceoff unit … caused four turnovers while serving just one 30-second penalty all season.
Prior to Syracuse: Graduate transfer from Princeton University … transitioned to offensive midfielder from defensive midfielder … USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America Honorable Mention (2023), Ivy League All-Tournament pick (2023), Second Team All-Ivy (2019, 2022), Inside Lacrosse Third Team All-America (2022) and Honorable Mention (2020) … played in 50 games at Princeton, including seven starts … racked 58 goals as a midfielder, adding 11 assists for 69 career points … took 151 shots, scoring on 38.4 percent of those chances in his career … surpassed 20 goals in his final two seasons in New Jersey, putting up 22 in 2022 and 24 in 2023 … scored 14 times on the man-up, including eight last season and five in 2022 … credited with three game-winning goals … finished time at Princeton with 179 ground balls and 24 caused turnovers.
High School: Played at Culver Military Academy for head coach Jon Posner … helped lead Culver to national championships in 2017 and 2018 … named First Team All-Midwest in 2018 and was a team captain that season … won the Bob Meek Award in 2018 … also lettered in ice hockey … played box lacrosse for Kitchener-Waterloo Braves and Brooklin LC … named 2018 Transition Player of the Year … played current and former Syracuse players Sam English, Owen Hiltz, Alex Simmons and John Cohen.
Personal: Son of Dennis and Shireen … has one sibling, Joel, who plays at Hobart … working towards a graduate degree … chose Syracuse for its proximity to home and history of excellence in lacrosse.
Press Conference | NCAA Semifinal
Saturday, May 24
Highlights | Syracuse vs. Maryland - NCAA Semifinal
Saturday, May 24
Syracuse vs. Maryland: NCAA Tournament Semifinals
Saturday, May 24
Walkin' and Talkin' with Carter Rice
Saturday, May 24