2019 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Fernandez, Jared

Jersey Number 48
Jared Fernandez
- Position:
- Longstick Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
- High School:
- IMG Academy
Bio
Twitter: @JaredFernandez_ | Instagram: @Jared__Fernandez
Honors and Awards:
All-ACC Academic Team (2019)
3x ACC Honor Roll
Career Overview: One of the Orange’s top LSMs and wing on faceoffs ... Had his freshman seasoned shortened due to a knee injury after just four games ... Appeared in all-but one game since returning in 2019, pairing with Brett Kennedy to be one of the nation’s top LSM units in 2019 before taking over at the helm of the unit in 2020.
Junior Year (2020): Appeared in all-five games of the shortened 2020 season ... Scored his first collegiate goal and registered his first collegiate assist this season for two points ... Was second among non-faceoff specialists on the team with 14 ground balls and also caused four turnovers ... Often used as a wing on faceoffs and helped the Orange finish third nationally in ground balls per game, fifth nationally in faceoff win percentage and fifth nationally in clearing percentage ... Registered his first collegiate assist and picked up four ground balls vs. Johns Hopkins (3/7) ... Scored his first collegiate goal and caused two turnovers against Hobart (2/28) ... Collected three ground balls vs. Army (2/23) ... Picked up six ground balls, which is the second-best game total in his collegiate career, in the win over Binghamton (2/15) ... Caused two turnovers and collected a ground ball in the season-opening victory over Colgate (2/7).
Sophomore Year (2019): ACC All-Academic Team honoree ... ACC Honor Roll ... Saw action in 13-of-14 games as one of the Orange’s primary LSMs and was also utilized as a wing on faceoffs … Accumulated 36 ground balls, which ranked fourth on the team, and 10 caused turnovers … Picked up five ground balls and caused a pair of turnovers in the NCAA Tournament game against Loyola, in what was his sixth-straight game with at least one caused turnover (5/11) … Caused a turnover and collected two ground balls in the ACC Tournament First Round game at North Carolina (4/13) ... Picked up four ground balls and caused a turnover in the win over Navy (4/20) … Grabbed four ground balls and caused a turnover at North Carolina (4/13) ... Picked up a trio of ground balls and caused one turnover against Cornell (4/9) ... Caused a turnover and grabbed two ground balls at Hobart ... Collected a career high eight ground balls against Rutgers (3/15)… Picked up four ground balls and recorded one caused turnover in the win over Johns Hopkins (3/9) ... Caused a turnover and collected a ground ball in the win over Army (2/24) ... Made his return from injury, causing a turnover and picking up one ground ball against Colgate (2/8).
Freshman Year (2018): Participated in four games for the Orange before suffering a season-ending injury in the ACC opener against Virginia … Had a season total of seven ground balls and three caused turnovers in those four games ... Picked up a career-high five ground balls and caused one turnover during the win at Virginia (3/04) ... Picked up one ground ball and caused one turnover against Army (2/24) ... Recorded his first collegiate ground ball and first caused turnover against Albany (2/17).
Before SU: Ranked as the No. 68 overall recruit and No. 2 LSM recruit in the class of 2017 by Inside Lacrosse … Two-time U.S. Lacrosse All-American in 2016 and 2017 … USA Today First Team All-American (2017) … Led IMG Academy as a senior with 18 caused turnovers and 48 ground balls. Also contributed five goals and six assists … Was presented with the team’s Ironman Award in high school … Also was a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and worked with Sweetlax … Participated in the Inside Lacrosse Committed Academy this summer at Towson.
Personal: Born Feb. 2, 1999 in Hackensack, NJ … Son of Raquel … Has one sister, Isabella … Majoring in communication and rhetorical studies ... Majoring in communication and rhetorical studies in the college of visual and performing arts ... Majoring in communication and rhetorical studies in the college of visual and performing arts.
PLAYER FEATURES
Return of Midfielder Puts Spark into Syracuse Lacrosse’s Defense (Lindsay Kramer/ Syracuse.com)
Honors and Awards:
All-ACC Academic Team (2019)
3x ACC Honor Roll
Career Overview: One of the Orange’s top LSMs and wing on faceoffs ... Had his freshman seasoned shortened due to a knee injury after just four games ... Appeared in all-but one game since returning in 2019, pairing with Brett Kennedy to be one of the nation’s top LSM units in 2019 before taking over at the helm of the unit in 2020.
Junior Year (2020): Appeared in all-five games of the shortened 2020 season ... Scored his first collegiate goal and registered his first collegiate assist this season for two points ... Was second among non-faceoff specialists on the team with 14 ground balls and also caused four turnovers ... Often used as a wing on faceoffs and helped the Orange finish third nationally in ground balls per game, fifth nationally in faceoff win percentage and fifth nationally in clearing percentage ... Registered his first collegiate assist and picked up four ground balls vs. Johns Hopkins (3/7) ... Scored his first collegiate goal and caused two turnovers against Hobart (2/28) ... Collected three ground balls vs. Army (2/23) ... Picked up six ground balls, which is the second-best game total in his collegiate career, in the win over Binghamton (2/15) ... Caused two turnovers and collected a ground ball in the season-opening victory over Colgate (2/7).
Sophomore Year (2019): ACC All-Academic Team honoree ... ACC Honor Roll ... Saw action in 13-of-14 games as one of the Orange’s primary LSMs and was also utilized as a wing on faceoffs … Accumulated 36 ground balls, which ranked fourth on the team, and 10 caused turnovers … Picked up five ground balls and caused a pair of turnovers in the NCAA Tournament game against Loyola, in what was his sixth-straight game with at least one caused turnover (5/11) … Caused a turnover and collected two ground balls in the ACC Tournament First Round game at North Carolina (4/13) ... Picked up four ground balls and caused a turnover in the win over Navy (4/20) … Grabbed four ground balls and caused a turnover at North Carolina (4/13) ... Picked up a trio of ground balls and caused one turnover against Cornell (4/9) ... Caused a turnover and grabbed two ground balls at Hobart ... Collected a career high eight ground balls against Rutgers (3/15)… Picked up four ground balls and recorded one caused turnover in the win over Johns Hopkins (3/9) ... Caused a turnover and collected a ground ball in the win over Army (2/24) ... Made his return from injury, causing a turnover and picking up one ground ball against Colgate (2/8).
Freshman Year (2018): Participated in four games for the Orange before suffering a season-ending injury in the ACC opener against Virginia … Had a season total of seven ground balls and three caused turnovers in those four games ... Picked up a career-high five ground balls and caused one turnover during the win at Virginia (3/04) ... Picked up one ground ball and caused one turnover against Army (2/24) ... Recorded his first collegiate ground ball and first caused turnover against Albany (2/17).
Before SU: Ranked as the No. 68 overall recruit and No. 2 LSM recruit in the class of 2017 by Inside Lacrosse … Two-time U.S. Lacrosse All-American in 2016 and 2017 … USA Today First Team All-American (2017) … Led IMG Academy as a senior with 18 caused turnovers and 48 ground balls. Also contributed five goals and six assists … Was presented with the team’s Ironman Award in high school … Also was a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and worked with Sweetlax … Participated in the Inside Lacrosse Committed Academy this summer at Towson.
Personal: Born Feb. 2, 1999 in Hackensack, NJ … Son of Raquel … Has one sister, Isabella … Majoring in communication and rhetorical studies ... Majoring in communication and rhetorical studies in the college of visual and performing arts ... Majoring in communication and rhetorical studies in the college of visual and performing arts.
PLAYER FEATURES
Return of Midfielder Puts Spark into Syracuse Lacrosse’s Defense (Lindsay Kramer/ Syracuse.com)
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