2014 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
McDermott, Jay

Jersey Number 88
Jay McDermott
- Position:
- Defense
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 184
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Duxbury, Mass.
- High School:
- Duxbury
Bio
Senior Year (2016): Recorded 15 grounds balls and caused a career high five turnovers while starting all 17 games for the Orange... Picked up one ground ball and one turnover versus Siena (2/13)… Recorded one ground ball against Army (2/28)… Caused one turnover against Virginia (3/4)… Tallied one ground ball and one caused turnover versus St. John’s (3/12)… Picked up two ground balls at Johns Hopkins [3/19] … Marked one ground ball against Duke (3/26)… Recorded one ground ball versus Notre Dame (4/2)… Picked up one ground ball and forced one turnover against Cornell (4/12)… Recorded a career/season high four ground balls and had one caused turnover against Duke (5/1)… Scooped up one ground ball versus Colgate (5/7)… Picked up one ground ball against Albany (5/15)… Notched a ground ball and caused turnover versus Maryland (5/21).
Junior Year (2015): Played in all-16 games with 15 starts on close defense … Totaled 19 ground balls and caused four turnovers ... Picked up a ground ball against Cornell (2/15) ... Grabbed a pair of ground balls against Army (2/22) ... Caused a turnover and collected a ground ball vs. St. John's in the Cobb County Classic (3/7) ... Caused a turnover for the second-straight game and collected three ground balls against Johns Hopkins (3/14) ... Picked up a ground ball against Duke (3/22) ... Collected a ground ball at Notre Dame (3/28) ... Earned a ground ball against Hobart (4/14) ... Collected a pair of ground balls against North Carolina in the ACC Semifinal (4/24) ... Caused a career-high two turnovers and picked up a ground ball in the ACC title game against Duke (4/26) ... Collected a ground ball at Colgate in the regular season finale (5/2) ... Collected a career-high four ground balls in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Marist (5/10) ... Collected a ground ball against Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Quarterfinal (5/17).
Sophomore Year (2014): Played in 13 games on close defense, including one start … Totaled four ground balls and two caused turnovers … Picked up the first ground ball of his career in the Orange’s season-opening win against Siena (2/10) … Made his first career start at Virginia (3/1) and collected a career-high two ground balls … Had one ground ball and was credited with his first career caused turnover against St. John’s (3/8) at the Cobb County Lacrosse Classic … ACC Academic Honor Roll … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
Freshman Year (2013): Played in two games ... Made his college debut in SU's 18-9 victory at Providence (3/19) ... Member of the SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the fall.
High School: Rated the 34th-best defenseman in the Class of 2012 by Inside Lacrosse … Led the Dragons to two state championships (2011, 2012) … Part of a Duxbury defense that allowed double-digit goals just once in 25 games during its 2012 state title run … Recipient of the lacrosse program’s Jonathan Taylor Memorial Award.
Personal: Jonathan Francis McDermott ... Born in November 1993 in Boston, Mass. ... Son of Paul and Laura McDermott ... One sister, one brother ... Finance major.
Junior Year (2015): Played in all-16 games with 15 starts on close defense … Totaled 19 ground balls and caused four turnovers ... Picked up a ground ball against Cornell (2/15) ... Grabbed a pair of ground balls against Army (2/22) ... Caused a turnover and collected a ground ball vs. St. John's in the Cobb County Classic (3/7) ... Caused a turnover for the second-straight game and collected three ground balls against Johns Hopkins (3/14) ... Picked up a ground ball against Duke (3/22) ... Collected a ground ball at Notre Dame (3/28) ... Earned a ground ball against Hobart (4/14) ... Collected a pair of ground balls against North Carolina in the ACC Semifinal (4/24) ... Caused a career-high two turnovers and picked up a ground ball in the ACC title game against Duke (4/26) ... Collected a ground ball at Colgate in the regular season finale (5/2) ... Collected a career-high four ground balls in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Marist (5/10) ... Collected a ground ball against Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Quarterfinal (5/17).
Sophomore Year (2014): Played in 13 games on close defense, including one start … Totaled four ground balls and two caused turnovers … Picked up the first ground ball of his career in the Orange’s season-opening win against Siena (2/10) … Made his first career start at Virginia (3/1) and collected a career-high two ground balls … Had one ground ball and was credited with his first career caused turnover against St. John’s (3/8) at the Cobb County Lacrosse Classic … ACC Academic Honor Roll … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
Freshman Year (2013): Played in two games ... Made his college debut in SU's 18-9 victory at Providence (3/19) ... Member of the SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the fall.
High School: Rated the 34th-best defenseman in the Class of 2012 by Inside Lacrosse … Led the Dragons to two state championships (2011, 2012) … Part of a Duxbury defense that allowed double-digit goals just once in 25 games during its 2012 state title run … Recipient of the lacrosse program’s Jonathan Taylor Memorial Award.
Personal: Jonathan Francis McDermott ... Born in November 1993 in Boston, Mass. ... Son of Paul and Laura McDermott ... One sister, one brother ... Finance major.
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Walkin' and Talkin' with Carter Rice
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