2014 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Kevin Rice
- Position:
- Attack
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Skaneateles, N.Y.
- High School:
- Skaneateles
Senior Year (2015): Tewaaraton Award Finalist ... ACC Offensive Player of the Year ... All-ACC Team ... ACC Championship MVP ... ACC All-Tournament Team ... Senior CLASS Award Finalist ... USILA Lt. Col. Jack Turnbull Award Winner (National Attackman of the Year) ... USILA First Team All-American ... ACC Men's Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... Capital One Academic All-America First Team ... Senior CLASS Award All-America First Team ... ECAC First Team All-Star ... Capital One Academic All-America First Team ... Capital One Academic All-District ... Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America First Team ... ACC Offensive Player of the Week (March 3) ... All-ACC Academic Team ... Team Co-Captain ... Third in the NCAA and first in the ACC in assists per game (3.00) ... Led the ACC and ranked fourth nationally in scoring (5.25 ppg) ... Finished his career scoring a goal in 30-straight games, which was the second-longest active streak in the nation at the conclusion of the season ... Finished his career leading all-active players in career assists and ranks seventh all-time in program history with 126 helpers ... Had at least three points in every game ... Netted two goals and added four assists in the season-opener against Siena (2/7) ... Scored a hat trick and chipped in four assists against Virginia (3/1) and earned ACC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance ... Tallied a goal and four assists for five points against St. John's (3/7) ... Scored four goals and added three assists against Duke (3/22) ... Tallied seven points (three goals, four assists) against Albany (4/2) ... Scored twice and added two helpers against North Carolina in the ACC Semifinal (4/24) ... Scored three goals and added four assists in the ACC Championship against Duke (4/26) ... Tallied a career-high nine points (four goals, five assists), while also collecting two ground balls and causing a turnover in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Marist (5/10) ... Recorded three goals and four assists against Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Quarterfinal (5/17) ... SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll member in the fall and spring ... Selected 23rd overall in the 2015 MLL Draft by the Florida Launch.
Junior Year (2014): USILA Second Team All-American and Tewaaraton Award nominee as national player of the year … All-ACC Team … ACC All-Tournament Team … Started all 16 games and totaled 80 points on 36 goals and 44 assists … Second in the ACC and fifth nationally in scoring (5.0 points per game) … Led the ACC and was fifth in the NCAA in assists per game (2.75) … His 44 assists were ninth on the Orange single-season record list … Eighth in the ACC in goals per game (2.25) ... Tied for the team lead and ranked fourth in the ACC in extra-man goals (7) … Three-time ACC Offensive Player of the Week … Set the ACC Championship records for points (15) and assists (11) in a single tournament … Had at least one point in every game and scored a goal in 15 of SU’s 16 contests … Recorded nine games of at least five points and had six games with at least seven points … Registered eight hat tricks, including a career-high four goals versus St. John’s (3/8), Notre Dame (3/29) and Hobart (4/19) during the regular season. Added four assists in the St. John’s game to tie his career best with eight points … Credited with eight assists versus Siena (2/10), one short of the Orange single-game record, and the most for an SU player in one game since 1997 … Tallied seven points (3 goals, 4 assists), including the 100th point of his career, at Cornell (4/8) … Registered six points (3 goals, 3 assists), including the tying goal with 8.4 seconds left, in an 11-10 double-overtime versus North Carolina (4/12) that clinched a spot in the conference tournament … Tied the ACC Championship single-game scoring record with eight points (3 goals, 5 assists) versus Duke in the semifinals, including an assist on Dylan Donahue’s winning goal with one second to play … Notched one goal and six assists versus Notre Dame (4/27) in the conference title game … Posted his third seven-point game of the year with three goals and four assists against Colgate (5/3) … Capital One Second Team Academic All-American and All-District I First Team selection … Named to the ACC All-Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll … SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll member in the fall and spring.
Sophomore Year (2013): One of six players to start all 20 games ... Second on the Orange in both points (55) and assists (32) ... Tied for eighth in the BIG EAST in points per game (2.75) and ranked fourth in the conference in assists per contest (1.6) ... Scored 23 goals on the year, including three game-winners ... Tied with teammates Luke Cometti and Derek Maltz for the second-most game-winning goals in the BIG EAST ... Named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll three times ... Recorded six multi-goal games and had three assists in a game seven times ... Totaled four points, including a season-best three assists, versus Albany (2/17) in his first career start ... Scored the game-winning goal with one minute left in overtime to lift SU to a 9-8 win against Virginia (3/1) ... Registered the first hat trick of his career with three goals against Canisius (3/29). Added three assists versus the Griffins to finish with a season-best six points ... Named the Konica Minolta Player of the Game after totaling four points (1 goal, 3 assists) in a 10-4 win against Notre Dame (4/27) at the Big City Classic ... Voted the BIG EAST Championship's Most Outstanding Player and named to the all-tournament team after notching seven points against Notre Dame (5/2) and Villanova (5/4) to lead SU to the conference title. Rice tallied two goals against the Irish in the semifinals, and had two goals and three assists versus the Wildcats in the championship game ... Had one goal and three assists in the first half of the NCAA title game to help the Orange get out to a 5-0 lead against Duke (5/27) ... Winner of the NCAA's Elite 89 Award for maintaining the highest cumulative GPA of any player at the Final Four ... Named to the Capital One Academic All-District I Men's At-Large Team ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... Member of the SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll both semesters.
Freshman Year (2012): Played in six games, often substituting as an inverted midfielder ... Credited with the first two points of his career (both assists) against Rutgers (4/14) at the ESPNU Warrior Classic ... Tallied his first collegiate goal in SU's BIG EAST championship game win against St. John's (5/5) ... BIG EAST All Academic Team ... Member of the SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll both semesters.
High School: Rated the 16th-best attackman and the No. 48 prospect overall in the Class of 2011 by Inside Lacrosse … 2011 Under Armour and U.S. Lacrosse All-American … Selected to play in the 2011 Champion All-America Showcase … Led all of Central New York in scoring with 136 points (70 goals, 66 assists) as a senior to propel Skaneateles to a 17-2 record … Helped the Lakers win three league championships and the 2010 Section III title … Finished his high school career with 184 goals and 117 assists in three seasons … 2011 Auburn Citizen Player of the Year … Two-time all-league and All-Central New York (CNY) First Team selection … Team captain and offensive MVP … Also a member of the Skaneateles boys’ soccer and basketball teams ... Helped the Lakers to a 22-0 record and the 2010 Class B state soccer championship.
Personal: Kevin Stuart Rice … Born in October 1992 in Syracuse, N.Y. … Son of Steve and Linda Rice … Three sisters … Sister, Stephanie, played women’s lacrosse at Hofstra … History major.
