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Jersey Number 14
Mairead Durkin
- Year:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-10
- Hometown:
- Stony Point, N.Y.
- High School:
- Albertus Magnus
- Major:
- Computer Information Systems
Bio
Career Highlights
- Most caused turnovers all-time in JMU history (135)
- IWLCA First Team All-American
- ILWomen First Team All-American
- USA Lacrosse Magazine First Team All-American
- IWLCA First Team All-South Region
- American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year
- American Athletic Conference First Team All-Conference
- Tewaaraton Award Nominee
- Tewaaraton Award Watch List
- VaSID Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-State
- All-ECAC Team
- 2x American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week (March 6, April 17)
- Started all 22 games at defense
- 47 caused turnovers, tied for second-most in JMU single-season history
- Led The American in caused turnovers per game (2.14), tied for 12th in Division I
- Had four caused turnovers against UConn (Feb. 18) and against Cincinnati (Apr. 16)
- Multiple caused turnovers in 15 games
- Scooped 37 ground balls
- Had five ground balls at Temple (Mar. 25)
- Multiple ground balls in 12 games
- Five draw controls
- USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-American (Third Team)
- ILWomen Preseason All-American (Third Team)
- Preseason All-AAC
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2023)
- IWLCA All- American (2nd Team)
- Named 2022 All-American by ILWomen
- Colonial Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-CAA
- VaSID Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-State
- Preseason All-CAA (Hon. Mention)
- USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American (Third Team)
- IWLCA All-South Region (First Team)
- CAA Defensive Player of the Week (March 21)
- Started all 19 games for JMU
- 52 caused turnovers, a single-season program record
- Also led the team with 45 ground balls
- Secured nine draw controls
- Scored a goal against North Carolina (Feb. 12)
- Caused at least three turnovers in nine games
- Scooped at least three ground balls seven times
- Set career-high and program record with eight caused turnovers against UConn (May 13)
- The eight CTs were the most by in individual in a single game for Division I in 2022
- Also set career-high with seven ground balls against UConn (May 13)
- Second Team All-CAA
- VaSID Second Team All-State
- Started all 17 games at defense
- Scored four goals with a pair of free-position scores
- Had 26 caused turnovers, 24 ground balls and 20 draw controls
- Ranked fifth in the CAA in caused turnovers per game (1.53)
- Career-high two goals with two caused turnovers, two ground balls and two draws vs. Wofford (Mar. 12)
- Career-best four caused turnovers and three ground balls with three draw vs. George Mason (Mar. 3)
- Tied career highs of four caused turnovers and three ground balls in NCAA first round vs. Johns Hopkins (May 14)
- Had three caused turnovers vs. Elon (Apr. 25)
- Also tied career high of three ground balls at Liberty (Apr. 1)
- Had two or more caused turnovers in nine games
- Tallied two or more ground balls in seven games
- Started all six games at defense
- Had eight caused turnovers, 10 draw controls and 10 ground balls
- Ranked eighth in the CAA in caused turnovers per game (1.33)
- Career-high three caused turnovers and four ground balls, to go with three draw controls against Virginia Tech (Feb. 12)
- Season-high four draw controls and two ground balls at Rutgers (Mar. 7)
- Three draws and two ground balls vs. North Carolina (Feb. 8)
- Saw action in 11 games
- Scored four goals
- Had one caused turnover, four ground balls and 12 draw controls
- Scored first career goal in debut against Canisius (Mar 1), in which she also had three draws and two ground balls
- Also scored against Rutgers (Mar. 10), San Diego State (Mar. 30) and William & Mary (Apr. 21)
- Career-high five draw controls to lead JMU to comeback win at Penn State (Mar. 6)
- Sparked JMU's draw-control game at Hofstra (Apr. 14), helping Dukes to double-overtime win
- Had two caused turnovers and two ground balls in regular-season win over Elon
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2018)
- USA Lacrosse All-American in 2018
- Albertus Magnus’ all-time leading scorer, with 304 career goals
- All-Metro as a sophomore, junior and senior
- First Team All-County all four years
- All-Section all four years
- All-League all four years
- Scored 100 goals as a senior, 66 as a junior, 88 as a sophomore and 50 as a freshman
- Four-time Team MVP for the Falcons
- Team captain as a junior and senior
- Played club lacrosse for Metro Lacrosse from 2012 to 2017
- Dual-sport athlete who was an All-State basketball player, played soccer and Gaelic football
- Named basketball’s MVP three times and was part of the Section championship in 2015
- Helped soccer team to the 2016 Section championship
- Team MVP and world champion in Gaelic Football in 2016 in Dublin, Ireland
- Scholar-Athlete and honor roll student all four years at AMHS
- Rockland County Scholar-Athlete of the Week
- Full name is Mairead Elizabeth Durkin
- Daughter of Shane and Anne Durkin
- Has a brother, Shane, and a sister, Heather
- Her father played Gaelic football in Ireland for County Sligo and for the Irish National College team
- Both of her siblings are JMU graduates
- Majoring in computer information systems
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