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2025 Men's Lacrosse Roster

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17 John DeFazio

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 195
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Mountain Lakes, N.J.
  • High School Mountain Lakes

Biography

2024: USILA Iroquois National Outstanding Player of the Year…USILA First-Team All-American…USA Lacrosse Magazine First-Team All-American…CLC Defensive Player of the Year…All-CLC First Team…All-ECAC Selection…NCAA rankings: 45th in caused turnovers per game (2.45)…CLC rankings: 2nd in caused turnovers per game (2.45), 7th in ground balls per game (4.5)…2x CLC Defensive Player of the Week, 2/12 & 3/18...Logged 99 ground balls and 54 caused turnovers across 22 starts…Added seven points on one goal and six assists…Scooped seven ground balls and forced five errors, 2/10 vs. Grove City…Logged five grounders and three CT’s while scoring, 3/2 vs. Lynchburg…Dug out seven ground balls and stole six possessions while dishing out assist, 3/14 vs. SUNY Geneseo…Swarmed for eight grounders and five caused turnovers in 56th “War on the Shore”, 4/13 vs. Washington (Md.)…Chased down seven grounders and caused three miscues, 4/20 vs. Montclair State…Closed the season with 15 ground balls and six caused turnovers across two NCAA Tournament games, 5/12-18

2023: IMLCA Defensive Player of the Year…IMLCA First-Team All-American…USILA First-Team All-American…USA Lacrosse Magazine First-Team All-American…All-CLC First Team…CLC rankings: 1st in caused turnovers (57), 2nd in CT per game (2.38), 7th in ground balls per game (4.42)…Totaled career-highs in ground balls (106), caused turnovers (57) while notching nine points on five goals and four assists…Began season with seven ground balls and three caused turnovers, 2/5 vs. Berry (Ga.)…Logged five ground balls and five forced errors, 3/4 at Lynchburg…Tallied five ground balls and forced three turnovers with third career goal, 3/25 at Stevenson…Snatched up eight ground balls and four caused turnovers and scored, 4/8 vs. CNU…Scooped eight ground balls, 4/21 vs. Cabrini…Tallied season-high nine loose balls and caused four errors while adding an assist, 5/5 vs. Montclair State…Swarmed for eight ground balls and caused season-high seven turnovers, 5/7 vs. CNU…Picked up three ground balls and scored, 5/28 vs. Tufts in NCAA Championship

2022: USILA and USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America Honorable Mention…IMLCA All-Region Honorable Mention…First-Team All-C2C…First-Team All-ECAC…C2C All-Tournament Team…C2C Defensive Player of the Week, 3/7…Scooped up three-plus ground balls 19 times and caused two-plus turnovers 12 times…Registered five ground balls and five caused turnovers, 3/5 vs. Lynchburg…Caused five turnovers with three ground balls and one assist, 3/6 vs. Randolph-Macon…Scooped up four ground balls with two caused turnovers, 3/13 at York (Pa.)…Notched five ground balls with three caused turnovers, 3/30 vs. Stevenson…Recorded four ground balls, two caused turnovers and one assist, 4/9 vs. Washington (Md.)…Notched five ground balls, 4/11 vs. St. Mary’s (Md.)…Recorded five ground balls with two caused turnovers, 4/27 at Catholic…Scooped up season-high eight ground balls in consecutive games, 4/30 & 5/3 vs. UMW…Notched four ground balls and two caused turnovers in C2C Championship, 5/7 at CNU…Matched season high with eight ground balls plus two caused turnovers and one assist in NCAA Third Round, 5/15 vs. Cabrini

2021: C2C Rookie of the Year, Second-Team All-C2C…C2C Defensive Player of the Week, 4/5…Scooped up two-plus ground balls 13 times…Recorded 11 ground balls in first four career games, 3/13-3/21…Notched season-high eight ground balls with two caused turnovers and one assist, 3/24 at Susquehanna…Scooped up five ground balls, 4/3 vs. CNU…Scored first career goal with four ground balls and two caused turnovers, 4/14 at CNU…Recorded three ground balls and two caused turnovers in C2C Championship, 5/8 vs. CNU…Caused season-high four turnovers with one ground ball in NCAA Semifinals, 5/23 vs. CNU…Scooped up four ground balls with one caused turnover in NCAA Championship, 5/30 vs. RIT

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2021Freshman

    LSM
    6'1" 180 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2022Sophomore

    LSM
    6'1" 180 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2023Junior

    LSM
    6'1" 195 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2024Senior

    D
    6'2" 195 lbs
    17
  • 17
    C

    2025Graduate Student

    D
    6'2" 195 lbs
    17
    C