Syracuse University Athletics

Position: Midfield
Height: 5-9
Weight: 200
Class: Senior
Hometown: Holtsville, N.Y.
High School: Sachem HS

Senior Year (2009): Named to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team ... Team captain … Started all 18 games in the midfield … One of seven players to start every contest … Fourth on the team in scoring with 32 points (18g, 14a) … Scooped up 15 ground balls … Scored a career-best five points (1g, 4a) in SU’s come-from-behind win at Loyola … His four assists was also a personal best … Tied his career high with five points, including a personal-best four goals, against Duke in the NCAA semifinals … Had two goals and two assists versus Hobart … Registered three points in wins against Cornell (2g, 1a) in the regular season and Maryland (1g, 2a) in the NCAA playoffs … Scored two goals versus Johns Hopkins and Princeton in the Inside Lacrosse Big City Classic … Also had two points against Albany (1g, 1a) and Binghamton (2a) … Scored one goal versus Providence, at Massachusetts and versus Cornell in the NCAA championship game.

Junior Year (2008): Saw action in all 18 games as a member of SU’s second midfield … Scored 13 points (11g, 2a) and collected 17 ground balls … Tied his career high with three goals against Loyola … Netted two goals against Massachusetts … Had four points in the NCAA Tournament, including a goal and an assist against Canisius in the opening round … Scored a goal against Johns Hopkins in the NCAA title game … Also had goals against Villanova, Princeton and Hobart … Had a season-best four ground balls against Princeton.

Sophomore Year (2007): Started all seven games he played ... Finished with eight points (7g, 1a) … Scored three goals in SU’s season-opening win against Hobart ... Scored twice against Cornell … Also had goals against Virginia and at Princeton … Dished out an assist at Georgetown … Collected 16 ground balls.

Freshman Year (2006): USILA Honorable Mention All-American … Played in all 15 games, starting 13 … Netted 17 goals, four assists and finished with 21 points … Scooped up 16 ground balls … Scored his first career goal at Virginia … Registered three goals, including the game-winner at Cornell … Equaled his season high with three points (2g, 1a) versus Hobart … Had two goals versus Loyola, Albany and Massachusetts … Made his first career start and had a goal versus Georgetown … One goal, one assist at Rutgers … Scored once at Colgate … Notched a goal and an assist against Harvard in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … Had a goal against Johns Hopkins in the NCAA quarterfinals … Also handed out an assist versus Virginia in the NCAA semifinals.

High School: Two-time All-American … Scored 52 goals and had 34 assists his senior year at Sachem High School … Compiled 174 goals and 102 assists during his varsity career … Team captain as a junior and senior … Three-time member of the Long Island Empire State Games Team … Played in the National Senior Showcase … Suffolk County Player of the Year … Team MVP.

Personal: Patrick James Perritt … Born in September 1986 … Son of Bill and Kathleen Perritt … Youngest of four boys … His brother, Bill, played midfield for the Syracuse lacrosse team from 2000-03 and helped the Orange win two NCAA Championships (2000, 2002) … Majoring in child and family studies.