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Jersey Number 14
Mairead Durkin
- Year:
 - Redshirt Senior
 
- Position:
 - Defender
 
- Height:
 - 5-10
 
- Hometown:
 - Stony Point, N.Y.
 
- High School:
 - Albertus Magnus
 
- Major:
 - Computer Information Systems
 
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
 - VaSIDÂ 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)Â
 - ILWomen Preseason All-American (Third Team)
 - Preseason All-AACÂ
 - 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
 - VaSIDÂ 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)
 - CAAÂ 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
 - VaSIDÂ 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 WeekÂ
 
- 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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