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Lafayette College Athletics

2023 Men's Lacrosse Roster

Rick Smith
Rick Smith

51 James Turco

  • Pos. M
  • Yr. Senior
  • Ht. 5-11
  • Weight 185
  • Hometown Woodbury, N.Y.
  • High School Hill Academy
  • Major Undeclared

Biography

2023: The Leopards’ main option in the faceoff circle, Turco appeared in 11 games…named Patriot League Faceoff Specialist of the Week on 4/24 after going 20-for-31 from the "x" and picking up 10 ground balls in the win over Bucknell (4/21)...went 88-for-180 (.489) from the faceoff “x”, picking up 38 ground balls.

2022: Appeared in 12 games as the second option for the Leopards at faceoffs... went 44-107 on the year... secured 20 ground balls... was 13-for-17 in the middle at VMI. 

2021: The Leopards main option at the faceoff X, playing in nine games... went 58-122 in faceoffs...collected 21 ground balls in the process... went 15-11 in faceoffs against Boston U... helped Lafayette lead the Patriot League as 1-of-44 selections to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2020: Played all six games in a season cut short by COVID-19...led the team in ground balls with 20...was the team's primary specialist in the faceoff X, winning 48.7 percent of his opportunities (58-of-119)...won 17-of-27 faceoffs against No. 15 Army (3/7)...picked up seven ground balls against Binghamton (2/15)...one of 36 Leopards selected to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, posting a 3.68 GPA.

At The Hill Academy: Played lacrosse for five years and won the 2018 Victory National Championship and the 2018 Geico National Championship…ranked third overall in 2018 and eighth overall in 2019 in the National Rankings…was a two-time All-Canada Lacrosse Games All-Star, a 2018 July Inside Invitational All-Star, was named to the Underclass Under Armour All-American Long Island Top 40…named to the 2017 Academic All-Conference team…played club lacrosse for EDGE Lacrosse and Ottawa Capitals Lacrosse…founded his own charity in 2015 called Laxin’ For Lupus (www.laxinforlupus.org) in honor of his mother who was diagnosed with Lupus…originally from Long Island, N.Y. but lived in Toronto for two years during high school…son of Danielle and Keith Turco…has a younger sister named Noelle.

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2020Freshman

    Midfield
    5'11" 195 lbs
    34
  • 51

    2021Sophomore

    Midfield
    5'11" 195 lbs
    51
  • 51

    2022Junior

    Midfield
    5'11" 185 lbs
    51
  • 51

    2023Senior

    Midfield
    5'11" 185 lbs
    51