#23 Taylor Clagett 2006-07 Men's Lacrosse Roster

Was one of the top faceoff men in the country during his stellar career … four-time monogram winner … played in 54 games during his Notre Dame career … went 624 of 1,036 (.602) in faceoffs during his Irish tenure … tallied eight points on five goals and three assists to go along with 239 ground balls … athletic player who contributed right away as a freshman … battled injuries during portions of his career … … was selected in the fifth round of the 2008 Major League Lacrosse Draft by the Los Angeles Riptide with the 49th pick overall … his brother, Steve, graduated from Notre Dame in 2004 after a distinguished career as a midfielder for the Irish, including being a part of the [apos]01 squad that reached the NCAA semifinals. AS A SENIOR: Played in all 17 games and earned his fourth monogram … posted a singleseason career-best .619 winning percentage from the faceoff X by going 203 for 328 … also tallied a single-season career-high four points on three goals and one assist … the three goals also were a career-best mark … scooped up a team-high 63 ground balls … notched his first goal of the season in a 19-7 win over Dartmouth … recorded two points on a goal and an assist in a 19-7 league victory over Bellarmine … aided the Irish effort in a 14-7 win over Lehigh by scoring a goal … also picked up a season-high seven ground balls in the win over the Mountain Hawks … won a careerbest 24 faceoffs in a 17-12 win over Ohio State to lock up a share of the GWLL regular-season title … top faceoff winning percentage of the season came in an 8-6 setback at #4 North Carolina as he went 13 for 16 (.813). AS A JUNIOR: Played in all 15 games … shared the team lead with 63 ground balls … won 164 of 289 (.567) faceoffs … totaled one point on one assist … attempted 14 shots … whistled for one penalty … registered one point on one assist … opened the season by winning 10 of 20 faceoffs in a 9-7 win over #13 Loyola … notched a season-high 14 faceoff wins (out of 21) in an 11-8 win at Penn State … he would match that win total on three other occasions during the campaign … posted a season-low victory total and percentage by going 5- for-21 in a 13-8 setback versus #4 Cornell … won 13 of 23 faceoffs in an 11-8 loss at #15 North Carolina … the 23 facoffs were a season-high number … went 10-for-19 in a 16-5 triumph at #19 Drexel … also collected an assist against the Dragons … despite an Irish loss (7-6) he dominated the faceoff X by going 11-for- 16 against Dartmouth … registered another 11 wins (out of 17) in an 11- 3 victory over Bellarmine in the GWLL opener … posted a (then) career-high faceoff win percentage of .778 by going 14-for-18 in an 11-3 victory at Brown … won 14 of 20 faceoffs in a 15-5 triumph of Villanova … established another career-best performance by winning 14 of 17 (.824) faceoffs in a 16-4 win over Air Force … went 13-for-22 against Denver, a 14-6 victory … attempted a season-low 12 faceoffs, winning eight of them, in a 14-2 besting of Lehigh … his nine-game streak above .500 was snapped as he went 9-for-22 in a 12-6 win at #20 Ohio State … won 12 of 21 in the X during the regular-season finale at Quinnipiac, a 14-9 victory … picked up a season-high seven ground balls against the Bobcats … suffered a season- low percentage by going 6-for- 20 (.300) in an 11-10 overtime setback at #5 Johns Hopkins in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … had six ground balls versus the Blue Jays. AS A SOPHOMORE: Appeared in 11 of the team[apos]s 15 contests … missed a stretch of four games in the middle of the season due to an injury … was 126 of 205 in faceoffs for a .615 percentage, which would have tied him for sixth nationally had he appeared in enough games … picked up 49 ground balls … called for two penalties, resulting in 1:30 of penalty time … attempted three shots … won a season-high 16 faceoffs (in 28 attempts) in a 14-10 setback at #1 Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … best percentage of the season came in a 9-6 loss to #8 Cornell as he won 13 of 17 for a .765 mark … won 12 of 16 faceoffs against Geoff Snider of #18 Denver … Snider would finish the season second nationally in faceoff win percentage (.684) … went 10-16 (.625) in a season-opening 8-4 victory over #14 Penn State … was 10-20 (.500) against North Carolina in a 9-7 Irish win … picked up a season-high eight ground balls against the Tar Heels … suffered his only sub- .500 game against Villanova as he went 7-16 (.438) … the Irish still topped the Wildcats 10-7 … would miss the next four games (Bellarmine, #5 Hofstra, Brown, Dartmouth) due to an injury … returned against Butler in the GWLL opener and went 13- 20 (.650) in a 9-8 Notre Dame victory … was 12- 20 (.600) against Air Force with six ground balls … posted a 12-18 (.667) mark against Lehigh with seven ground balls … went 10-19 (.526) against Ohio State … went 11-15 (.733) with six ground balls in a 19-7 regular-season finale victory over Quinnipiac. AS A FRESHMAN: Played in all 11 games and collected a team-high 64 ground balls … team[apos]s top faceoff man as he was 131-for-214 (.612) … that percentage put him at sixth nationally … won majority of faceoffs in 10 of 11 games … finished third in the GWLL and 13th nationally with 5.82 ground balls per game … scored two goals and assisted on one other for a total of five points … called for four penalties … was 12-for-18 (.667) in faceoffs in the 12-for-18 season-opening victory at #21 Penn State … also collected five ground balls against the Nittany Lions … was 12-for-22 (.545) with six ground balls against Cornell … was 14-for- 20 (.700) and 10-for-13 (.769) in wins over #10 North Carolina and Butler along with picking up five and seven ground balls, respectively, in those matches … scored his first collegiate goal in the 22- for-6 win against Butler … had games of 9-for-17 (.529) with five ground balls against Hofstra and 14-for-20 (.700) with nine ground balls and an assist versus Villanova … was 11-for-19 (.579) against Dartmouth and 10-for-19 (.526) against Denver … won a season-high 19 faceoffs in 28 opportunities (.679) and also picked up a seasonbest 12 ground balls and a goal in a 14-for-13 overtime win against Air Force … had games of 14-for-24 (.583) with eight ground balls against #20 Fairfield and 6-for-14 (.429) with five ground balls in the season finale at Ohio State. PREP AND PERSONAL DATA: A standout in lacrosse and soccer at DeMatha Catholic High School … lettered all four years as a lacrosse midfielder and twice as a defenseman in soccer … in lacrosse, he was all-conference, all-city, and team MVP as a junior and senior … member of four-time conference champion lacrosse team that garnered a national ranking each year … soccer team won the state championship his senior season … soccer won the conference and regional championship as a nationally-ranked squad his final two seasons … allconference along with being team MVP and captain his senior campaign in soccer … established school lacrosse records with 370 ground balls, most ground balls in a single season (169 as a senior) and highest faceoff percentage (.760) … scholastic lacrosse team defeated top-ranked Georgetown Prep … competed in the Maryland state senior allstar lacrosse game … as a junior, played in the Bay State lacrosse game … brother, Steve, played lacrosse for the Irish … attended same high school as former Notre Dame athletes Adrian Dantley (basketball), Ryan Gillis (football) and John Jay Owens (football) … member of the National Honor Society and Big Brother program … son of Marjorie and Stephen Clagett … youngest of three siblings … born July 2, 1986, in Anne Arundel, Md. … graduated from the Mendoza College of Business in May of 2008 with a finance degree … finished with a 3.236 cumulative GPA. 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