Joe Breschi's Thoughts About Jack McBride:
• Any time you add a two-time All-America to your team, it's an immediate upgrade.
• He was a captain at Princeton, so he brings great leadership.
• A calming influence as an experienced but with a tremendous work ethic and leadership mentality.
• He's got a great stick, can shoot and can feed.
• He's got all the tools to really elevate our offense.
General: Enrolled at Carolina in August 2011 as a graduate student in the MBA program...graduated from Princeton in 2011 after being a two-time All-America for the Tigers' lacrosse team...a crafty attackman who will use his final season of eligibility at Carolina...was member of the gold medal winning USA Team at the U19 World Games in Vancouver in 2008...taken in third round of 2012 MLL draft as 23rd pick by the Hamilton Nationals. Career at Princeton: Finished Princeton career with 90 goals, 25 assists and 115 points...2011 Princeton team captain...a first-team All-Ivy League selection in 2009 and 2010 ... honorable mention All-America in 2010 and second-team All-America in 2009 ... was first Princeton player with back-to-back seasons of at least 30 goals since Jason Doneger in 2003 and 2004 ... 15th all-time at Princeton with 90 goals ... has 115 career points, 21st best all-time at Princeton. 2011 (Senior at Princeton): Played in only two games before sitting out the remainder of the season and proceeding to graduation...had a preseason groin injury that eventually forced him to abandon the campaign. 2010 (Junior at Princeton): Honorable mention All-America ... a first-team All-Ivy League selection for the second straight year ... a Tewaaraton Trophy nominee ... led team with 51 points and 35 goals ... was the eighth player in school history to reach at least 80 goals by his junior year ... scored game-winning goal in overtime in the Ivy League Tournament final against Cornell ... had six goals and one assist in the Ivy tournament to earn all-tournament team honors ... named Ivy League Player of the Week after an eight-goal, 10-point week in wins over Dartmouth and Rutgers ... had five goals and two assists to tie career-high of seven points in win over Dartmouth ... had three goals and then assisted on game-winner in overtime against Hopkins. 2009 (Sophomore at Princeton): Second-team All-America ... first-team All-Ivy League...was one of 21 Tewaaraton Trophy nominees...led team with 35 goals and was third on team with 42 points...had at least one goal in all 14 games he played...was team's leading goal-scorer eight times...scored four goals against Dartmouth... had two goals against Harvard, including game-winner with 1:58 to play... had two goals and game-winning assist in overtime against Penn... had three goals against Syracuse... tied career high with six goals against Albany... scored four goals against Hopkins. 2008 (Freshman at Princeton): Honorable mention All Ivy-League ... set Princeton freshman record with six goals against Penn, breaking the record of five set by Sean Hartofilis against Virginia in the 2000 NCAA semifinal...scored six goals on six shots against Penn...had 19 goals, sixth-best by a Princeton freshman ... named Ivy League Rookie of the Week after games against Penn and Harvard. Prep: Graduated from Delbarton School in Morristown, N.J. in 2007...three-year varsity letter winner there as a quarterback on the football team and attackman on the lacrosse team...captain of 2006 football team and 2007 lacrosse team... lacrosse team won two state championships and was state runner-up one time ... lacrosse team was 62-4 in career ... two-time All-America ... New Jersey Player of the Year senior year ... scored 126 goals and had 54 assists in career ... had 49 goals and 20 assists as a senior and 58 goals and 26 assists as a junior ... two-time first-team All-State ... football team advanced to state final twice ... first-team All-State quarterback ... threw 71 touchdown passes in high school ... threw for 5,388 yards in high school ... honor roll student. Personal: Joseph Paul McBride is the son of Mark and Virginia McBride...goes by Jack...was born November 3, 1988 in Morristown, N.J. ...comes from a family of collegiate athletes...his dad played golf at Stanford, mother played field hockey at Ohio Wesleyan and has sisters who played lacrosse at Duke and Penn.
LET'S PLAY 20 QUESTIONS WITH...Jack McBride
Section #1 (Lacrosse Related)
1. The best thing about being a Tar Heel lacrosse player is how welcoming the team is.
2. My favorite thing about competing for Coach Breschi is how much he cares for his players and fellow coaches.
3. Since last year the aspect of my training I've worked on the most is my health.
4. My best friends on another college lacrosse team are Oscar Loynaz, Pete Smyth and John Cunningham from Princeton University.
5. My greatest strength as a lacrosse player is experience. Section #2 (Jack's Interests)
1. Away from the lacrosse field and academic pursuits I like to spend time watching movies and meeting my new teammates.
2. The best movie I've seen recently is MacGruber.
3. If I could compete in another sport at UNC it would be basketball.
4. The music act I'd most like to see in person is The Knocks.
5. The personal interest I have that might surprise my teammates is fishing. Section #3 (Food and Beverage)
1. After a game at Fetzer Field, I'd like to see a tailgate spread that included hamburgers and sandwiches, simple.
2. My favorite beverage is an Arnold Palmer.
3. My favorite foods made by relatives are my mom's guacamole and my Aunt Bep's chocolate chip cookies.
4. My favorite place to eat in Chapel Hill is Jersey Mike's.
5. My favorite guilty pleasure food wise is strawberry ice cream and Toaster Strudels. Section #4 (Digging Into Jack's Personality)
1. If I possessed the gift of time travel I'd like to go to Westhampton Beach, NY, for this past year's July 4th.
2. If I could go to dinner with a famous person it would be Lawrence Taylor.
3. My dream job is to own a casino.
4. The most interesting person I've met at UNC is Dr. Jack Evans.
In His Career (at UNC): 4 multi-goal games (4 in 2012); 5 multi-point games (5 in 2012).
Career Highs (at Princeton): Goals: 6 vs. Penn, 4-8-2008; 6 vs. Albany, 3-20-2009; Points: 7 vs. Albany, 3-20-2009; 7 vs. Dartmouth, 4-17-2010.
Career Highs (at UNC): Goals: 2 vs. Penn State, 2-11-2012; 2 vs. Lehigh, 3-3-2012; 2 vs. Princeton, 3-10-2012; 2 vs. Virginia, 4-20-2012; Points: 2 vs. Penn State, 2-11-2012; 2 vs. Lehigh, 3-3-2012; 2 vs. Princeton, 3-10-2012; 2 vs. Virginia, 4-20-2012; Ground Balls: 2 vs. Duke, 3-6-2012.
