Jason Hard Class: Senior Hometown: Bridgeport, N.Y. High School: Cicero North Syracuse H.S. Height / Weight: 6-1 / 205 Position: Midfield

WORTH NOTING: One of the nation's top faceoff men * preseason All-American * forms a potent faceoff combination with David Jenkins * co-captain in 2000 ... key player throughout his career * 1997 ACC Rookie of the Year.

AT VIRGINIA: 1999-Played in 16 games ... shared the faceoff duties with David Jenkins * won 130 of 207 faceoffs (.628), sixth in the nation * UVa was second in the nation in faceoffs * second on team in ground balls (83) * 30th nationally in ground balls * won 11 of 12 faceoffs vs. both Massachusetts and Stony Brook ... ACC Player of the Week for his play in win over North Carolina when he won 14 of 21 faceoffs, had a season-high 11 ground balls and scored a goal in a narrow 17-14 win * won 67.4 percent of his faceoffs in the NCAA Tournament, including a 13 of 17 performance vs. Delaware in the quarterfinals * won a key late fourth quarter faceoff to stop a five-goal Syracuse run, setting up the goal that increased UVa's lead to 11-9 on the way to a 12-10 national title win * other goals came vs. Rutgers and Massachusetts.
1998-Played in 13 games, registering three goals and one assist * top faceoff performances include Mercyhurst (13 of 14) and (North Carolina 11 of 20). 1997-ACC Rookie of the Year * UVa's top faceoff man, winning 176 of 285 faceoffs (.618) * also led team with 102 ground balls * scored five goals * won 29 of 40 faceoffs in his collegiate debut at Syracuse in season opener * his other top faceoff performances included: 15 of 17 vs. Mercyhurst, 18 of 27 vs. Massachusetts, 11 of 13 vs. VMI, 13 of 20 at Duke, and 10 of 16 vs. Bucknell * scored two goals against VMI * also scored a goal in wins over Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Bucknell.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned All-America and All-County honors in lacrosse at Cicero North Syracuse * competed on the U.S. 19-Under team in 1996 and had four assists * All-Star game participant * played in Empire State games.

PERSONAL: Born 6-8-78 in Syracuse, N.Y. * son of Linda and Bill Hard ... has a brother, Casey (22) and a sister, Kerri (18) ... brother played lacrosse at UMBC * anthropology major.

HARD STATISTICALLY

Year	Games	G.Balls	Shots	Goals	Assists	Pts	FO/Pct.
1997	14	102	11	5	0	5	176-109/61.8
1998	13	61	10	3	1	4	111-151/42.4
1999	16	83	8	3	1	4	130-77/62.8
Career	43	246	29	11	2	13	417-337/55.3