Gavin Petracca

Position:
Attackman
Height:
5-10
Weight:
175
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Manhasset, N.Y.
High School:
Manhasset

Coach Joe Breschi on Gavin Petracca
•Gavin is the quarterback on the field.
•He understands the offense and where everybody should be. He directs traffic for us.
•A great, accurate shooter.
•A smart shooter; he doesn't have tremendous velocity but he has an uncanny ability to put it in the right spot.

Pronunciation Guide: puh-TRACK-uh

2009 (Junior): Had another banner season...tied for third on the team in points with 43...had 26 goals, the fourth best on the team and 17 assists, also the squad's fourth highest total...had a career-best eight points against Denver in a game when he also had a career high four assists...had four goals against the Pioneers, one short of his career high...had 28 ground balls and two man-up goals...had five points in the season opener against Robert Morris on four goals and an assist...also had a career high six ground balls against RMU...had four points in a game three times, against Detroit (2g, 2a), Johns Hopkins (2g, 2a) and Maryland in the ACC Tournament (3g, 1a)...had three-point games against Lehigh (1g, 2a) and Providence (2g, 1a)...had four other games with two points...had three ground balls against Colgate, Notre Dame and Maryland...was named the ACC Player of the Week on February 17, 2009 after tallying a career-high eight points on four goals and four assists in the 20-7 win over Denver...named to the 2008-09 ACC Academic Honor Roll...tapped for the Dean's List in the spring semester of 2009.
2008 (Sophomore): Ranked third on the team in scoring with 25 points...was the team's second most proficient goal scorer with 19...started all 14 games...had six assists...also had 18 ground balls...named to 2007-08 ACC Academic Honor Roll...selected for Dean's List in fall 2007 semester...played particularly well at the end of the year with 13 goals in the final five games of the campaign...had at least one point in 12 of 14 games...had a season-high five points against Hofstra with a season-high four goals and an assist...had hat tricks against both Ohio State and Navy...had a three-point game against Bellarmine with a goal and a season-high two assists...scored two goals each in games against Denver and Virginia and had a goal and an assist versus Cornell...had the game-winning goal against Marist.
2007 (Freshman): Was Carolina's second-leading scorer with 41 points...had 24 goals, the second-highest total on the team and 17 assists, also the second most on the squad...also had 31 ground balls...the winner of the Jay Gallagher Award as the team's outstanding newcomer...named ACC Men's Lacrosse Player of the Week on February 19, 2007 after scoring four goals and adding one assist in his opening college game against Ohio State...started all 16 games on the season...had at least one point in every game except the Fairfield match...had season highs for goals and points with five and six, respectively, against Vermont...had five-point games against Notre Dame and Bellarmine with two goals and three assists in both matches...had three assists in the 13-10 win over Johns Hopkins...had two goals and one assist against both Navy in the NCAA first round and Providence...scored two goals in the win over Denver and in the NCAA quarterfinals against Duke...had a season-high five ground balls in the match at Virginia.
Community Service & Leadership: Participates in Carolina Dreams with North Carolina Children's Hospital...active in the Campus Y...volunteers at the Ronald McDonald House...works with the 2nd and 7 Foundation and Declaration of Human Rights.
Prep: Was one of the top high school attackmen in the nation enrolling in college in the fall of 2005...graduated from Manhasset High School on June 23, 2005...played four years of varsity lacrosse as an attackman...was coached by Alan Lowe...was named to the Long Island Empire State Games Team on two occasions, winning silver medals two times...captain of the Manhasset team...helped lead Manhasset to the state championship in 2004...that team was ranked No. 1 in the nation...a high school All-America as a senior...named to the all-conference and all-district teams on two occasions...led Manhasset to three Long Island championships and three Nassau County titles...named the 2005 Nassau County attackman of the year...a 2004 all-county selection...offensive MVP of the 2004 state championship game...a high honor roll student...twice named academic all-county...played with the Long Island Sting when it won the Pedi Indoor National Tournament.
Personal: Gavin Joseph Petracca is the son of Michael and Raissa Petracca...he was born June 26, 1987 in Manhasset, N.Y. ...has two brothers, James, 21, who is a sophomore goalkeeper on the lacrosse squad at UNC, and Brian, 17...majors in Management & Society.

Let's Play 20 Questions with Gavin Petracca
Section #1: Lacrosse
1. The best thing about being a Tar Heel lacrosse player is competing for a national championship every year.
2. My favorite thing about playing for Coach Breschi is the intensity he brings to the program.
3. Since my last competitive season, the part of my game I've worked on the most is footwork.
4. My best friend on another college team is Paul Webber at Villanova.
5. My best attributes as a lacrosse player are my shooting and communication.
Section #2: Hobbies
1. My favorite video game is NHL 2010.
2. My favorite road trip bus movie is "Step Brothers."
3. If I could play another sport at UNC it would be golf.
4. If I received free concert tickets via a radio promotion I hope I could see Ke$ha.
5. The one interest/hobby I have that people would be very surprised to know is I like to play Scrabble.
Section #3: Food
1. My ideal tailgate would be a spread that included Chicken Parmesan, Manhasset Deli Sambos, Hotdogs, and Chicken Salad.
2. Other than water, my favorite beverage is Arnold Palmers.
3. I am allowed to enter a room with unlimited snacks, one room has salty stuff the other sweet stuff? Which room do I enter? Salty
4. My favorite food made by a relative is my Mom's Chicken Parmesan.
5. If I could buy a down-on-his-luck friend a meal, I'd take him/her to The Palm II in NYC.
Section #4: Personality
1. If I possessed the gift of time travel, I would go to the Wild Wild West.
2. My most prized possession is my New XBOX 360.
3. My ITunes library includes 2,500 songs, mostly Pop/Rap.
4. In a perfect world where making money was not a consideration my dream job would be Little League Lacrosse Coach.
5. The most interesting person I've met in my time at UNC is Smooty because he's always entertaining.

Gavin Petracca's Stat Lines

Year		GP/GS	SH	G	A	PTS	GB
2007		16/16	83	24	17	41	31
2008		14/14	70	19	6	25	14
2009		18/18	88	26	17	43	28
Totals		48/48	241	69	40	109	73

Career Highs: Shots--14 vs. Robert Morris, 2-7-2009; Goals--5 vs. Vermont, 3-13-2007; Assists--4 vs. Denver, 2-14-2009; Points--8 vs. Denver, 2-14-2009; Ground Balls--6 vs. Robert Morris, 2-7-2009.