Michael Jarvis

Position:
Defenseman
Height:
6-5
Weight:
210
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Richmond, Va.
High School:
Collegiate School

Coach Joe Breschi on Michael Jarvis
•Michael Jarvis is a tremendous leader. He is well respected by his peers and teammates.
•Has the ability to play both pole and close defense.
•Will be a matchup problem for anybody.

2009 (Junior): Played in all 18 games last year...started four times...ranked second on the team in cause turnovers with 24...also had 20 ground balls...recorded assists versus Colgate and Duke in the NCAA Tournament...matched his career high for caused turnovers with three against Colgate, Maryland and Virginia...had five other games with two caused turnovers...had a season high three ground balls against Providence, matching his career high in that statistic.
2008 (Sophomore): Played in all 14 games for the Tar Heels and started three times on the wing on face-offs against Notre Dame, Providence and Duke...had six ground balls and five caused turnovers...his best game came against Notre Dame with season highs in ground balls and caused turnovers with two each...named to 2007-08 ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2007 (Freshman): Had an outstanding year on the field and in the classroom...he played in all 16 games and started the first 12 matches of the season...scored a goal against Denver and assisted on a goal against Duke...had a career-high three ground balls against both Ohio State and Virginia...his season-high for caused turnovers was three against Notre Dame and that total still matches his career high in that category...had 13 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers overall...he ranked third on the team in caused turnovers behind Tim Kaiser and Ben Staines...named to the UNC Dean's List in the fall semester of 2006...member of ACC Men's Lacrosse All-Academic Team...named to 2006-07 ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Community Service & Leadership: Co-captain of the 2009-10 Tar Heels...active in the Carolina Leadership Academy...member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity...involved in the Carolina Dreams program, volunteering at the N.C. Children's Hospital...the University's nominee for the 2010 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.
Prep: Graduated from the Collegiate School on June 6, 2006...was coached in lacrosse there by Andrew Stanley and Scott Corrigan...four-year varsity lacrosse player there as a defenseman...played three years of football as a quarterback, linebacker and tight end...ran track for one year...led lacrosse team to great heights...squad was state runnerup his junior year and state champion his senior season...member of a prep league championship team that lost to only one team in Virginia his senior year...two-year all-state and all-league selection...high school All-America as a senior...team captain that year...won team's best defender award as a sophomore and junior...named an Inside Lacrosse Young Gun as a junior...attended Graph-Tex Blue Chip Camp as a senior...captain of football team as senior when he was all-league, all-state and honorable mention All-America as a tight end...team's co-best defensive player as senior when he was also named honorable mention all-city...team won three state championships and was ranked No. 1 in city of Richmond...four-year honor roll student.
Personal: James Michael Jarvis, Jr. was born August 26, 1987 in Richmond, Va. ...is the son of Kathryn Connor Jarvis and James Michael Jarvis, Sr. ...has three sisters - Jenna Atwood, 30, Liza Scott, 27, and Maria Jarvis, 25...business administration major at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, one of the top undergraduate program in the story.

Let's Play 20 Questions with Michael Jarvis
Section #1: Lacrosse
1. The best thing about being a Tar Heel lacrosse player is the university, our tradition and Coach Breschi.
2. My favorite thing about playing for Coach Breschi is his interest in our lives outside of lacrosse.
3. Since my last competitive season, the part of my game I've worked on the most is scooping ground balls.
4. My best friend on another college team is Cody Jamieson at Syracuse University.
5. My best attribute as a lacrosse player is my ability to organize.
Section #2: Hobbies
1. My favorite video game is NHL 2009.
2. My favorite road trip bus movie is 2008 Game Film.
3. If I could play another sport at UNC it would be basketball.
4. If I received free concert tickets via a radio promotion I hope I could see Widespread Panic.
5. The one interest/hobby I have that people would be very surprised to know is I have a major interest in dogs (mid to large sized).
Section #3: Food
1. My ideal tailgate would be a spread that included Outback Cheese Fries, Ruth Chris' Steak, Ukrop's Fried Chicken, Commonwealth Club's dinner rolls.
2. Other than water, my favorite beverage is Sunkist Orange Soda.
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, duh.
4. My favorite food made by a relative is my Aunt Sheryl's broccoli casserole.
5. If I could buy a down-on-his-luck friend a meal, I'd take him/her to Bond Street Sushi, NYC.
Section #4: Personality
1. If I possessed the gift of time travel, I would go to Chapel Hill, N.C. today.
2. My most prized possession is my Browning 12-guage shotgun.
3. My ITunes library includes 304 songs of every kind.
4. In a perfect world where making money was not a consideration my dream job would be a high school teacher.
5. The most interesting person I've met in my time at UNC is Gavin Petracca because he has the ability to turn his brain off.

Michael Jarvis' Stats Lines

Year	GP/GS	SH	G	A	PTS	GB	CT
2007	16/12	1	1	1	2	13	14
2008	14/3	0	0	0	0	6	5
2009	18/4	1	0	2	2	20	24
Totals 	48/19	2	1	3	4	39	43

Career Highs: Ground Balls--3 vs. Ohio State, 2-17-2007; 3 vs. Virginia, 4-7-2007; 3 vs. Providence, 3-11-2009; Caused Turnovers--3 vs. Notre Dame, 3-10-2007; 3 vs. Colgate, 2-22-2009; 3 vs. Maryland, 3-21-2009; 3 vs. Virginia, 4-4-2009.