Senior Year (2008): Played in 19 games, including one start in the Nov. 8 game against Lehigh…Finished with two assists for the season… Had an assist in the 2-0 win against Cornell on Oct. 21 and another in the 2-0 win against Lehigh on Nov. 8…Totaled seven shots for the season, including one on goal… Earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
Junior Year (2007): Appeared in all 20 games and had nine starting assignments ... tallied Colgate's only goal in a 2-1 loss to Northern Illinois on Sept. 2, his first career goal ... had eight total shots, five of which were on net.
Sophomore Year (2006): Played in eight games ... started against Binghamton on Aug. 29 ... had three shots on goal and six shots total ... had an assist in Colgate's 1-0 shutout over Yale on Sept. 10.
Freshman Year (2005): Earned a starting position in his first year in a Colgate jersey ... started in 16 games and played in 19 ... tallied his first career assist against Albany on Sept. 14 on the game-winning goal ... had assists against Niagara on Sept. 28 ... tallied the game-winning assist versus Navy on Oct. 15 ... had five shots, four of which made it on goal ... named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
High School: Two-year letterwinner .... team won the East Suburban Catholic Conference championship in 2004 ... was the team's leading scorer in 2003 ... named to the Progress newspapers all-area team in 2003 ... earned all-conference and all-area honorable mention from the Daily Herald in 2004 ... played on the Chicago Sockers F.C., one of the highest rated youth clubs teams in the country.
Personal: Full name is James Patrick Stephens ... parents are John and Joann Stephens of Naperville, Ill. ... has two brothers and one sister ... his brother Michael ('10) plays soccer for UCLA and John ('06) played at Notre Dame ... born November 21, 1986 in Hingdale, Ill. ... major is economics.
