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Freshman Year (2011): One of six players and the only freshman to play and start in all 22 games...completed the season tied for fifth on the team with five points from one goal and three assists...made his first collegiate appearance and start in the team's season opener against Syracuse on Aug. 27...scored his first collegiate goal and the game-winner in the 1-0 shutout win over the Orange, which earned him the first BRINE Patriot League Rookie of the Week award...also tallied assists against Vermont on Sept. 9, Army on Oct. 15 and Harvard on Nov. 1...his assist in the game-winning goal against the Catamounts and his assist in the game-tying goal against the Crimson earned him the BRINE PL Rookie of the Week awards on Oct. 17 and Nov. 7...finished the season with 39 shots, 18 of which were on goal and had 1.77 shots per game...named the 2011 Patriot League Rookie of the Year...signed with Major League Soccer club Philadelphia Union on Dec. 12, 2011.

Before Colgate: Member of Great Valley High School soccer team...named a team captain in his junior and senior seasons...set the Great Valley High School's single season scoring record in 2010 (29 goals)...had a total of 40 goals in his career, starting every game for four years...was a 2010 NSCAA Regional All-American and a 2010 Pennsylvania All-State Selection...was an 2007 All Chest-Mont Honorable Mention...named to the 2008, 2009 and 2010 Ches-Mont League First Teams and was the 2010 Ches-Mont League Player of the Year (MVP)...selected to the 2010 All-Southeastern PA Coaches Association team and the 2009 and 2010 Daily Local News Boys Soccer First Team...named the 2010 Daily Local News Boys Soccer Player of the Year...rated 89th in Top Drawer Soccer's Top 100 Players for 2011...participated in the U.S. National Team Pool Training (Nov. 2009, May 2010)...played in EPYSA ODP from 2004-2008, the USYSA Region 1 Pool from 2005-2008 and the Under 14 National ID Camp/Pool from 2005-2006...participated in ODP Interregional Events from 2005-2007 and in Region 1 Team trips to Italy in 2007 and 2008...played in the U.S. Soccer Developmental Academy and was the captain of FC Delco...named the MVP of his igh school team in 2009 and 2010...member of the Orchestra, playing the Cello all four years at Great Valley.

Personal: Full name is James Joseph McLaughlin III… parents are Jay and Debbie McLaughlin…has one sister… born in Bryn Mawr, Pa. ...major is undeclared.