Completed Event: Men's Lacrosse versus Georgetown on May 10, 2025 , Loss , 12, to, 16
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Final
Men's Lacrosse
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2020 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Williams, Dyson
Jersey Number 51
Dyson Williams
- Position:
- Attack
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Oshawa, Ontario
- High School:
- The Hill Academy
Bio
Canada Lacrosse: Silver medalist with the Canada Men's National Team at the 2024 World Lacrosse Championship.
Honors: USILA All-America honorable mention (2023, 2024) … USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America honorable mention (2023) … Inside Lacrosse All-America honorable mention (2023) … All-ACC (2023) … All-ACC Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024) … ACC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).
Career: Played in 78 career games with 67 starts on attack … Scored 212 goals and 25 assists for 237 career points … Tied Justin Guterding for the Duke career goals record … Finished his career ranked third in NCAA history in career goals and one of nine players in DI history to score 200 goals … Ranks tied for sixth on the Duke single-season goals list with 61 in 2024 … His 60 goals in 2023 rank eighth in Blue Devil single-season lore … One of three Blue Devils to score 60-plus goals in two different seasons … Scored a goal in 74 of his 78 games … Registered 44 career hat tricks and 16 games with five-plus points.
2024: Started all 19 games on attack … USILA All-America honorable mention … Led all Duke scorers with 61 goals … Third on team in points with 65 … 61 goals are tied for sixth in Duke single-season history … Ranked second in the ACC and fifth nationally in goals per game (3.21) … Totaled 11 man-up goals were the most in Duke history and tied for 11th in NCAA Division I history … Registered at least one goal in 18 of 19 contests … Notched 13 hat tricks … Scored five-plus goals in five outings … Tallied a season-high six goals in NCAA quarterfinal setback to Maryland (5/18) … Had five goals in NCAA first round win over Utah (5/11) … Also registered five markers in wins against High Point (2/10), Princeton (3/3) and Providence (3/13) … Scored at least two goals in 15 of the 19 games … All-ACC Academic Team … USILA Scholar All-America … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2023: Started in all 19 games on attack … USILA All-America honorable mention … USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America honorable mention … Inside Lacrosse All-America honorable mention … All-ACC … Led all Blue Devils in goals with 60 … Ranked third in the ACC and 11th nationally in goals per game (3.16) … Finished third in the ACC and ninth in the country in shot percentage (.465) … The 60 goals rank seventh in Duke single-season history … Scored at least one goal in all 19 games … Registered 12 hat tricks … Notched seven goals in win over High Point (2/7) … Had five goals on six shots in victory against North Carolina (3/17) … Tallied six goals and an assist in win over Syracuse (4/29) … Had a hat trick in win at No. 1 Virginia (3/31) … Averaged 3.50 goals per game in ACC play to rank second in the league … Scored three goals in NCAA First Round win over Delaware (5/14) … Registered three goals in NCAA Quarterfinal win versus Michigan (5/20) … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2022: Played in 17 games with 13 starting assignments on attack … Finished the season with 43 goals and nine assists for 52 points … Led the nation in shooting percentage (.551) … Scored 43 goals on 78 shots … Ranked second on the team in points and second in goals … Fifth in the ACC in goals (2.53) and ninth in points (3.06) … Scored at least one point in 16 games and had at least three points in 11 outings … Recorded 11 hat tricks … Registered a season-high six points from four goals and two assists in win over Denver (2/19) … Also picked up five ground balls versus the Pioneers … Tallied four goals and five points in win versus Delaware (2/22) … Also registered four goals against Robert Morris (2/4) and Notre Dame (5/7) … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2021: Started 15 games with eight starts … Began the season playing attack before moving to the midfield … Finished the year with 23 goals and two assists for 25 points ... Registered at least one point in 14 games … Recorded two hat tricks … Notched three goals versus Mercer (2/13) and again at North Carolina (5/2) … Posted a season-best four points against the Tar Heels … Tallied multiple goals seven times … Scored 10 goals in the six ACC contests … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2020: Started all eight games on attack … Led the Blue Devils with 30 points from 26 goals and four assists … Was the top freshman nationally in goals per game (3.13) … Ranked fifth in the ACC and 29th nationally overall in the category … Was fifth among all freshman and ninth in the ACC in points per game (3.75) … Led the team and ranked second in the ACC and seventh nationally in shot percentage (.556) … Had at least one goal in all eight games … Posted five hat tricks … Tewaaraton Award Watch List honoree … Tallied seven goals in overtime win over No. 20 Richmond (2/28) … First Duke attackman to score seven goals since Zack Greer … Named ACC Offensive Player of the Week following his performance against the SpidersHad three goals and an assist in win at No. 8 Denver (2/15) … Registered four goals and an assist at No. 11 Loyola (3/7) … Was on pace to score 51 goals in a season, ranking second all-time among Duke freshmen … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: A standout attackman for Brodie Merril at The Hill Academy … Rated as the No. 3 incoming freshman by Inside Lacrosse in 2019 … Team Captain and Most Valuable Player as a senior … 2019 Under Armour All-American … Five-time Ontario Provincial Box Lacrosse Champion … Four-time Ontario Provincial Field Lacrosse Champion … Four-time Canadian National Champion with Team Ontario … Ontario Junior A first team All-Star in 2019 … Voted the Ontario Summer Games Box Lacrosse MVP in 2016 … A two-time Geico National High School Champion in 2017 and 2018.
Personal: Son of Shawn and Tamara Williams … Has a brother, Tucker who passed away at age eight from Burkitt’s lymphoma, and a sister … Sister Dylana is a member of the women's lacrosse team at Pittsburgh earning a spot on the All-Freshman team in 2022 ... Father played professional lacrosse in the NLL for 17 years, 1998-2014, in the MLL for two seasons and has played for Team Canada field and box national teams, winning a total of three gold medals and one silver ... Father is currently an assistant coach for the Colorado Mammoth in the NLL.
Honors: USILA All-America honorable mention (2023, 2024) … USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America honorable mention (2023) … Inside Lacrosse All-America honorable mention (2023) … All-ACC (2023) … All-ACC Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024) … ACC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).
Career: Played in 78 career games with 67 starts on attack … Scored 212 goals and 25 assists for 237 career points … Tied Justin Guterding for the Duke career goals record … Finished his career ranked third in NCAA history in career goals and one of nine players in DI history to score 200 goals … Ranks tied for sixth on the Duke single-season goals list with 61 in 2024 … His 60 goals in 2023 rank eighth in Blue Devil single-season lore … One of three Blue Devils to score 60-plus goals in two different seasons … Scored a goal in 74 of his 78 games … Registered 44 career hat tricks and 16 games with five-plus points.
2024: Started all 19 games on attack … USILA All-America honorable mention … Led all Duke scorers with 61 goals … Third on team in points with 65 … 61 goals are tied for sixth in Duke single-season history … Ranked second in the ACC and fifth nationally in goals per game (3.21) … Totaled 11 man-up goals were the most in Duke history and tied for 11th in NCAA Division I history … Registered at least one goal in 18 of 19 contests … Notched 13 hat tricks … Scored five-plus goals in five outings … Tallied a season-high six goals in NCAA quarterfinal setback to Maryland (5/18) … Had five goals in NCAA first round win over Utah (5/11) … Also registered five markers in wins against High Point (2/10), Princeton (3/3) and Providence (3/13) … Scored at least two goals in 15 of the 19 games … All-ACC Academic Team … USILA Scholar All-America … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2023: Started in all 19 games on attack … USILA All-America honorable mention … USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America honorable mention … Inside Lacrosse All-America honorable mention … All-ACC … Led all Blue Devils in goals with 60 … Ranked third in the ACC and 11th nationally in goals per game (3.16) … Finished third in the ACC and ninth in the country in shot percentage (.465) … The 60 goals rank seventh in Duke single-season history … Scored at least one goal in all 19 games … Registered 12 hat tricks … Notched seven goals in win over High Point (2/7) … Had five goals on six shots in victory against North Carolina (3/17) … Tallied six goals and an assist in win over Syracuse (4/29) … Had a hat trick in win at No. 1 Virginia (3/31) … Averaged 3.50 goals per game in ACC play to rank second in the league … Scored three goals in NCAA First Round win over Delaware (5/14) … Registered three goals in NCAA Quarterfinal win versus Michigan (5/20) … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2022: Played in 17 games with 13 starting assignments on attack … Finished the season with 43 goals and nine assists for 52 points … Led the nation in shooting percentage (.551) … Scored 43 goals on 78 shots … Ranked second on the team in points and second in goals … Fifth in the ACC in goals (2.53) and ninth in points (3.06) … Scored at least one point in 16 games and had at least three points in 11 outings … Recorded 11 hat tricks … Registered a season-high six points from four goals and two assists in win over Denver (2/19) … Also picked up five ground balls versus the Pioneers … Tallied four goals and five points in win versus Delaware (2/22) … Also registered four goals against Robert Morris (2/4) and Notre Dame (5/7) … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2021: Started 15 games with eight starts … Began the season playing attack before moving to the midfield … Finished the year with 23 goals and two assists for 25 points ... Registered at least one point in 14 games … Recorded two hat tricks … Notched three goals versus Mercer (2/13) and again at North Carolina (5/2) … Posted a season-best four points against the Tar Heels … Tallied multiple goals seven times … Scored 10 goals in the six ACC contests … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2020: Started all eight games on attack … Led the Blue Devils with 30 points from 26 goals and four assists … Was the top freshman nationally in goals per game (3.13) … Ranked fifth in the ACC and 29th nationally overall in the category … Was fifth among all freshman and ninth in the ACC in points per game (3.75) … Led the team and ranked second in the ACC and seventh nationally in shot percentage (.556) … Had at least one goal in all eight games … Posted five hat tricks … Tewaaraton Award Watch List honoree … Tallied seven goals in overtime win over No. 20 Richmond (2/28) … First Duke attackman to score seven goals since Zack Greer … Named ACC Offensive Player of the Week following his performance against the SpidersHad three goals and an assist in win at No. 8 Denver (2/15) … Registered four goals and an assist at No. 11 Loyola (3/7) … Was on pace to score 51 goals in a season, ranking second all-time among Duke freshmen … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: A standout attackman for Brodie Merril at The Hill Academy … Rated as the No. 3 incoming freshman by Inside Lacrosse in 2019 … Team Captain and Most Valuable Player as a senior … 2019 Under Armour All-American … Five-time Ontario Provincial Box Lacrosse Champion … Four-time Ontario Provincial Field Lacrosse Champion … Four-time Canadian National Champion with Team Ontario … Ontario Junior A first team All-Star in 2019 … Voted the Ontario Summer Games Box Lacrosse MVP in 2016 … A two-time Geico National High School Champion in 2017 and 2018.
Personal: Son of Shawn and Tamara Williams … Has a brother, Tucker who passed away at age eight from Burkitt’s lymphoma, and a sister … Sister Dylana is a member of the women's lacrosse team at Pittsburgh earning a spot on the All-Freshman team in 2022 ... Father played professional lacrosse in the NLL for 17 years, 1998-2014, in the MLL for two seasons and has played for Team Canada field and box national teams, winning a total of three gold medals and one silver ... Father is currently an assistant coach for the Colorado Mammoth in the NLL.
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