Richie Hurley

Classroom

Richie Hurley has continued to increase his GPA and earned a 3.22 mark last semester. He was named a Siena College Presidential Scholar and has served as a Siena College Student Athlete Mentor for the past three years. Hurley has already accepted a job following graduation with Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership where he will coach at Frederick Douglass Academy while also serving in an administrative role with the organization.

Character

Hurley was a unanimous selection as team captain each of the past two seasons. According to Head Coach John Svec, Hurley has been a team leader for the last three years and is someone who always leads by example.

Community

Hurley has been an active participant in Siena College’s BlueShield of Northeastern New York “Saints in the Community” program. He, along with his teammates, has cooked numerous dinners at the local Ronald McDonald House, served as a guest reader to local schoolchildren, introduced young lacrosse players from Harlem to the fundamentals of the game and helped elderly neighbors care for their properties in the nearby community. With his teammates, Hurley helped host “Face-off for a Cause” this fall which raised $21,450 for the Wounded Warrior Project and participated in “For Marco,” raising funds and awareness for young fan and honorary teammate Marco Daidone, who is battling osteosarcoma. Individually, Hurley has been an active member of his church youth group and also coached numerous lacrosse camps and clinics.

Competition

Hurley enters his senior season ranked seventh in program history in career assists (68) and 13th in scoring (133). Last season Hurley was named an Honorable Mention USILA All-American, was named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List and was tabbed the MAAC Offensive Player of the Year after breaking the MAAC record with 82 points and setting a new Siena record with 48 assists. Hurley ranked fourth nationally in assists per game (2.82) and sixth in points per game (4.82) as a junior and carried a 34-game point scoring streak into the 2015 season, which is tied for the fifth longest active streak nationally. Hurley broke onto the scene in 2013 when he scored 49 points en route to being named a Second Team All-MAAC selection after having red-shirted the previous season and played in just five games as a freshman.