A two-time lacrosse All-American, Roy McAdam is the only Statesman to play on Hobart’s first three NCAA Championship winning teams. After scoring a goal and an assist in the 1980 national championship game, the high-scoring attackman was fourth on the Statesmen all-time lists for goals with 134 and points with 220 and fifth in assists with 86.
In 1976, McAdam contributed 17 points as a first-year, including a three-goal, two-assist performance against RPI, but missed several weeks with a wrist injury. He returned to the lineup and scored a pair of first quarter goals in the 18-9 national championship win over Aldephi.
As a sophomore, McAdam hit his stride, producing 34 goals and 29 assists for 63 points. He won the Brine Award as the top player in the Division II Championship game after Hobart steamrolled Washington 23-13. McAdam, who set an NCAA tournament record with 21 points in three games, burned the Shoremen for five goals.
Statistically, 1978 was McAdam’s best season. He finished the year with 45 goals and 31 assists for 76 points, ranking second on the team in all three categories. McAdam and the Statesmen returned to the national championship game, before falling to Roanoke and finishing the year with a 13-2 record. He was named to the USILA All-America second team.
A knee injury kept him out of the lineup in 1979, but McAdam returned to the field a year later for Hobart’s first Division III Championship run. He led the Statesmen to a 12-2 record with 43 goals and ranked second with 21 assists for a team-leading 64 points.
McAdam had several standout performances in his final season. He recorded a hat trick in an 11-8 win over Cornell that snapped a five-game losing streak against the Big Red. McAdam posted three goals and two assists in a 17-11 victory over third-ranked Ithaca, part of a seven-game winning streak to start the season. He bounced home the game-winning goal in the second overtime to beat St. Lawrence.
In the NCAA tournament, McAdam erupted for 11 goals as the Statesmen breezed past MIT 37-1 and Salisbury State 21-5 and topped Cortland 11-8 to claim the crown.
McAdams’ efforts were recognized with a spot on the USILA All-America first team, the Lt. Col. Jack Turnbull Award as the national attackman of the year, and the Lt. Raymond Enners Award as the national player of the year. The day after the All-America banquet, he capped his collegiate career by representing Hobart in the North-South All-Star Game.
