SUNY Cortland Athletics

2026: Earned third team United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) All-America honors...Selected as the SUNYAC Defensive Player of the Year and a first team All-SUNYAC honoree...Named to the SUNYAC All-Tournament Team for performances in leading Cortland to the conference title...Played in and started all 21 games for the Red Dragons...Member of the Cortland team that ranked fourth in the nation in ground balls per game (44.33) and was 10th in the country in scoring defense (7.71 goals allowed per game)...Finished with three points on one goal and two assists, and added 52 ground balls and 23 caused turnovers...Led the team in caused turnovers...Had at least one ground ball in 19-of-21 contests, and had at least one caused turnover 12 times...Scored a goal, and had three ground balls and three caused turnovers, in a road win at Brockport...Recorded seven ground balls and two caused turnovers in a home win over Oneonta in the SUNYAC Finals...Picked up a season-best eight ground balls and had one caused turnover at Bates in the second round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Provided three caused turnovers and two ground balls in a road win at Oneonta...Registered three caused turnovers and two ground balls against Muhlenberg...Had one caused turnover and picked up four ground balls in a road win at Ithaca...Had one assist, and tallied three caused turnovers and two ground balls, in a home win over Plattsburgh...Tallied four ground balls in a home win over Western New England in the first round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Finished with two ground balls and two caused turnovers against Skidmore...Provided one assist at RIT.

2025: James was selected as the SUNYAC Rookie of the Year...Second team All-SUNYAC honoree...Played in all 22 games with 21 starts for the Red Dragons...Member of the Cortland defense that was first in the nation in caused turnovers per game (14.23) and sixth in the nation in scoring defense (7.68 goals allowed per game)...Recorded 34 ground balls, 17 caused turnovers, and contributed one assist...Registered at least one ground ball in 16-of-22 contests...Had three caused turnovers and five ground balls in a home victory over Potsdam...Finished with two caused turnovers and three ground balls in a home win over Brockport...Provided an assist and added two ground balls in a win over York (PA) in the third round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Caused three turnovers in a home victory over Oneonta in the SUNYAC Finals...Finished with two ground balls and two caused turnovers against RIT...Collected three ground balls in a home win over Ithaca...Provided one caused turnover and three ground balls in a road win at Oswego...Finished with one caused turnover and three ground balls in a home win over Oneonta.

High School: James is a 2024 graduate of South Side...Member of the National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, and NYS Science Honor Society...Named to the High Honor Roll...Recipient of the South Side High School Annual Laurel Award...Four-year member of the lacrosse team...Team claimed NYS Class B title in 2024...Served as team captain...Received the Long Island Metro Lacrosse Foundation Unsung Hero Award and the Rockville Centre Lacrosse Clude Delaney Award...Two-year member of the football team...Was honored with the Joe Hunter Memorial Award...Team won Nassau County title.

Other: Parents are Suzanne and James Sullivan...Has two siblings, Megan and Tara...Father James and uncle Kevin Sullivan both played football at Boston College...Cousin Paige Michels was a member of the Dance Team at Wake Forest...Grandfather flew on Air Force One with President Ronald Reagan.