Schmeisser Award

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The William C. Schmeisser Award is an award given annually to the NCAA's most outstanding defenseman in men's college lacrosse. The award is presented by the USILA and is named after William C. "Father Bill" Schmeisser, a player and coach for Johns Hopkins University in the early 1900s. [1] Schmeisser played defense at Hopkins from 1900 to 1902. He was head coach of the Blue Jays from 1907 to 1911 and continued to serve as an advisory coach to the team thereafter, accompanying the team to the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. He was a charter founder of the Mt. Washington Lacrosse Club and was inducted into the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1957. [2]

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Award Winners by Year

YearPlayerSchool
1942Tyler Campbell Princeton
1943George Riepe Johns Hopkins
1944Fred Allner, Jr. Cornell
1945Charles Guy Navy
1946Bob Fetters Maryland
1947Fred Allner, Jr.Princeton
1948John McEnery Army
1949Lloyd BuntingJohns Hopkins
1950Kin Yellott Yale
1951Joe SollersJohns Hopkins
1952Bill HubbellMaryland
1953Jack JohnsonArmy
1954Stan SwansonNavy
1955John RasterNavy
1956John SimmonsMaryland
1957Ben GlyphisArmy
1958Walt MitchellJohns Hopkins
1959Don TillarArmy
1960Bill CarpenterArmy
1961Mike ByrneJohns Hopkins
1962Bob FuelhartArmy
1963Mike CoughlinNavy
1964Jim CampbellNavy
1965Pat DonnellyNavy
1966Hank KaestnerJohns Hopkins
1967Hank KaestnerJohns Hopkins
1968Carl TamulevichNavy
1969Mike ClarkJohns Hopkins
1970Greg MurphyNavy
1971John BurnapCornell
1972Tom O’LearyArmy
1973Mike ThearleMaryland
1974Boo Smith Virginia
1975John LawlorNavy
1976Mike FarrellMaryland
1977Chris KaneCornell
1978Chris KaneCornell
1979Mark GreenbergJohns Hopkins
1980Mark GreenbergJohns Hopkins
1981Bob HenryArmy
1982George McGeeney UMBC
1983Steve ByrneVirginia
1984Tom Haus North Carolina
1985John DeTommasoJohns Hopkins
1986Tom HausNorth Carolina
1987Tom HausNorth Carolina
1988 Dave Pietramala Johns Hopkins
1989Dave PietramalaJohns Hopkins
1990 Pat McCabe Syracuse
1991Graham HardenNorth Carolina
1992Brian BurlaceMaryland
1992David MorrowPrinceton
1993David MorrowPrinceton
1994Reid Jackson Rutgers
1995Dan RadebaughMaryland
1996Tyler Hardy Duke
1997Brian KuczmaJohns Hopkins
1998 Christian Cook Princeton
1999Ryan CurtisVirginia
2000Marshall AbramsSyracuse
2001Ryan MollettPrinceton
2002 John Glatzel Syracuse
2003Michael HowleyMaryland
2004Lee ZinkMaryland
2005 Brodie Merrill Georgetown
2006Michael CulverVirginia
2007 Mitchell Belisle Cornell
2008Nick O’HaraDuke
2009Michael EvansJohns Hopkins
2010 Ken Clausen
Ryan Flanagan
Virginia
North Carolina
2011John LadeSyracuse
2012 Tucker Durkin Johns Hopkins
2013Tucker DurkinJohns Hopkins
2014Joe Fletcher [3] Loyola
2015Matt LandisNotre Dame
2016Matt LandisNotre Dame
2017Tim MullerMaryland
2018John SextonNotre Dame
2019Johnny SurdickArmy
2020None(Season canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
2021JT Giles-HarrisDuke
2022Will BowenGeorgetown
2023Gavin AdlerCornell
2024Jake Piseno Albany
2025Shawn Lyght
Bobby Van Buren
Notre Dame
Ohio State

Number of Awards by University

RankSchoolAwards
1 Johns Hopkins University 17
2 University of Maryland 10
3 United States Naval Academy 9
3 United States Military Academy 9
5 Princeton University 6
5 Cornell University 6
7 University of North Carolina 5
7 University of Virginia 5
9 Syracuse University 4
9 Duke University 4
9 University of Notre Dame 4
12 Georgetown University 2
13 Loyola University Maryland 1
13 Yale University 1
13 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1
13 Rutgers University 1
13 University at Albany 1
13 Ohio State 1

See also

References

  1. "The Lore of Victory: JHU Lacrosse Quiz". JHU.edu. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  2. "Lacrosse Positional Awards: Who they're named for". InsideLacrosse.com. 2009-05-17. Archived from the original on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  3. "Fletcher Named Nation's Most Outstanding Defender". LoyolaGreyhounds.com. 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2014-05-26.