Tom Schreiber

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Tom Schreiber
Born (1992-02-24) February 24, 1992 (age 32)
NationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight190 pounds (86 kg)
ShootsRight
Position Midfielder (field), Forward (box)
NCAA team Princeton University (2014)
NLL team Toronto Rock
MLL draft1st overall, 2014
Ohio Machine
MLL teamsOhio Machine
PLL team Utah Archers
Pro career2014–
NicknameCaptain America
Websitetomschreiber26.com
Career highlights

International:

NCAA:

  • 3x First Team All-American (2012, 2013, 2014)
  • 1x Third Team All-American (2011)
  • 4x First Team All-Ivy
  • 2014 Senior CLASS Award
  • 2x MacLaughlin Award Winner (2013, 2014)

MLL:

NLL:

  • Rookie of the Year (2017)

PLL:

  • 1x Champion (2023)
  • 1x Jim Brown Most Valuable Player (2023)
  • 5x Gait Brothers Midfielder of the Year (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)
  • 2× Brendan Looney Leadership Award (2023, 2024)
  • 4x All-Star (2019, 2021-23)
  • 4x First Team All-Pro (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023)
  • 1x Second Team All-Pro (2021)
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Men's lacrosse sixes
World Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham
Men's lacrosse
World Lacrosse Championship
Winner 2018 Netanya
Winner 2023 San Diego
Men's box lacrosse
World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
Bronze medal icon.svg 2019 Langley

Tom Schreiber (born February 24, 1992) is an American professional lacrosse player with the Utah Archers of the Premier Lacrosse League and the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League. He attended St. Anthony's High School in South Huntington, New York, and played collegiate lacrosse at Princeton University. [1] Schreiber is the only player to have won the professional outdoor lacrosse MVP award three times. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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Early life

Tom Schreiber's father, Doug Schreiber, was an exceptional lacrosse player. Doug won the 1973 college national player of the year award and the 1973 national championship while playing for the University of Maryland lacrosse team. In 1993, he was inducted into the USA Lacrosse Hall of Fame. He also played for Team USA, winning the 1974 World Lacrosse Championship. [9] [10] [11] [12] In 2023, he won the Tewaaraton Legend Award. [13] Doug owns a food service business and is a lacrosse coach. [14]

Tom Schreiber began playing lacrosse very young under the coaching guidance of his father. He played high school lacrosse for St. Anthony's, playing varsity for the first year during his sophomore year. Throughout the next two years, he earned All-America honors. [15]

College career

Schreiber is the all-time leading scorer from the midfield position at Princeton with 200 points and was a four-time USILA All-American including three seasons on the First Team. [16] He won the MacLaughlin Award as the nation's most outstanding midfielder his junior and senior seasons.

Professional career

MLL career

Schreiber was selected 1st overall in the 2014 Major League Lacrosse draft by the Ohio Machine. [17] He was named league MVP in both the 2016 and 2017 seasons while leading the Ohio Machine to the MLL championship game in both seasons and winning the championship in 2017. [18] [19]

NLL career

Schreiber signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Toronto Rock on October 3, 2016, having never played box lacrosse before [20] and scored 94 points during his first season in the National Lacrosse League on his way to being named NLL Rookie of the Year. [21] In 2019 he matched his career high with another 94 point season.

Heading into the 2023 NLL season, Inside Lacrosse ranked Schreiber the #7 best forward in the NLL. [22] During the 2023 season, Schreiber became just the second American born player to record 100 points in an NLL season. [23]

PLL career

In October 2018 it was announced that Schreiber was one of over 140 players who had signed contracts to play in the newly formed Premier Lacrosse League. [24] Following this announcement, Schreiber was assigned to the Archers Lacrosse Club.

Schreiber has topped the PLL Players Top 50 list three times, in 2020, 2022, and 2023. [25]

Personal life

Schreiber is married to fellow Princeton alum and Olympic field hockey player Kathleen Sharkey. They have a daughter, Lillian. [26] [27] His father, Doug, was a 4-time All America lacrosse player, 1973 Player of the Year, and captained Maryland to the 1973 national championship. [20]

Awards and achievements

College

MLL

NLL

PLL

Preceded by
CJ Costabile
 McLaughlin Award
2013		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Incumbent
 McLaughlin Award
2014		Succeeded by
Preceded by Major League Lacrosse MVP
2016 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Incumbent
 Major League Lacrosse MVP
2017 		Succeeded by

Statistics

PLL

Reference: [28]

Tom SchreiberRegular SeasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamGPG2PGAPtsShGBPenPIMFOWFOAGPG2PGAPtsShGBPenPIMFOWFOA
2019 Archers 10 17218376090000 1 0022200000
2020 Archers 6 1204162960000–––––––––––
2021 Archers 9 14013276460000 1 2002710000
2022 Archers 10 192143552110000 2 30141630000
2023 Archers 10 182173764202100 2 30031220000
45806661522695221006803113760000
Career Total:5188669163306582100

GP–Games played; G–Goals; 2PG–2-point goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; Sh–Shots; GB–Ground balls; Pen–Penalties; PIM–Penalty minutes; FOW–Faceoffs won; FOA–Faceoffs attempted

NLL

Reference: [29]

Tom Schreiber Regular SeasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamGPGAPtsLBPIMPts/GPLB/GPPIM/GPGPGAPtsLBPIMPts/GPLB/GPPIM/GP

2017 Toronto Rock 183361948305.224.610.00357121704.005.670.00
2018 Toronto Rock 112539645705.825.180.00–––––––––
2019 Toronto Rock 182965946125.223.390.1124610605.003.000.00
2020 Toronto Rock 5811191843.803.600.80–––––––––
2022 Toronto Rock 164739869125.385.690.1326713726.503.501.00
2023 Toronto Rock 18486811611026.446.110.111224704.007.000.00
2024 Toronto Rock 132155767385.855.620.62346102503.338.330.00
99211338549493185.554.980.18112128496224.455.640.18
Career Total:110232366598555205.445.050.18

GP–Games played; G–Goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; LB–Loose balls; PIM–Penalty minutes; Pts/GP–Points per games played; LB/GP–Loose balls per games played; PIM/GP–Penalty minutes per games played.

MLL

SeasonTeamGPG2ptGAPts
2014Ohio10130720
2015Ohio142913060
2016Ohio141813660
2017Ohio10402644
2018Ohio31301115
MLL Totals51872110199

NCAA

SeasonTeamGPGAPts
2011Princeton11161329
2012Princeton16322860
2013Princeton15283260
2014Princeton13302151
NCAA Totals5510694200

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References

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  2. ↑ "Former Tiger Men's Lax Star Schreiber Fought Through Injury, Earning 2nd Gold Medal as US Repeated as World Champions | Town Topics" . Retrieved 2023-09-25.
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