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2008 Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award, Division I Player of the Year
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14 - Drew Adams / Penn State
Class: Junior
Position: Goalkeeper
Hometown: Springfield, PA
High School: Springfield

The two time ECAC Lacrosse League Goalie of the Year and team MVP, Drew Adams heads into this third season with Penn State already having established himself as one of the top goalies in the nation. Adams will now look to anchor a young Penn State squad that features only four` seniors and help guide Penn State back to the post-season.

6 - Jeremy Blevins / UMBC
Class: Junior
Position: Goalkeeper
Hometown: Cockeysville, MD
High School: Calvert Hall

Already has 319 career saves, the eighth-highest figure in school history.
2007: Posted a career-best 18 saves in NCAA First Round game at Maryland, allowing only nine Terrapin goals… Notched a save percentage of 55.2, which ranked 24th in the nation… The goalie of record in 10 of UMBC's 11 wins last year and has a record of 20-11 in two seasons at UMBC… Has now started all 32 games the Retrievers have played in '06 and '07… Recorded 16 stops and allowed only five goals in March 3rd win over Air Force… Posted 14 saves in 11-9 win over Towson on April 4… Stopped 12 Stony Brook shots, allowing five goals in regular season finale
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33 - Kevin Buchanan / Ohio State
Class: Senior
Position: Midfield
Hometown: Cockeysville, MD
High School: Calvert Hall College

Ohio State Career: Team captain for 2008 ... 2008 Face-Off Yearbook Preseason All-American Honorable Mention selection and named to the publication's Preseason All-GWLL team ... two-time first team all-conference selection ... enters senior year with 99 career points and a 29-game scoring streak, dating back to May 1, 2005 ... has started 40-of-41 career games ... three-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and two-time Academic All-Big Ten choice ... co-winner of team's Outstanding Freshman award in 2005, Offensive MVP honoree in 2006 and Team MVP in 2007 ... two-time GWLL Player of the Week.

40 - Matt Danowski / Duke
Class: Senior
Position: Attack
Hometown: Farmingdale, NY
High School: Farmingdale

Preseason First Team All-America pick ... National Player of the Year candidate ... returning consensus National Player of the Year as the 2007 recipient of the Tewaaraton Trophy and the USILA's Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award ... charted as the top overall attackman in the nation by Inside Lacrosse magazine ... team captain for the second straight year ... Duke's all-time leading scorer with 256 career points on 129 goals and 127 assists ... has led the Blue Devils in scoring in each of the past four seasons ... has twice paced the country in total scoring with 92 points in 2005 and 96 in 2007 ... has twice led the country in assists with 42 in 2005 and 52 in 2007 ... one of two players in NCAA history to register multiple single-season scoring totals of 90+ points, joining Cornell's Mike French, who accomplished the feat three times in 1974, 1975 and 1976 ... ranks tied for 15th on the NCAA's all-time scoring chart, 87 points shy of the all-time leader, Joe Vasta of Air Force who compiled 343 points on 173 goals and 170 assists from 1983-86 ... is tied for 25th on the NCAA's career list for assists ... needs 21 goals and 23 assists to become just the third player in NCAA history to amass 150+ goals and 150+ assists in a career, joining Vasta and Michael Powell of Syracuse ... already one of just eight players in NCAA history to record 125+ goals and 125+ assists in a career ... the nation's active leader in both assists and total points ... enters 2007 having recorded at least one point in 42 consecutive games dating back to the 2005 season, the longest active streak in the country ... begins final campaign having scored at least one goal in 20 straight contests ... combines with Zack Greer to form the nation's most prolific goal-scoring tandem in the country with a career combined average of 5.06 goals per contest ... two-time choice for the USILA's Lt. Col. J. I. (Jack) Turnbull Award in 2005 and 2007 as the nation's top attackman ... two-time USILA First Team All-America selection in 2005 and 2007 ... one of just four two-time first team All-America honorees in Duke lacrosse history ... biding to become the first three-time first team All-America selection in school history and just the eighth in ACC history ... two-time ACC Player of the Year pick in 2005 and 2007 ... one of just three two-time picks for the top conference honor, joining Joe Walters of Maryland and Ryan Wade of North Carolina ... one of just three players in ACC history to earn both Rookie and Player of the Year honors, joining Walters and Michael Watson of Virginia ... along with Walters, is one of just two players in ACC history to receive the Rookie of the Year, Player of the Year and Tournament MVP awards ... has started all 61 games in his Duke career ... has helped Duke to a four-year ledger of 45-16 ... over the past three seasons, has guided the Blue Devils to a 40-8 overall ledger including an 11-2 record versus ACC opponents with a pair of appearances in the NCAA championship game ... has registered at least one point in 59-of-61 career games, scoring at least one goal in 55-of-61 career games ... has scored three or more goals in 20 career games ... owns career per game averages of 2.12 goals, 2.08 assists and 4.20 points ... one of just five players in ACC history and 34 players in NCAA history to compile 100 or more goals and 100 or more assists in a career ... one of just nine players nationally to have played in the last 10 seasons (1998-07) to reach the 100+ goal, 100+ assist landmark ... one of just five players in NCAA history to post 50+ goals and 40+ assists in a single season ... one of just four players in NCAA history to post 40+ goals and 50+ assists in a single season ... only player in NCAA history to have both one 50-goal, 40-assist season and one 40-goal, 50-assist season in a career ... on the Duke career charts, ranks first in points, tied for fifth in goals and first in assists ... on the ACC's career charts, ranks second in points, tied for 13th in goals and sixth in assists ... stands just 24 points shy of the ACC all-time record of 280 held by Stan Cockerton of N.C. State ... is 32 assists shy of matching the ACC record for career assists, a mark currently held by Tim Whiteley of Virginia (159) ... owns the Duke and ACC single-season records for points with 96 in 2007 ... has registered 24 points on 12 goals and 12 assists in five career ACC Tournament games ... three-time ACC All-Tournament selection in 2004, 2005 and 2007 and 2007 ACC Tournament MVP ... has recorded 45 points on 21 goals and 24 assists in eight career NCAA Tournament games ... two-time selection to the NCAA All-Tournament team in 2005 and 2007 ... holds Duke career record for points in NCAA Tournament action ... guided the Blue Devils to an NCAA single-season record 17 wins in both 2005 and 2007 ... has helped Duke to the top two winning streaks in school history - an 11-game run in 2005 and 12-game stretch in 2007 ... has led the Blue Devils to a nation's-best 40 victories over the past three seasons ... helped Duke to its first number one national ranking in the USILA poll (2007) as well as the program's first number one seed in the NCAA Tournament (2007) ... has twice finished in the top three of the balloting for the ACC's McKevlin Award, an honor presented annually to the top male student-athlete in the league (2nd in 2005 & 3rd in 2007) ... father, John, was named Duke's head lacrosse coach on July 21, 2006 ... is one of eight players in NCAA history to participate in the NCAA Tournament with his father as the team's head coach ... pairs with his father to form the only father-son tandem in NCAA history to each post 50+ assists in a single-season with the elder Danowski registering 54 for Rutgers in 1973 and the younger with 52 in 2007 ... graduated from Duke on May 13, 2007 with a degree in history ... currently pursuing a master's degree in liberal studies ... missed fall practice after undergoing surgery on September 11 to repair a torn Lis Franc ligament in his right foot ... ACC Academic Honor Roll selection

4 - Adam Fullerton / Army
Class: Senior
Position: Goalkeeper
Hometown: Liverpool, NY
High School: Liverpool (USMAPS)

Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-Patriot League pick ... solid stopper ... expected to contribute to clearing game ... does good job around the goal ...good stick-handler ... moves well outside the cage ... good size ... plays the angles well and is aggressive in the crease ... gained tremendous amount of confidence and experience after winning the No. 1 job when senior Matt Darak went down to injury his freshman year ... rewrote Army's freshman goalkeeping record book ... set three school records for plebe goalies ... has the ability to make the big save ... year at USMA Prep School served him well ... two-year letterwinner.

9 - Danny Glading / Virginia
Class: Junior
Position: A/M
Hometown: Bethesda, MD
High School/Previous College: Georgetown Prep

WORTH NOTING: Played at an elevated level during the fall ... has gotten much bigger since last season and is poised to become an offensive force this season ... preseason first-team All-American by Face-off Yearbook ... rated the nation's No. 8 player by Inside Lacrosse ... has ranked in the top 10 in the ACC in scoring, goals and assists his first two years ... one of three players on the team with at least 50 career goals ... was the only freshman in the country (and the sixth in UVA history) to score 20 goals and 20 assists in 2006.

1 - Joey Kemp / Notre Dame
Class: Senior
Position: Goalkeeper
Hometown: Potomac, MD
High School: Georgetown Prep School

A two-time All-America honoree ... STX/USILA honorable mention All-America selection as a sophomore and junior ... named the 2007 Great Western Lacrosse League (GWLL) player of the year ... led the nation with a .652 save percentage as a freshman ... three-time all-GWLL member ... two-time team captain ... carries a career 7.43 goals-against average and a .618 save percentage to go along with a 26-11 record ... currently ranks first in program history in career goals-against average ... third in school history in career victories ... in Notre Dame history, ranks third in career minutes played for a goaltender (2211:40), third in games started at goaltender (39), third in ground balls for a goaltender (95) and fifth in career winning percentage (.702) ... GWLL rookie of the year in 2005 ... one of the best goalies in college lacrosse ... possesses a great demeanor for a goalie ... has improved all aspects of his game, specifically clearing ... three-time monogram winner ... earned All-America honors while at Georgetown Prep School, one of the top high school teams in the country ... brother, C.J. Kemp, was the 2002 GWLL player of the year for Fairfield ... first Potomac native to play lacrosse for the Irish ... wears same No. 1 jersey sported by Notre Dame career saves leader Rob Simpson ('85).

9 - Paul Rabil - Johns Hopkins
Class: Senior
Position: Midfield
Hometown: Gaithersburg, MD
High School: DeMatha

Statistically Speaking - Now has career totals of 75 goals and 53 assists for 128 points o Has 14 goals and 20 assists for 34 points in 10 NCAA Tournament games o 20 assists in the NCAA Tournament is already just one shy of JHU's career record (21, Kevin Boland) and 34 points are just six shy of JHU's career record (40, Mike O'Neill) o Has registered at least one point in 43 of 47 career games and has 35 multi-point games and 25 mulit-goal games.

6 - Ben Rubeor - Virginia
Class: Senior
Position: A-A
Hometown: Towson, MD
High School/Previous College: Loyola

WORTH NOTING: One of the nation's top players, rated No. 3 by Inside Lacrosse ... a finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy last season and a leading candidate for the award this season ... preseason first-team All-American and preseason first-team All-ACC by Face-off Yearbook. ... chosen a team captain for the second time ... also an excellent student who was a third-team Academic All-America last year ... named to the All-ACC Academic men's lacrosse team the last two years and the ACC Honor Roll three times ... tied with Roddy Marino for 13th in Virginia history with 160 career points ... needs two goals to become only the 10th player in school history to score 100 goals; currently ranked 11th.

42 - Max Seibald - Cornell
Class: Junior
Position: Midfield
Hometown: Hewlett, NY
High School: Hewlett

Tambroni on Seibald: "Max brings a completely different element to the game athletically. When we need a big play, he's the one to provide the spark. He is one of the most exciting players in the country." At Cornell: Seibald became the first Cornell men's lacrosse player to be named a finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy, and was just the fourth second-year player ever to earn that distinction. One of the most consistent players for the Big Red, he has registered at least one point in Cornell's last 19 games, dating back to the Big Red's 4-3 win against Princeton on April 22, 2006. The unanimous 2006 Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Seibald finished his sophomore season as a first-team All-American and a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection. He saw action in all 16 games, making 14 starts and finished the year ranked third on the team with 20 assists. He added 17 goals for a total of 37 points on the season. He had 10 multi-point games and picked up 36 ground balls, including a career-high six vs. Albany. One of his biggest goals in the 2007 season came vs. No. 18 Syracuse as he scored with only four seconds remaining to lift Cornell to a 16-15 victory over the Orange in the Carrier Dome. Seibald was also considered one of the heroes of the Big Red's NCAA quarterfinal overtime victory against Albany as he forced a turnover to give Cornell the ball back with 10 seconds to play, setting up the game-winning goal. Seibald had a breakout rookie campaign and became just the third-ever Cornell freshman to be named an All-American, as he received second-team honors. A first-team All-Ivy selection, he finished the season ranked fifth on the team with 33 points on the strength of 19 goals and 14 assists. His 14 assists eclipsed the freshman single-season record at Cornell, surpassing Anthony Pavone (11 in 1992). Seibald was also the second-highest point-scoring freshman midfielder in the nation that season. He was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week twice, earning back-to-back honors on April 10 and April 17. Seibald had his best performance of the year vs. Syracuse when he scored three goals and added two assists for a career-high five points. He registered multiple points in 10 games and tallied at least one point in all but two games. Seibald was also good off the ground, picking up 26 ground balls on the season.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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