|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
Delaware Men's Lacrosse News |
|
| |
|
|
| |
6-04-07
University of Delaware Men’s Lacrosse Senior Alex Smith
Among
LaxPower.Com 2007 Fan Award Winners
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
BALTIMORE, MD -- University of Delaware senior midfielder and faceoff
specialist Alex Smith was among seven people honored as part of the 2007
LaxPower.com Fan Awards announced recently by the lacrosse website.
Smith, a native of Timonium, MD (Boy’s Latin HS) who led the Blue Hens
to the Colonial Athletic Association title and the team’s first-ever
appearance in the NCAA Final Four this spring, was named the Best Senior
Face-Off Specialist in fan voting conducted on-line at the laxpower.com
site. Laxpower.com is among the most popular websites that cover
lacrosse on the high school, college, and professional levels.
In addition to Smith, Duke’s Matt Danowski was named Best Senior
Attackman, Navy’s Bill Looney was selected as Best Senior Midfielder,
Cornell’s Mitch Belisle was named Best Senior Defenseman,
Cornell’s Matt
McMonagle was picked as the Best Senior Goalkeeper, Notre Dame attackman
Will Yeatman was named Rookie of the Year, and Duke head coach John
Danowski was selected as Coach of the Year.
Smith, who was the No. 3 pick overall by Rochester in last week’s
Major
League Lacrosse College Draft, earned U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse
Association All-American honors for the third straight year this spring,
earning second team honors, after being named an honorable mention pick
in both 2005 and 2006. He is just the fourth Delaware player to earn
All-American honors three times, joining Steve Shaw (1984-86), Randy
Powers (1984-86), and Anthony DiMarzo (1993-95), and is just the sixth
to earn second team All-American honors.
Smith finished his career as the greatest faceoff specialist in the
history of the college game as he virtually rewrote the NCAA record
book. He led the nation in faceoff winning percentage for the third
straight season this spring as he won 311 of 430 attempts for a 72.3
percentage and also led the country with a school-record 170 groundballs
(8.95 per game). He also scored five goals and dished out three assists
on the season despite only playing on faceoff situations.
He established NCAA records for faceoffs won in a season (311 in 2007)
and career (1,027), faceoffs attempted in a season (430 in 2007) and
career (14,84), groundballs in a career (553), and faceoff pct. in a
game (1.000, 21 for 21 vs. Manhattan, 2006). He won 50 percent or better
of his faceoffs in 61 of his UD record 69 career games. He is one of
only seven players in UD history to earn all-conference honors all four
years and was named the 2007 CAA Player of the Year and 2007 CAA
Tournament Most Outstanding Player.
Smith led the Blue Hens to the finest season in school history. Delaware
posted a 13-6 overall record, captured the Colonial Athletic Association
Tournament title, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for just the
fourth time in school history. The 15th-ranked Blue Hens advanced to the
NCAA Final Four for the first time in school history as they defeated
defending national champion Virginia 14-8 in the first round and UMBC
10-6 in the quarterfinals. Delaware’s improbable run came to an end
with
an 8-3 loss to No. 3 seed Johns Hopkins in the NCAA semifinals March 26.
|
|
