2018 Michigan Men's Lacrosse Awards and Honors
6/12/2018 11:20:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
• Ninety-One Wolverines Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars (7/10/2018)
• Spring Academic All-Big Ten Selections Announced (5/30/2018)
• Noseworthy Tabbed USILA Honorable Mention All-American (5/24/18)
• Noseworthy, Young Earn Inside Lacrosse All-America Honors (5/14/18)
• Noseworthy Named to All-Big Ten Conference First Team (5/1/2018)
Brent Noseworthy (June 12)
USILA Scholar All-American -- Junior Brent Noseworthy of the University of Michigan men's lacrosse team has been named as a USILA Scholar All-American, the association announced Monday (June 11). Noseworthy, an Inside Lacrosse third team All-American, USILA honorable mention All-American, and All-Big Ten first team honoree on the field, also collected Academic All-Big Ten and U-M Academic Achievement Award honors in the classroom. The Burlington, Ontario, native is the first scholar All-American in program history.
A Scholar All-American must be nominated by his coach and be a student with a senior year academic standing and a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 (4.0 scale). The honoree must display behavior that has brought credit to himself, his institution, and to college lacrosse both on and off the field, and must also be an All-American, a member of a North/South team, or an outstanding league or conference player.Â
Decker Curran (May 1)
USILAÂ Team of the Week, Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week -- Junior Decker Curran of the University of Michigan men's lacrosse team earned Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week and USILAÂ Team of the Week honors after his game-winning goal in U-M's 10-9 overtime win over No. 14 Penn State (April 26). In addition to the overtime winner, Curran scored four goals on seven shots, giving him his third hat trick of the season. All four goals came in the fourth quarter and overtime, and he tied his career best. He ended the 2018 season second on the team in goals with 22, and owns the top shooting percentage in the conference at .460. Both honors are the first of Curran's career, while the last Wolverine to take home a Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honor was classmate Brent Noseworthy on March 27.
Brent Noseworthy (March 27)
USILA National Team of the Week, Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week -- Junior midfielder Brent Noseworthy has been named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week following his nine-goal, one-assist (10 point) week in a pair of U-M victories. In the 13-12 upset win over No. 4 Notre Dame (March 21), Noseworthy led the offensive effort, marking five scores and one assist on eight shots. He followed the exemplary performance with four goals on seven shots in a 9-6 win over UMBC (March 24). The last Wolverine to earn the Big Ten accolade was Ian King (March 14, 2017).
Kevin Mack (March 20)
Big Ten Freshman of the Week -- Freshman attackman Kevin Mack has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the second straight week following his six-point (five goals, one assist) performance in U-M's 12-7 win over Marquette (March 17). The Manhasset, New York, native is tied for the team lead in points (26), and leads the team in assists (13). He is two assists away from breaking the U-M record for assists by a freshman (15, Will Meter; 2012), and ranks No. 4 in the NCAA in points for a freshman. He has multiple points in all but one game this season and boasts eight goals and three assists (11 points) over the past two games. The honor is the second Big Ten Freshman of the week honor for Mack, and the second in program history. » Big Ten Release
Kevin Mack (March 13)
Big Ten Freshman of the Week -- Freshman attackman Kevin Mack was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week following his five-point performance (three goals, two assists) in U-M's 14-9 win over Air Force on Friday night (March 9). The Manhasset, New York, native is second on the team in points with 20 and assists with 12, and also ranks No. 8 in the NCAA in points for a freshman. The assist mark is already three helpers away from breaking the U-M record for assists by a freshman (15 -- Will Meter, 2012). Mack has had multiple points in all but one contest this season. The honor is the first Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor for a Wolverine in program history. » Big Ten Release
Brent Noseworthy (March 2)
Tewaaraton Award Watch List -- Junior midfielder Brent Noseworthy has been named to the Tewaaraton Award watch list. The award honors the top male lacrosse players in the United States, with the selection committee comprised of collegiate coaches and the Tewaaraton Foundation. The Burlington, Ontario, native is fresh off a four-goal effort against No. 11 Yale on Feb. 24. Against the Bulldogs, he notched the fastest hat-trick in program history, scoring three times in the first 23:10 of the contest. He leads the team in goals (12) and goals per game (3.00), and sits in third in the U-M record books for points in a career with 62. Noseworthy is the second Wolverine to earn a spot on the watch list, as Ian King made the list a year ago.
Brent Noseworthy, Rocco Sutherland, and JM Priddy (Jan. 29)
Big Ten Players to Watch -- Michigan juniors Brent Noseworthy and Rocco Sutherland and sophomore JM Priddy were named to the 2018 Big Ten preseason honors list. Noseworthy returns to lead the Wolverine offense after setting a program record for goals in a season a year ago with 37, a mark that ranked No. 14 nationally and tied for fourth in the Big Ten (2.64/game). He also ripped off eight hat tricks and set a new school record for shooting percentage in a season (47 percent), a mark that topped the Big Ten and was No. 9 nationally. Prior to the season, he was voted a team captain, becoming only the third junior in program history to earn the honor.
Sutherland had the third-highest assist mark in program history with 16 a year ago to lead the offensive unit. The Northport, New York, native has started 21 games during his time in Ann Arbor and will look to fill the void on attack by the departed Ian King. Priddy, a longstick midfielder, also possesses the ability to play close defense and will fill a vital role in new head coach Kevin Conry's defensive scheme. As a freshman, he scooped up nine ground balls and marked a goal, assist and turnover caused in only eight games after missed the latter half of the season due to injury.
