2025 Michigan Men's Lacrosse Awards and Honors
1/29/2025 12:00:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
• Billings, Cohen Earn USILA All-America Honors (May 22)
• Billings Named USA Lacrosse Second Team All-American (May 8)
• Cohen, Billings, Mulholland Named All-B1G (April 23)
April 1 -- Pace Billings
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week
» Graduate student Pace Billings matched his season high with four caused turnovers in an 11-8 win over No. 14 Johns Hopkins on Saturday (March 29).
» Billings also scooped up seven ground balls in the triumph and helped limit the Blue Jays to a season-low two goals in the first half.
» The Denver, Colo., native scored his first goal of the season from just inside midfield after forcing a Blue Jays turnover in the second quarter.
March 25 -- Ryan Cohen, Kees Van Wees, Hunter Taylor
Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week
» Senior Ryan Cohen led the way in Michigan's upset win over No. 1 Maryland with a team-high four points.
» The senior attacker scored his 100th career goal to become the fourth Wolverine to achieve the feat.
» He added a game-high six shots on goal to go along with one ground ball and a caused turnover.
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week
» Senior Kees Van Wees caused a career-high four turnovers to help Michigan stun No. 1 Maryland in triple overtime.
» Van Wees caused a turnover with 1:48 remaining in the third overtime which led to the game-winning goal 40 seconds later.
» Three of his four caused turnovers led to Michigan goals, the other being a takeaway on Maryland's opening possession of the first overtime.
Big Ten Specialist of the Week
» Junior Hunter Taylor tied a season-high 12 saves to help seal the triple overtime upset win over No. 1 Maryland.
» The veteran backstop made a crucial save on a fast break with just seconds remaining in the second overtime.
» Taylor logged his fourth double-digit save game of the season.
Feb. 4 -- Pace Billings, Hunter Taylor
Big Ten Specialist of the Week
» Hunter Taylor allowed just one goal against Marquette, the fewest in a single game in program history.
» Made 10 saves to mark his 16th career double-digit save outing.
» Had a .909 save percentage in the season opener and two ground balls to his tally.
» The honor is the first of his career.
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week
» Pace Billings made his Michigan debut against Marquette, marked up against the Golden Eagles' top offensive player and did not allow him to score a single goal.
» He had two caused turnovers and notched five ground balls.
» The honor is the first of his career.
Jan. 29 -- Pace Billings, Ryan Cohen, Hunter Taylor
Big Ten Players to Watch
» Pace Billings transferred to Michigan as a graduate student after playing three seasons at Princeton.
» Notched a USA Lacrosse Honorable Mention Preseason All-American citation.
» Is a two-time NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team selection at Princeton.
» Earned Second Team All-Ivy honors at Princeton.
» Appeared in 43 games with 17 starts, where he recorded 63 ground balls and 46 caused turnovers as a defender.
» Was the first Princeton longstick with three goals in a single season since 2019.
» Ryan Cohen enters his senior season with the Wolverines with a 47-game point streak, recording at least one point in every career game.
» Notched a USA Lacrosse Honorable Mention Preseason All-American citation.
» Led the team with 71 points, including 34 goals and 37 assists in his junior campaign.
» Ranked third in the Big Ten in assists per game (2018) and points per game (4.18) in 2024.
» Recorded six hat tricks and 15 multi-point games to go along with 11 multi-goal games and 10 multi-assist contests as a junior.
» Broke the Big Ten Tournament and Michigan program record for assists in a contest with seven at the Big Ten Championship game in 2024.
» Hunter Taylor enters his junior season after starting all 17 games in the 2024 campaign.
» Carried an 11.17 goals against average and totaled 176 saves in the cage.
» Totaled six contests with 12 or more saves in the 2024 season.
» Earned Big Ten All-Tournament team honors in his sophomore season.
Big Ten Preseason Poll
» Michigan was picked to finish fourth in the Big Ten after winning back-to-back Big Ten Tournament championships in 2023 and 2024.
» Johns Hopkins was picked to finish at the top of the conference, while Maryland was picked to finish second and Penn State rounded out the top three.
