Position Tradition - Goalies • Johns Hopkins has produced an All-America goalie 21 times in the last 29 years. Jesse Schwartzman is most recently responsible for continuing this streak as he earned Honorable Mention All-America honors in 2005 and 2006. • Johns Hopkins goalies have combined to earn All- America honors 54 times. • A Blue Jay goalie has earned First Team All-America honors 14 times. Nick Murtha was the last Hopkins goalie to earn First Team All-America as he took top honors in 2002. • In an 18-year span from 1972 through 1989 Johns Hopkins produced the First Team All-American goalie an amazing nine times. From 1978 through 1989 – a period of 12 years – the Blue Jays produced the First Team All-American goalie seven times. • Only 12 other schools have more overall First Team All-Americans than Hopkins 14 First Team All-Amer- ica picks in goal. • A Johns Hopkins goalie has been awarded the Ensign C. Markland Kelly Award as the top goalie in the na- tion 14 times since the inception of the award in 1949. Nick Murtha was JHU’s last recipient (2002). • Four different Blue Jay goalies have earned the Kelly Award more than once as Les Matthews (1972, 1973), Mike Federico (1978, 1979, 1980), Larry Quinn (1984, 1985) and Quint Kessenich (1988, 1989) were all multiple winners. • Larry Quinn earned the Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award as the nation’s top player in 1984 and 1985. He is the only goalie who has ever won the award more than once. • Mike Federico (1978, 1979, 1980) is one of just 20 players in school history who has earned First Team All-America honors three times. He is the only goalie among the 20 who have done this. • Mike Federico (1977-80) and Larry Quinn (1982- 85), standout Blue Jay goalies during their careers, were among 10 Johns Hopkins players named to the NCAA Silver Anniversary Team in 1995. Hopkins produced 10 of the 25 players named to the team. • Larry Quinn represented the United States in the ILF World Championships in 1986, 1990 and 1994. He is the only JHU goalie who has ever represented the United States in the ILF World Championships since its inception in 1974. • Only four players have earned Most Outstanding Player honors at the Final Four more than once. Larry Quinn (1984, 1985) and Jesse Schwartzman (2005, 2007) are two of the four. JHU is the only school with multiple players who have done this. 2010 Men’s Lacrosse Media Guide • www.hopkinssports.com 21 Coaching Tradition • Johns Hopkins is coached by Dave Pietramala, the the only person in the history of college lacrosse to win an NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Champion- ship as a player and a head coach. • Johns Hopkins head coaches have been awarded the Morris Touchstone Award as the National Coach of the Year four times. Bob Scott earned the award in 1965, 1968 and 1972, while Dave Pietramala took the honor in 2002. Pietramala is also the only person in the history of college lacrosse to earn Division I National Player of the Year honors and Division I Na- tional Coach of the Year honors. • An amazing 14 different head coaches have guided the Blue Jays to at least one of their record 44 national championships. William C. Schmeisser led Hopkins to eight national championships during his 10 seasons as head coach, while Bob Scott claimed seven nation- al titles in his 20 seasons. • Four of Hopkins’ six head coaches since the forma- tion of the NCAA Tournament in 1971 have led the Blue Jays to at least one championship. • A total of 10 men who have served as the head coach at Johns Hopkins have been inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. • Since 1900 there have been 15 head coaches at Johns Hopkins who have served for at last two seasons. Of those 15, 11 won at least 70 percent of the games they coached at Hopkins and six won at least 80 percent. Current head coach Dave Pietramala’s 77.9 percent winning percentage is the third-highest by a Hopkins coach since 1950. • There are currently five former Johns Hopkins play- ers serving as head coaches at the Division I level and no fewer than seven current Division I head coaches either played at Johns Hopkins or coached at Johns Hopkins prior to assuming their current position. Former Blue Jay players who are currently serving as Division I head coaches include Dave Pietramala (Johns Hopkins), Brian Voelker (Drexel), Scott Marr (Albany), Seth Tierney (Hofstra) and Don Zimmer- man (UMBC). • There are currently more than a half dozen Divi- sion I assistant coaches who played at Johns Hopkins. This includes Bill Dwan and Bobby Benson, who are the associate head coach and offensive coordinator, respectively, at Johns Hopkins. • Since the formation of the NCAA Tournament there have been 39 national championship games. A Johns Hopkins graduate has served as a head coach in 23 of those 39 games. • Twelve of the NCAA Championship-winning head coaches since 1971 have been graduates of Johns Hopkins University. 22 2010 Men’s Lacrosse Media Guide • www.hopkinssports.com International Exposure From the 1928 Olympic Games Johns Hopkins’ ILF through the 2008 ILF U-19 World World Championship Championships, Johns Hopkins men’s Participants lacrosse players have traveled through- - 1974 - out the world to represent their coun- Rick Kowalchuk - M tries. Jack Thomas- A The tradition of Johns Hopkins - 1978 - players appearing in international Rick Kowalchuk - M competition continued in 2008 as cur- Dennis Townsend - D rent juniors Tim Donovan (left) and Jerry Schmidt - Assistant Coach Matt Dolente (right) represented the - 1982 - United States in the Under-19 World Jeff Cook - A Championships in British Columbia, Canada. The two fueled the United States to the championship Mark Greenberg - D Mike O’Neill - A with Dolente being selected as the Most Outstanding Midfielder. Brendan Schneck - A Bobby Benson and Adam Doneger, who were All-Americans and team captains in 2003, were Willie Scroggs - Assistant Coach members of the United States National Team that won the 2002 ILF World Championship, while Kyle - 1986 - Harrison, A.J. Haugen and John Gagliardi added their names to the distinguished list of JHU players John DeTommaso - D who have worn the red, white and blue when they represented the United States in the 2006 ILF World John Krumenacker -M Larry Quinn - G Championships. Three more former JHU players - Shawn Nadelen, Stephen Peyser and Paul Rabil Brendan Schneck - A - recently earned a spot on the 2010 United States National Team. John Tucker - M Brian Wood - A Don Zimmerman - Assistant Coach - 1990 - Craig Bubier - A John DeTommaso - D Steve Mitchell - D Mike Morrill - A Dave Pietramala -D Larry Quinn - G John Tucker - M Arlyn Marshall - Head Coach - 1994 - John DeTommaso - D Steve Mitchell - D Mike Morrill - A Dave Pietramala - D Larry Quinn - G John Tucker - M Brian Voelker - D Tony Seaman - Head Coach - 1998 - John DeTommaso - D Peter Jacobs - M Brian Voelker - D - 2002 - Bobby Benson - A Adam Doneger * - M - 2006 - John Gagliardi - D A.J. Haugen - M A.J. Haugen Kyle Harrison Kyle Harrison - M Johns Hopkins’ U-19 World Championship Participants - 2010 - Shawn Nadelen - D Stephen Peyser - M Paul Rabil - M - 1988 - Bill Dwan (D), Matt Panetta (A) - 1992 - Dave Marr (A) Notes: Head coaches and assistant coaches listed were either graduates/former players at Johns Hopkins or ac- - 1996 - Dan Denihan (A), A.J. Haugen (M), Matt O’Kelly (M), John Paleologos (D) tive coaches at Hopkins at the time of their association - 1999 - John Brasko (D), Joe McDermott (M), Rob Scherr (G) with the United States National Team. - 2003 - Kyle Dowd (M), Kevin Huntley (A / Canada), Greg Peyser (M), Matt Pinto (D), EricZerrlaut (D) * Doneger was selected as an alternate for the 2002 team - 2008 - Matt Dolente (M), Tim Donovan (M) and traveled to the championships. He did not see any game action, but did receive an award. 2010 Men’s Lacrosse Media Guide • www.hopkinssports.com 23 Professional Lacrosse Jake Byrne Paul Rabil Stephen Peyser The Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse program produced an MLL-high eight players named to the league’s All-Star team in 2008. From left to right: Shawn Nadelen, Matt Hanna, Benson Erwin, Jake Byrne, Jesse Schwartzman, Paul Rabil, Rob Scherr, Kyle Harrison. 24 2010 Men’s Lacrosse Media Guide • www.hopkinssports.com Hopkins Athletics - Excellence Across the Board Men’s Basketball - 2007 NCAA 2nd Round Baseball - 2008 National Runner-up While it is the prize jewel of the Hopkins athletic department, success in athletics at Johns Hopkins is not confined to the Blue Jay lacrosse team. In the last two years alone, JHU has earned national runner-up finishes in baseball and men’s swimming, advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals in foot- ball and women’s soccer, and made Sweet 16 appearances in men’s soccer and men’s and women’s tennis. In addition, Johns Hopkins ranks among the national leaders in all-time NCAA Post- graduate Scholarship recipients and all- time Academic All-Americans. Hopkins has finished in the top 20 of the annual Directors’ Cup standings 11 times since 1996 and finished the 2009 fall sea- son ranked fifth after the football, men’s and women’s soccer and women’s cross country teams all finished in the top eight. Women’s Soccer - 2009 NCAA Quarterfinals Women’s XC - 7th Place at 2009 NCAAs John Thomas - Three-time NCAA backstroke champion / 2009 National Swimmer of the Year Men’s Soccer - Sweet 16 (2008 & 2009) 2010 Men’s Lacrosse Media Guide • www.hopkinssports.com 25 Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University Timeline History The Johns Hopkins University was founded in 1876 as part of a $7 million bequest left by Baltimore merchant Johns Hopkins to es- 1795 tablish a research university and teaching hospital.