Release courtesy of Aurora University
The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
All-American Teams were announced on Tuesday, May 20 with Aurora
University junior midfielder Max Obriecht (Naperville,
Ill./North) being named Honorable Mention All-American for
the second consecutive season.
The AU men's lacrosse team finished the 2014 season with a school
record for wins and a 16-4 overall record. The Spartans made their
second consecutive appearance in the NCAA Division III Men's
Lacrosse Championships in the fourth season of play for the program
and went to the Sweet 16. AU was the 2014 regular season and
tournament champions in the Midwest Lacrosse Conference and went
10-0 in the MLC regular season.
Obriecht was named the Midwest Lacrosse Conference Offensive Player
of the Year and was a First-Team All-Conference selection. He led
the Spartans with 60 goals, while dishing out 37 assists. He had
six man-up goals and went 242-of-336 in faceoff opportunities.
As of the May 12 NCAA Division III statistical rankings, Obriecht
is 12th in points per game (4.85), second in face-off win
percentage (.720), fourth in ground balls per game (10.95), and
25th in goals per game (3.00).
In 2013, Obriecht was the first AU men's lacrosse player in the
brief history of the Spartan program to be named a USILA
All-American.