University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Announces 2005 Team Award Recipients
June 4, 2005 | Men's Lacrosse
June 4, 2005
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The University of North Carolina men's lacrosse team named its 2005 team award winners Saturday at the squad's annual post-season picnic at the home of Tar Heel head coach John Haus and senior attackman Jed Prossner (Easton Md.) and junior defenseman Stephen McElduff (Yorktown, N.Y.) shared the Turnbull Trophy as the team's Most Valuable Players.
Prossner, who earned first-team All-America honors for the second successive year at attack in 2005, repeated as the co-winner of the Turnbull Trophy. He had 44 points in 2005 on 29 goals and 15 assists. Prossner finished his Carolina career as the program's second-leading goal scorer with 113 and he hung up his jersey tied for seventh in career points with 172. Prossner also earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors each of the past three seasons. Joining Prossner as winner of the Turnbull Trophy was junior defenseman Stephen McElduff, a third-team All-America selection in 2005. One of the college game's top defenders, McElduff ranks as one of UNC's top team leaders as a junior. He has started 40 of the 41 games in which he has played during his three-year Tar Heel playing career. He also had 34 ground balls this season.
The Needham Unsung Hero Award for 2005 went to North Carolina senior defenseman David DiBianco. The Washington, D.C., showed tremendous leadership on this year's Tar Heel squad and was one of Carolina's four captains in 2004-05.
Defenseman Tim Kaiser (Timonium, Md.) and midfielder Mike Munnelly (Garden City, N.Y.) shared the Jay Gallagher Award as the outstanding freshman players on the team. Kaiser moved into the starting lineup on close defense in the fourth game of the season and ended up starting 10 of 13 games, developing into one of the top freshman defenders in the nation. He scooped up 29 ground balls and had his first college goal in UNC's win over Air Force. Munnelly was North Carolina's No. 1 short stick defensive midfielder the entire season, stepping into that role as a freshman and excelling at the role. He had 20 ground balls while scoring two goals and passing for two assists.
The Holmes Harden, Sr. Memorial Award for most ground balls was won by senior midfielder Lance Zimmerman (Cockeysville, Md.). Zimmerman led the Tar Heels with 47 ground balls this season and was UNC's top face-off man, winning 106 of 207 draws, a percentage of .512. The award honors Holmes Harden, Sr., father of three former standout UNC All-America defensemen. The Danny Fox Memorial Award given for meritorious service to Carolina Lacrosse was awarded to Akshay Patel, the team's second-year graduate assistant trainer. The award honors Danny Fox, former Tar Heel program supporter who passed away suddenly in February 2002.
The Dan Andrews Sportsmanship Award, honoring `86 alumnus Andrews who was paralyzed in a car-bike accident following his freshman year as a lacrosse player at UNC, was won by senior attackman Mike McCall (Yorktown, N.Y.). One of the team's captains in 2004-05, McCall led Carolina in goal scoring this season with 33 and was third in points with 40. He finished his career with 102 goals, tied for sixth in UNC lore.
The Kevin Reichardt Memorial Award as the most improved player was awarded to Matt McIntosh, a senior midfielder from Brentwood, Tenn. McIntosh really came into his own as a senior, increasing his playing time exponentially over his first three years. The award honors the late Kevin Reichardt, a Tar Heel midfielder who was the victim of a tragic murder in his sophomore year in January 1995.
