John Grant

 

University of Delaware

 

Class of 1999

 

 

1999 Season: Led Delaware lacrosse team to finest season in school history with a 14-3 record and only the team’s second NCAA Tournament appearance...led No. 6 ranked Blue Hens to NCAA first round win with a 12-11 overtime victory over UMBC and 17-10 quarterfinal loss to eventual national champion Virginia...had three goals and four assists vs. UMBC and four goals and three assists vs. Virginia...received the highest honor ever for a University of Delaware lacrosse player in 1999 when he earned the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Enners Award as National Player of the Year and was named Brine/College Lacrosse USA Division I Player of the Year...earned USILA Turnbull Award as National Attackman of the Year and became Delaware’s first ever first team USILA All-American..named America East Player of the Year...played in North-South Senior All-Star Game and scored two goals...led all NCAA Division I players in scoring with 110 points (5.56 per game) and ranked No. 2 in assists (54) and goals (56)..his 110 points was the second highest single season total in NCAA Division I history (114 by UMBC’s Steve Marhol in 1992) and made him one of only nine NCAA Division I varsity players to reach 100 points in a season...scored a point in every game in 1999, including 11 points vs. North Carolina (4g, 7a), 10 vs. Rutgers (5/5), and 9 vs. Gannon (5/4), Towson (2/7), and Vermont (2/7)...named Milt Roberts Day Game Player of the Game vs. Penn State...scored at least two goals in every game except Loyola (0)...was featured in Sports Illustrated “Faces in the Crowd” section in May 3 edition...was a three-time America East Conference Player of the Week....named to Faceoff Magazine and College Lacrosse USA pre-season All-American teams...recognized by Inside Lacrosse Magazine as one of the nation’s top attackmen.

1998: Led team in scoring with 40 goals and 27 assists for 67 points, the fifth highest single season total in UD history...ranked No. 9 in NCAA in points per game (4.47 ppg) and 20th in assists per game...scored eight goals in win over Rutgers and had six in loss to Hofstra...scored in every game except Loyola...

 

Honors and Accomplishments:

1999

USILA National Player of the Year (Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award)
USILA National Attackman of the Year (Lt. Col. J.I. Turnbull Award)
College Lacrosse USA National Player of the Year
USILA 1st team All-American
America East Player of the Year
1st team All-America East
North-South Senior All-Star Classic Participant
Face-Off Magazine 3rd team pre-season All-American
Lacrosse USA 2nd team pre-season All-American
America East Player of the Week (3/22)
ECAC Player of the Week (4/3)
America East Player of the Week (4/19)
America East Player of the Week (4/26)
Milt Roberts Memorial Game MVP (Penn State)
Alumni Association Team MVP Award

1998

USILA honorable mention honors

First team All-America East

 

John Grant named 1st team All-American in men's lacrosse

June 10, 1999 - UD senior attackman John Grant has become just the second Blue Hen men's lacrosse player to earn first team All-American honors, as he was named to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division I All-American team.

 

Grant was one of a school-record four Blue Hen players honored for their play during the 1999 season. Senior midfielder Kevin Lavey was named to the third team, while senior midfielder Jim Bruder and senior defenseman Marc Traverso were both named honorable mention selections. Delaware's previous high was three All-Americans in 1984.

 

Grant became the first UD player to earn first team honors since Jim Albertson was honored during the 1970 season. Only four other UD players-Tom Stanziale (1992), Randy Powers (1985-86), Reagan Beck (1971) and Don Swan (1950-51)-have been named to the second team.

Grant, who earned USILA honorable mention All-American honors last season, led all NCAA Division I players in scoring in 1999 with a school record 110 points on 56 goals and a school record 54 points. His point total was the second highest season total in NCAA Division I varsity history. The owner of 96 career goals and 81 assists in just two season, Grant also was named America East Player of the Year in May. Lavey, a four-year All-America East selection, earned All-American honors after switching from attack to midfield this season. He was the Hens' third leading scorer with 36 goals and 12 assists and finished second on the all-time UD goal-scoring list with 153.

 

Bruder, another four-year All-America East selection, scored 28 goals and 12 assists in 1999 and finished with 117 career goals.  Traverso, a two-time All- America East pick, earned national honors despite missing two games with a knee injury. He posted 52 groundballs this season.

 

The Blue Hens, under head coach Bob Shillinglaw, posted the best season in school history this spring. The Hens won their first America East Conference title since 1994, advanced to the NCAA tournament for just the second time in school history and set a school record with a mark of 14-3.