Weekly Awards Given to Johns Hopkins, Penn State and Rutgers

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference has announced its men’s lacrosse player awards for games played March 2-3.

Offensive Player of the Week

TJ Malone, Penn State

Gr. – A — West Chester, Pa. — The Haverford School

Recorded the most points in his five-year career with a nine-point effort in No. 12 Penn State’s 15-14 overtime win over No. 9 Yale on Saturday
Finished with five goals and four assists — with four of his tallies coming in the second half — as the Nittany Lions rallied from a 9-2 halftime deficit
Leads Penn State in scoring (25 points) and assists (15)
Earns Offensive Player of the Week accolade for the second time in his career, having previously been honored on April 11, 2023
Last Penn State Offensive Player of the Week: Matt Traynor (Feb. 13, 2024)

Defensive Player of the Week

Beaudan Szuluk, Johns Hopkins

So. – D — Davidsonville, Md. — Archbishop Spalding

Spurred No. 7 Johns Hopkins to a 16-14 win over No. 2 Virginia on the Cavaliers’ home field Saturday
Forced a game-high four turnovers as part of a defensive corps that limited Virginia to four second-half goals
Gathered five ground balls in the contest to help Johns Hopkins improve to 5-1
The Big Ten Distinguished Scholar receives the first weekly defensive award of his career
Last Johns Hopkins Defensive Player of the Week: Scott Smith (Feb. 13, 2024)

Specialist of the Week

Jack Fracyon, Penn State

Jr. – G — Annapolis, Md. — Bullis School

Registered 17 saves versus No. 9 Yale in a 15-14 overtime victory for No. 12 Penn State at University Park on March 2
Held Yale to four goals in the second half and allowed only one goal over the final 20:26 of the contest
Collected five ground balls while facing 56 total shots on the afternoon
The 2023 Big Ten Specialist of the Year garners his second career Specialist of the Week honor after being recognized on April 25, 2023
Becomes first Penn State player this season to win the award

Freshman of the Week

Colin Kurdyla, Rutgers

Fr. – M — Bridgewater, N.J. — Bridgewater-Raritan HS

Produced his second hat trick of the season to lead No. 16 Rutgers past Hofstra, 13-8, on Saturday in Piscataway, N.J.
Netted three goals on five shots as Rutgers jumped out to a 2-0 lead and never trailed
Scored his first collegiate man-down goal giving the Scarlet Knights breathing room to start the second half
Marks the third time this season Rutgers has earned the Freshman of the Week award
Last Rutgers Freshman recipient: Cardin Stoller (Feb. 27, 2024)

2024 Big Ten Men’s Lacrosse Weekly Awards

Feb. 6

O: Gannon Matthews, Jr., A, OSU

D: Connor Cmiel, Sr., M, OSU

S: Luke Wierman, Gr., FO, MD

F: Cardin Stoller, Fr., G, RU

Feb. 13

O: Matt Traynor, Jr., M, PSU

D: Scott Smith, Sr., D, JHU

S: Logan Callahan, Jr., FO, JHU

F: Kyle Lehman, Fr., A, PSU

Feb. 20

O: Michael Boehm, Sr., A, MICH

D: Ajax Zappitello, Sr., D, MD

S: Logan McNaney, Gr., G, MD

F: Caleb Fyock, Fr., G, OSU

Feb. 27

O: Eric Spanos, Jr., M, MD

D: Alex Ross, So., D, PSU

S: Luke Wierman, Gr., FO, MD

F: Cardin Stoller, Fr., G, RU

March 5

O: TJ Malone, Gr., A, PSU

D: Beaudan Szuluk, Gr., D, JHU

S: Jack Fracyon, Jr., G, PSU

F: Colin Kurdyla, Fr., M, RU