Michigan and Rutgers Garner Weekly Men’s Lacrosse Honors after upsets

Wolverines’ Cohen, Taylor and Van Wees, Scarlet Knights’ Sommer win weekly accolades

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference has announced its Men’s Lacrosse Awards for the week of March 18^th-25^th 2025.

Offensive Players of the Week
Ryan Cohen, Michigan
Senior – Attack – Boca Raton, Fla. – Major: Sport Management

Led Michigan to an upset win over then-No. 1 Maryland with a team-high four points
Added a caused turnover and groundball to round out the effort
Cohen also tallied his 100^th career goal in the game
Last Michigan Offensive Player of the Week Award: Michael Boehm (Feb. 20, 2024)

Defensive Player of the Week
Kees Van Wees, Michigan
Senior – Defense – Ridgefield, Conn. – Major: Economics

Led the defensive effort in Michigan’s upset win over then-No. 1 Maryland
Caused a career-high four turnovers and garnered a ground ball Van Wees’ caused turnover in the third overtime led to game-winning goal 40 seconds later
Three of his four caused turnovers led to Michigan goals
Last Michigan Defensive Player of the Week Award: Pace Billings (Feb. 4, 2025)

Specialist of the Week
Hunter Taylor, Michigan
Junior – Goalie – Rockville, Md. – Major: Business Administration

Made a season-high 13 saves to help Michigan upset then-No.1 Maryland on the road
Helped hold Maryland to 9 goals, its second lowest total on the season
Made a game saving stop on a fast break that sent the game into the third overtime
Logged his fourth double-digit save game of the season
Taylor's second Specialist of the Week Award. Last: Feb. 4, 2025

Freshman of the Week
Hadyn Sommer, Rutgers
RS-Freshman – Midfield – Cypress, Texas – Major: Pre-Business

Recorded 3 goals and 1 assist in upset road win over No. 11 John’s Hopkins
It was a breakout game for Sommer, who recorded just 2 goals in his first eight collegiate games
Had the most goals and points of any Big Ten winning player this week
Last Rutgers Freshman of the Week Award: JJ Aiello (Feb. 25, 2025)

2024-25 Men’s Lacrosse Players of the Week

Feb. 4
O: Russell Melendez, JHU
D: Pace Billings, MICH
S: Hunter Taylor, MICH
F: JJ Aiello, RU

Feb. 11
O: Eric Spanos, MD
D: Cullen Brown, OSU
S: Jack Fracyon, PSU
F: Tyler Eye, JHU

Feb. 18
O: Eric Spanos, MD/Alex Marinier, OSU
D: Bobby Van Buren, OSU
S: Logan McNaney, MD
F: Hunter Aquino, PSU

Feb. 25
O: Russell Melendez, JHU
D: Jack McDonald, MD
S: Caleb Fyock, OSU
F: JJ Aiello, RU

March 4
O: Eric Spanos, MD
D: Will Schaller, MD
S: Colby Baldwin, PSU
F: Hunter Aquino, PSU

March 11
O: Alex Marinier, OSU
D: Alex Ross, PSU
S: Jack Oldman, OSU
F: Hunter Aquino, PSU

March 18
O: Alex Marinier, OSU
D: Will Schaller, MD
S: Logan Callahan, JHU
F: Liam White, OSU

March 25
O: Ryan Cohen, MICH
D: Kees Van Wees, MICH
S: Hunter Taylor, MICH
F: Hadyn Sommer, RU