Johns Hopkins, Maryland, Ohio State and Penn State Net Weekly Men’s Lacrosse Honors

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference has announced its Men’s Lacrosse Awards for the week of February 4-11, 2025.  

Offensive Player of the Week 
Eric Spanos, Maryland 
Senior – Attack – Pottstown, Pa. – Major: Communication 

• In an overtime win against Loyola Maryland, Spanos tied his career-high with four goals
• Three of his goals were in the fourth quarter to help Maryland erase a three-goal deficit in the final frame
• Spanos also tallied two groundballs
• Last Maryland Offensive Player of the Week Award: Jack Koras (April 2, 2024) 

Defensive Player of the Week 
Cullen Brown, Ohio State 
Junior – Defense – Silver Spring, Md.  – Major: Finance 

• Caused six turnovers in two wins against Detroit Mercy and Cleveland State Led non-faceoff players with a combined seven ground balls in the two wins
• Helped hold both Cleveland State and Detroit Mercy to just four goals
• Currently leads the Big Ten with nine caused turnovers on the year
• Last Ohio State Defensive Player of the Week Award: Cullen Brown (March 26, 2024)  

Specialist of the Week 
Jack Fracyon, Penn State 
Senior – Goalie – Annapolis, Md. – Major: Communication Arts and Sciences 

• Allowed just five goals against Villanova
• Marked the 23^rd time in his career he let up less than 10 goals in a single game
• Five goals are the third lowest number of goals he’s allowed in a single game in his career
• Last Penn State Specialist of the Week Award: Jack Fracyon (March 12, 2024) 

Freshman of the Week 
Tyler Eye, Johns Hopkins 
Freshman – LSM – Jersey City, NJ – Major: Undecided 

• Helped the Blue Jays to a pair of top 20 wins against #17 Towson and #10 Georgetown
• Scored his first career goal, added two ground balls and caused two turnovers in an 11-10 win at Towson
• Against Georgetown, helped lead a Blue Jay defense that held the Hoyas to just six goals
• Last Johns Hopkins Freshman of the Week Award: Quintan Kilrain (March 26, 2024) 

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