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Tom Schreiber

Tom Schreiber

American lacrosse player

Tom Schreiber (born February 24, 1992) is an American professional lacrosse player with Archers LC of the Premier Lacrosse League and the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League. He attended St. Anthony's High School in South Huntington, New York, and played collegiate lacrosse at Princeton University.[1] Schreiber is the only player to have won the professional outdoor lacrosse MVP award three times. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

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Early life

Tom Schreiber's father, Doug Schreiber, was an exceptional lacrosse player. Doug won the 1973 college national player of the year award and the 1973 national championship while playing for the University of Maryland lacrosse team. In 1993, he was inducted into the USA Lacrosse Hall of Fame. He also played for Team USA, winning the 1974 World Lacrosse Championship.[9][10][11][12] In 2023, he won the Tewaaraton Legend Award.[13] Doug owns a food service business and is a lacrosse coach.[14]

Tom Schreiber began playing lacrosse very young under the coaching guidance of his father. He played high school lacrosse for St. Anthony's, playing varsity for the first year during his sophomore year. Throughout the next two years, he earned All-America honors.[15]

College career

Schreiber is the all-time leading scorer from the midfield position at Princeton with 200 points and was a four-time USILA All-American including three seasons on the First Team.[16] He won the MacLaughlin Award as the nation's most outstanding midfielder his junior and senior seasons.

Professional career

MLL career

Schreiber was selected 1st overall in the 2014 Major League Lacrosse draft by the Ohio Machine.[17] He was named league MVP in both the 2016 and 2017 seasons while leading the Ohio Machine to the MLL championship game in both seasons and winning the championship in 2017.[18][19]

NLL career

Schreiber signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Toronto Rock on October 3, 2016, having never played box lacrosse before[20] and scored 94 points during his first season in the National Lacrosse League on his way to being named NLL Rookie of the Year.[21] In 2019 he matched his career high with another 94 point season.

Heading into the 2023 NLL season, Inside Lacrosse ranked Schreiber the #7 best forward in the NLL.[22] During the 2023 season, Schreiber became just the second American born player to record 100 points in an NLL season.[23]

PLL career

In October 2018 it was announced that Schreiber was one of over 140 players who had signed contracts to play in the newly formed Premier Lacrosse League.[24] Following this announcement, Schreiber was assigned to the Archers Lacrosse Club.

Schreiber has topped the PLL Players Top 50 list three times, in 2020, 2022, and 2023.[25]

Personal life

Schreiber is married to fellow Princeton alum and Olympic field hockey player Kathleen Sharkey. They have a daughter, Lillian.[26][27] His father, Doug, was a 4-time All America lacrosse player, 1973 Player of the Year, and captained Maryland to the 1973 national championship.[20]

Awards and achievements

College

MLL

  • 2016 MLL Most Valuable Player
  • 2017 MLL Most Valuable Player

NLL

  • 2017 NLL Rookie of the Year

PLL

  • 2019 Gait Brothers Midfielder of the Year
  • 2020 Gait Brothers Midfielder of the Year
  • 2023 PLL Champion
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CJ Costabile
 McLaughlin Award
2013		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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Incumbent
 McLaughlin Award
2014		 Succeeded by
Preceded by Major League Lacrosse MVP
2016		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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Incumbent
 Major League Lacrosse MVP
2017		 Succeeded by

Statistics

PLL

Reference:[28]

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GP–Games played; G–Goals; 2PG–2-point goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; Sh–Shots; GB–Ground balls; Pen–Penalties; PIM–Penalty minutes; FOW–Faceoffs won; FOA–Faceoffs attempted

NLL

Reference:[29]

More information Regular Season, Playoffs ...

GP–Games played; G–Goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; LB–Loose balls; PIM–Penalty minutes; Pts/GP–Points per games played; LB/GP–Loose balls per games played; PIM/GP–Penalty minutes per games played.

MLL

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NCAA

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References

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    "2011 M. Lacrosse Roster: 22 Tom Schreiber". Princeton Athletics. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  2. [2]
    "Former Tiger Men's Lax Star Schreiber Fought Through Injury, Earning 2nd Gold Medal as US Repeated as World Champions | Town Topics". Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  3. [3]
    Pietras, Nick (2023-08-22). "The MVP Case for Tom Schreiber". Lacrosse All Stars. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  4. [4]
    Inside Lacrosse. (2023, August 25). Tom Schreiber Wins Back-to-Back MVP Awards; Full Honors and All-MLL Teams. Retrieved from https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/tom-schreiber-wins-back-to-back-mvp-awards-full-honors-and-all-mll-teams/50334
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    "Cover Boy - Two Magazines Call Tom Schreiber The Best In The World". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
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    Carey, Zach (2023-08-12). ""Tom's that guy!": What makes Tom Schreiber the best midfielder in the world". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
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    "Tom Schreiber". USA Lacrosse. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
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    McLaughlin, C. (2018, January 16). The Many Talents (and Surprising Modesty) of Tom Schreiber. USA Lacrosse Magazine. Retrieved from https://www.usalaxmagazine.com/usa-insider/senior-men/the-many-talents-and-surprising-modesty-of-tom-schreiber
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    Schreiber, T. (2023, February 16). Princeton's Schreiber building legacy of his own. Inside Lacrosse. Retrieved from https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/princeton-s-schreiber-building-legacy-of-his-own/19323
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    Doug Schreiber named 2023 Tewaaraton Legend Award Winner - University of Maryland Athletics. (n.d.). University of Maryland Athletics. https://umterps.com/news/2023/5/5/mens-lacrosse-doug-schreiber-named-2023-tewaaraton-legend-award-winner
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    Douglas M. Schreiber. (n.d.). USA Lacrosse. https://www.usalacrosse.com/player-profile/douglas-m-schreiber
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    Tom Schreiber - Men’s Lacrosse - Princeton University Athletics. (n.d.). Princeton University Athletics. https://goprincetontigers.com/sports/mens-lacrosse/roster/tom-schreiber/4242
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    "2011 M. Lacrosse Roster: 22 Tom Schreiber". Princeton Athletics. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  17. [17]
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    "Opinion | Toronto Rock's Schreiber accepts, but doesn't embrace 'Captain America' brand". The Hamilton Spectator. 2023-01-13. ISSN 1189-9417. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
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  22. [22]
    "NLL Top 50 Players: Top 30 Forwards". Inside Lacrosse. 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
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    "THE BEST IS YET TO COME FOR CONNOR FIELDS". Rochester Knighthawks. 2023-04-13. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
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  25. [25]
    "Players Top 50". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
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    @torontorocklax (January 14, 2022). "Congrats to @TomSchreiber26 and his wife Kathleen..." (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-22 – via Twitter.
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    "Utah Bound: The Complete PLL Championship Series Primer". www.usalaxmagazine.com. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
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  29. [29]
    "Player National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.

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