Delverne "Del" Dressel is an American

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player and a National Hall of Fame member, inducted in 2002.

Career

Dressel played midfielder for the

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

helping the team to NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship titles in 1984 and 1985. Dressel was an exceptional midfielder who excelled at both offense and defense, playing before the game changed to specialized offensive and defensive specialists. He was awarded the Lt. Donald McLaughlin Jr. Award as the nation's top midfielder in both 1984 and 1985. Dressel is one of only six college players to be named a first-team All-American four times, the others being Doug Turnbull (Johns Hopkins, 1922–25), Everett Smith (St. John's, 1933–37),

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(Maryland, 1973–76), Jason Coffman (Salisbury St., 1993–96), and

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(Syracuse, 2001–04). Dressel ended his career at Hopkins as one of their all-time top scorers with 99 goals and 75 assists for 174 points. Dressel attended

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, was a two time High School All American and honored with the C. Markland Kelly award designating the best high school lacrosse player in Maryland. After a brief enrollment at Harvard, Dressel transferred to Johns Hopkins. Dressel was also a First-Team Baltimore All-Metro pick at defensive back, while at Gilman. He was named to the Maryland state Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. Dressel's brothers, Mark and John, also played lacrosse at Johns Hopkins. While at Gilman, Dressel played with future National Lacrosse Hall of Famers Mac Ford and Joe Seivold. He would later go on to

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medical school in 1990. Dressel briefly was head coach at the prep school level, at Brentwood School.Glauber, Bill. Gilman Thumps Calvert Hall. ''The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland)'', Mar 28, 1981. Page 27

Statistics

Johns Hopkins University

Awards

*''1983 USILA First Team All-American'' *''1984 USILA First Team All-American'' *''1985 USILA First Team All-American'' *''1986 USILA First Team All-American'' *''Dressel is one of only six college lacrosse four-time first team All-Americans''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dressel, Delverne Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's lacrosse players Tulane University alumni

Career

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Johns Hopkins University

Awards

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