Hjelm earns men's lacrosse All-American honor
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05/20/09 – Sophomore Max Hjelm was named to the Honorable Mention All-America Team by the USILA.
HAVERFORD, Pa. – The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA), through Insidelacrosse.com, has released their 2009 All-America Teams for Division III men's lacrosse with Haverford sophomore attack-man Max Hjelm earning a spot on the Honorable Mention squad.
Hjelm, who paced the Fords in both goals (45) and points (58) this season, is a 2009 First-Team All-Centennial Conference selection and led the league in goals and goals per game (2.65). His GPG average ranked 37th nationally.
After two years in the program, Hjelm has moved up to 15th on the Fords' all-time goals list with 87. Chris Anderson '91 tops the career list with 195 goals.
Haverford posted perhaps their most successful season ever with the 2009 campaign, winning a program-record 13 games and capturing their first regular-season conference title with a perfect 8-0 mark.
As the regular-season champion, they hosted the postseason conference tournament and progressed to their first ever tournament final where they fell to No. 6 Gettysburg who will be playing in the national championship game against Cortland on Sunday, May 24.
The Fords earned their second consecutive NCAA championship bid in 2009 and were selected to host a second round game in the national tournament.
Along with Hjelm, six other Fords were named all-conference and head coach Mike Murphy was named the league's Coach of the Year.