Delverne A. Dressel, Jr., MD (Del Dressel) is an American psychiatrist, a former Johns Hopkins lacrosse player, a member of the Johns Hopkins Athletics Hall of Fame, the NCAA Silver Anniversary Team, and the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.[1][2]

Early life and education

Dressel was raised in Baltimore, Maryland, and attended Gilman School. At Gilman, he was a two time High School All American and winner of the C. Markland Kelly award designating the best high school lacrosse player in Maryland. His Gilman teammates included future National Lacrosse Hall of Famers Mac Ford and Joe Seivold.[3][4] In addition to lacrosse, Dressel played on the football team and was a First-Team Baltimore All-Metro pick at defensive back.

After a brief enrollment at Harvard University, Dressel transferred to Johns Hopkins, where he played lacrosse and earned his bachelor's degree in 1986.[5] Dressel's brothers, Mark and John, also played lacrosse at Johns Hopkins.

After college, he went to Tulane Medical School and received his M.D. degree in 1990.[6]

Career

Medicine

Dressel is a licensed psychiatrist and has been associated with Spring Grove Hospital Center.[6]

Lacrosse

Dressel played midfielder for the Johns Hopkins University and led the team to NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship titles in 1984 and 1985.[5] 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.[7][2]

Dressel is one of only seven college lacrosse 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), Frank Urso (Maryland, 1973–76), Jason Coffman (Salisbury St., 1993–96), Michael Powell (Syracuse, 2001–04) and Trevor Baptiste (Denver, 2015-2018).[5]

Dressel ended his career at Hopkins as one of their all-time top scorers with 99 goals and 75 assists for 174 points.[5]

Dressel led Johns Hopkins to one other appearance in the national championship game in a tremendous 1983 finals and an appearance in the NCAA semifinals in 1986.[5] Hopkins posted a 49-5 record during Dressel's career with all five losses coming by just one goal. The Blue Jays posted a perfect 14-0 record in 1984 en route to winning the NCAA Championship, while the 1985 team posted a 13-1 mark while repeating as NCAA Champions.

Dressel briefly was head coach at the prep school level, at Brentwood School.

Honors and awards


Statistics

Johns Hopkins University

     
Season GP G A Pts PPG
1983 14 27 19 46 --
1984 14 27 17 44 --
1985 14 23 19 42 --
1986 12 22 20 42 --
Totals 54 99 75 174 3.22

See also

References

  1. ^ Delverne Dressel Hall of Fame Entry
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Delverne A. Dressel, Johns Hopkins University. Hall of Fame Inducted 2002. USA Lacrosse.
  3. ^ "Boys High School All American Lacrosse Team". Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  4. ^ Glauber, Bill. Gilman's Dressel Wins Kelly Lacrosse Award. The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), May 21, 1981. Page 69
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Del Dressel, Class of 1986. Induction: 1998. Sport: Men's Lacrosse. Johns Hopkins University Athletics Hall of Fame.
  6. ^ a b Inside Tulane Med staff (April 17, 2020). Tulane School of Medicine Class Notes Spring 2020.
  7. ^ US Lacrosse All-Americans
  8. ^ Klingaman, Mike. Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame Brooks Robinson, Mackey, McMillen Four Others Selected. The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), Aug 28, 2015. Page D1
Preceded by
Peter Voelkel
 McLaughlin Award
1984, 1985 		Succeeded by
Glen Miles
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Dressell
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