The William C. Schmeisser Award is an award given annually to the NCAA's most outstanding defenseman in men's college lacrosse. The award is presented by the USILA and is named after William C. "Father Bill" Schmeisser

Bill Schmeisser

William Christian Schmeisser , known widely as "Father Bill", was an American lacrosse player, coach, and patron. He served as the head coach of the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays for ten non-consecutive years, and won eight national championships. He was also an active patron of the sport and promoter of...

, a player and coach for Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...

 in the early 1900s. Schmeisser played defense at Hopkins from 1900 to 1902. He was head coach of the Blue Jays from 1907 to 1911 and continued to serve as an advisory coach to the team thereafter, accompanying the team to the 1928 Olympics

Lacrosse at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Lacrosse was a demonstration sport at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Teams from Canada, Great Britain, and the United States played matches on August 5, 6 & 7. Each team ended the tournament with a record of 1 win and 1 loss...

 in Amsterdam. He was a charter founder of the Mt. Washington Lacrosse Club and was inducted into the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame

Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of Fame

The US Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of Fame, located in Baltimore, Maryland, on the campus of Johns Hopkins University, is operated by US Lacrosse...

 in 1957.

Award Winners by Year

Year	Player	School
1942	Tyler Campbell	Princeton Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse The Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse team represents Princeton University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse...
1943	George Riepe	Johns Hopkins
1944	Fred Allner, Jr.	Cornell Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse The Cornell Big Red Men's Lacrosse team represents Cornell University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse. Cornell competes as a member of the Ivy League, of which they have won 23 conference championships. The Big Red have appeared in the NCAA tournament 22...
1945	Charles Guy	Navy Navy Midshipmen men's lacrosse The Navy Midshipmen men's lacrosse team represents the United States Naval Academy in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse. Navy currently competes as a member of the Patriot League and play their home games at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland...
1946	Bob Fetters	Maryland
1947	Fred Allner, Jr.	Princeton
1948	John McEnery	Army Army Black Knights men's lacrosse The Army Black Knights men's lacrosse team represents the United States Military Academy in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse competition. During the team's 92-year history, it has won eight national championships and made fifteen postseason NCAA tournament...
1949	Lloyd Bunting	Johns Hopkins
1950	Kin Yellott	Yale Yale Bulldogs The Yale Bulldogs are the athletic teams of the Yale University. The school sponsors 35 varsity sports. The school has won two NCAA national championships in women's fencing, four in men's swimming and diving, and twenty one in men's golf.-Men's baseball:...
1951	Joe Sollers	Johns Hopkins
1952	Bill Hubbell	Maryland
1953	Jack Johnson	Army
1954	Stan Swanson	Navy
1955	John Raster	Navy
1956	John Simmons	Maryland
1957	Ben Glyphis	Army
1958	Walt Mitchell	Johns Hopkins
1959	Don Tillar	Army
1960	Bill Carpenter	Army
1961	Mike Byrne	Johns Hopkins
1962	Bob Fuelhart	Army
1963	Mike Coughlin	Navy
1964	Jim Campbell	Navy
1965	Pat Donnelly	Navy
1966	Hank Kaestner	Johns Hopkins
1967	Hank Kaestner	Johns Hopkins
1968	Carl Tamulevich	Navy
1969	Mike Clark	Johns Hopkins
1970	Greg Murphy	Navy
1971	John Burnap	Cornell
1972	Tom O’Leary	Army
1973	Mike Thearle	Maryland
1974	Boo Smith	Virginia Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse The Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse team represents the University of Virginia in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse...
1975	John Lawlor	Navy
1976	Mike Farrell	Maryland
1977	Chris Kane	Cornell
1978	Chris Kane	Cornell
1979	Mark Greenberg	Johns Hopkins
1980	Mark Greenberg	Johns Hopkins
1981	Bob Henry	Army
1982	George McGeeney	UMBC UMBC Retrievers men's lacrosse The UMBC Retrievers men's lacrosse team represents the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's college lacrosse competition. The Retrievers play their home games at UMBC Stadium, located in Baltimore, Maryland with a capacity of 4,500...
1983	Steve Byrne	Virginia
1984	Tom Haus	North Carolina North Carolina Tar Heels men's lacrosse The North Carolina Tar Heels men's lacrosse team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse...
1985	John DeTommaso	Johns Hopkins
1986	Tom Haus	North Carolina
1986	Tom Haus	North Carolina
1988	Dave Pietramala Dave Pietramala Dave Pietramala is the current Head Coach for the Johns Hopkins University Men's Lacrosse team. He was widely regarded as one of the greatest defensemen in lacrosse history, and is a member of the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame. He is the only person to win an NCAA national championship as both a...	Johns Hopkins
1989	Dave Pietramala	Johns Hopkins
1990	Pat McCabe	Syracuse Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse The Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse team represents Syracuse University in NCAA Division I men's college lacrosse. The Orange have won 10 NCAA championship titles, and currently competes as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference men's lacrosse conference...
1991	Graham Harden	North Carolina
1992	Brian Burlace	Maryland
1992	David Morrow	Princeton
1993	David Morrow	Princeton
1994	Reid Jackson	Rutgers Rutgers Scarlet Knights The Rutgers Scarlet Knights are the athletic teams that represent Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey...
1995	Dan Radebaugh	Maryland
1996	Tyler Hardy	Duke Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse The Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse team represents Duke University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse...
1997	Brian Kuczma	Johns Hopkins
1998	Christian Cook Christian Cook Christian Cook is a retired professional lacrosse defenseman who last played professional field lacrosse with the Washington Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse...	Princeton
1999	Ryan Curtis	Virginia
2000	Marshall Abrams	Syracuse
2001	Ryan Mollett	Princeton
2002	John Glatzel John Glatzel John Glatzel is a professional lacrosse player with the New Jersey Pride of Major League Lacrosse....	Syracuse
2003	Michael Howley	Maryland
2004	Lee Zink	Maryland
2005	Brodie Merrill Brodie Merrill Brodie Merrill is a Canadian lacrosse player. He currently plays in the National Lacrosse League for the Philadelphia Wings and Major League Lacrosse for the Hamilton Nationals.-High school career:...	Georgetown Georgetown Hoyas Georgetown's nickname is The Hoyas, but its mascot is "Jack the Bulldog." Various breeds of dogs have been used by the sports teams as mascots since the early 1900s. Several notable bull terriers like Sergeant Stubby and "Hoya" were used at football games in the 1920s, as was a Great Dane in the...
2006	Michael Culver	Virginia
2007	Mitchell Belisle	Cornell
2008	Nick O’Hara	Duke
2009	Michael Evans	Johns Hopkins
2010	Ken Clausen Ryan Flanagan	Virginia North Carolina

Number of Awards by University

Rank	School	Awards
1	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...	15
2	University of Maryland University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...	9
2	United States Naval Academy United States Naval Academy The United States Naval Academy is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in Annapolis, Maryland, United States...	9
4	United States Military Academy United States Military Academy The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...	8
5	Princeton University Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....	6
6	Cornell University Cornell University Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...	5
6	University of North Carolina University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...	5
6	University of Virginia University of Virginia The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...	5
9	Syracuse University Syracuse University Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...	3
10	Duke University Duke University Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...	2
11	Yale University Yale University Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...	1
11	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	1
11	Rutgers University Rutgers University Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...	1
11	Georgetown University Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...	1

See also

• Major League Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Year Award
  Major League Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Year Award
  Warrior Major League Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Year Award is given annually to the individual judged to be, from amongst all MLL players, the best all-around defensively across a given season. Brodie Merrill has largely dominated this award, winning it a record six consecutive...
  
  
• National Lacrosse League Defensive Player of the Year Award

External links

• US Lacrosse Awards page