| Del Dressel | |
| Position: | Midfield |
| League: | NCAA |
| Team: | Johns Hopkins University |
| Coach: | Brentwood School |
| Nationality: | American |
| Shoots: | Right and Left |
| Nickname: | Del |
| Career Highlights: |
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| Uslaxhof: | 268 |
| Uslaxhof Year: | 2002 |
Delverne "Del" Dressel is an American lacrosse player and a National Hall of Fame member, inducted in 2002.[1]
Dressel played midfielder for the Johns Hopkins University leading 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 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).
Dressel ended his career at Hopkins as one of their all-time top scorers with 99 goals and 75 assists for 174 points.
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. 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 attended Gilman School, 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 Tulane University medical school in 1990.
Dressel briefly was head coach at the prep school level, at Brentwood School.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
| 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 | |||