season … earned second-team All-GWLL honors as a junior … has played in 44 career games, including 16 starts … has totaled 63 points on 38 goals and 25 assists … 52 ground balls … played midfield during his first two seasons … a clever player who is playing with more poise … knows how to use his body and change direction. AS A JUNIOR: Earned second-team AllGreat Western Lacrosse League (GWLL) honors … that was his first all-conference citation … led all Notre Dame players with a career-high 43 points … posted career-high totals in goals (25) and assists (18) … ranked third on the team in goals and tied for second in assists … picked up a career-high 40 ground balls … tallied a point in every contest and had eight multiple-goal games … scored two man-up goals … opened the campaign with the first hat trick of his career in a return to his home state as the Irish took down Loyola, 10-9, in Powder Springs, Ga. … followed up that performance with an eightpoint effort on four goals and four assists in a 13-8 win at Penn State … the point, goal and Senior • Attackman assist totals against the Nittany Lions all were 5-11 • 180 single-game career-high figures … assisted on a Atlanta, Georgia goal in a 19-7 win over Dartmouth … scored two goals in a 9-7 besting of North Carolina … Lovett School produced two goals and two assists in a 10-6 win over Bucknell … tallied two goals and collected HONORS & AWARDS a then career-high four ground balls in a 13-7 All-Great Western Lacrosse League win over Vermont … scored a goal in an 11-6 Second Team (2009) victory over Bellarmine … had two goals and an assist along with picking up a career-high five ground balls in a 9-7 besting of Villanova … Will serve as a team captain during his senior notched a goal and an assist in a 10-4 win over season … has really embraced a leadership role Air Force … assisted on a goal in a 10-8 victory on the team … one of the quickest players on at Denver … deposited a goal in a 10-2 win over the team ... three-time monogram recipient … Quinnipiac … scored a goal and assisted on three led the team in points (43) during his junior other scores in a 12-2 victory over St. John’s …
StudentAthletes
Neal Hicks
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tallied two goals and tied a career-high with five ground balls in a 14-8 win at Ohio State … registered his third hat trick of the season with three tallies in a 7-4 victory against Quinnipiac
Hicks Game-by-Game Opp. (* games started) 2007 Loyola at Penn State vs. Cornell at North Carolina at Drexel Bellarmine Villanova Air Force Lehigh at Ohio State at Quinnipiac 2008 at Loyola Penn State Albany at Villanova at North Carolina vs. Dartmouth Drexel at Bellarmine vs. Denver Quinnipiac at Lehigh at Air Force Ohio State vs. Quinnipiac! vs. Ohio State! Colgate^ vs. Syracuse^ 2009 vs. Loyola* at Penn State* Dartmouth* North Carolina* vs. Bucknell* vs. Vermont* Bellarmine* Villanova* Air Force* at Denver* at Quinnipiac* St. John’s* at Ohio State* vs. Quinnipiac*! vs. Ohio State*! Maryland*^ ^ - NCAA Tournament ! - GWLL Tournament
G/A
Pts. Shots GB
0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/1 0/0 0/0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1
0/1 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/2 0/0 1/0 0/0 1/0 2/0 2/1 2/0 1/1 0/0 1/0 0/1
1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 8 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 5 1 3 3
0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0
3/0 4/4 0/1 2/0 2/2 2/0 1/0 2/1 1/1 0/1 1/0 1/3 2/0 3/0 1/4 0/1
3 8 1 2 4 2 1 3 2 1 1 4 2 3 5 1
8 5 6 9 7 8 7 5 6 5 4 3 7 9 9 2
3 2 2 1 3 4 3 5 2 4 0 3 5 1 1 1
HICKS’ Career Highs
HICKS’ CAREER Year GP/GS 2007 11/0 2008 17/0 2009 16/16 Totals 44/16
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STATISTICS G A Pts. 1 1 2 12 6 18 25 18 43 38 25 63
GB 5 7 40 52
Shots 5 39 100 144
Sh Pct. SOG .200 2 .308 22 .250 54 .264 78
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME®
P/Min UpG GWG 0-0:00 0 0 2-1:00 0 0 0-0:00 2 1 2-1:00 2 1
Goals: 4, Penn State ‘09 Assists: 4, twice (MR: Ohio State! ‘09) Points: 8, Penn State ‘09 GB: 5, twice (MR: Ohio State ‘09) Goal Streak: six games (North Carolina-Air Force ‘09) Point Streak: 18 games (Colgate^ ‘08 - current) ^ - NCAA Tournament ! - GWLL Tournament