Weiss named newest member of "44 Club"
12/6/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
Wakely offers his thoughts. “An exciting aspect of the fall banquet was the announcement of Tom Weiss as the 2005-06 Lehigh lacrosse latest addition to the ‘44 Club.’ The young man that is selected by the coaching staff to wear the number-44 best exemplifies the ideals of a student-athlete in the men’s lacrosse program.”
Weiss has maintained a 3.64 grade point average in the classroom as a mechanical engineering major, with multiple appearances on both the Dean’s List and the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. The
On the field, Weiss is a four-year starter who finished in the top-15 nationally in face-off percentage at .571, winning 109 of 191 last season. He has started 30 games in his career, recording 148 ground balls and dishing out one assist along the way.
When the announcement was first made at the banquet, Weiss received a standing ovation from his teammates and coaches, as well as all of the parents and alumni in attendance. All of the previous “44 Club” members were also in attendance at the time. Wakely explains what happened next. “In typical Tom Weiss fashion when he accepted the responsibility of wearing the number-44, he congratulated the previous members of the club, he thanked them for being present and he expressed his intent to live up to those standards set by the members that had come before him.”
Rabinovitz left Lehigh with a number of accolades, including being named the 2002 Patriot League Scholar Athlete of the Year. He also graduated as the number one student in all of Lehigh’s business school in 2002, was named a First-Team All-Patriot League selection in 2001, garnered Academic All-American honors in 2001-02 and was named the Team’s Scholar Athlete of the Year in both 2001 and 2002. Currently Rabinovitz is working in
Carpenter left Lehigh as just the second Academic All-American in school history, joining Rabinovitz as the only two players on that list. Carpenter was also a standout player on the field for the Mountain Hawks, having earned All-Patriot League status in both 2002 and 2003 and a selection to the North-South All-Star Classic in ’02 and was also a two time Lehigh Coaches Award winner. Carpenter recently completed his graduate assistant position with the Mountain Hawks lacrosse program and is currently finishing up his master’s degree in education at Lehigh.
Baran, who was the starting man-down defenseman for Lehigh, earned a grade point average of 3.9 in Lehigh’s highly difficult Integrated Business and Engineering (IBE) program and is currently working in Memphis for Ingersoll Rand in Atlanta, Georgia. During his junior season at Lehigh, Baran served as a player-coach while he recovered from a serious knee injury.
Last year’s “44 Club” member was Gabal. The
Wakely extended his thoughts about the 44-club in general. “We are fortunate here at Lehigh to have the ability to attract exceptional young men and are blessed to watch these student-athletes develop as individuals, as athletes, and as leaders.” He continues, “Each individual that has worn the number-44 over the past four seasons are representative of the quality of student-athletes within our program and the Lehigh Athletics Department.”
Below is a list of some of the alums that returned to
Pete Williamson ‘05
Greg Morin ‘05
Andrew Lucas ‘05
Mike McConnell ‘05
Jimmy Gabal ‘05
Mike Norelli ‘05
Mike Rabinovitz ‘02
Chip Freeman ‘04
Jimmy Baran ‘04
Kurt Gerry ‘04
