This barely missed the lax links post last week, but this is pretty big news:
BALTIMORE (12/4/2012) — The 2013 season is quickly approaching and the preseason accolades have already started with Titan senior LSM Jordan Houtby garnering preseason Honorable Mention All-American honors by Inside Lacrosse.
The list was made available as part of the 2013 Inside Lacrosse’s Face-Off Yearbook and featured just two players from the MAAC, with the other being senior midfielder Cameron Mann of Jacksonville.
Houtby is a two-time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) LSM of the Year who has ranked among the nation’s leaders in caused turnovers since he has arrived in the Motor City, including ranking second as a sophomore (3.25) and junior (2.53). He was also 11th as a sophomore corralling 6.06 ground balls per game.
He enters his senior year as the NCAA Division I active career leader in caused turnovers with 123, while ranking ninth among active players with 214 ground balls.
Houtby has been part of a Titan defensive effort that has led the country in caused turnovers in the last two seasons. As a sophomore, he was tabbed Second Team All-MAAC and has twice been a member of the UDM Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
Offensively, he has nine points on six goals and three assists, including a memorable game-winner as his fourth-period tally against Marist was the difference in the Titans’ 9-8 victory in the MAAC Semifinals in 2010, propelling the red, white and blue to its first MAAC Championship appearance.
Just this past summer, Houtby was selected to play for Team Canada against Team USA in the ‘Duel in Denver’ in front of 4,583 fans at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
Detroit recently released its 2013 schedule and Houtby and the Titans will open the season at Ohio State Feb. 9.
The original IL story can be seen here. There are three All-America teams (with one LSM each) and four LSMs on the Honorable Mention list.