2016 Men's Lacrosse Roster

Dan Kinek
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- DM
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 174
- Hometown:
- Macungie, Pa.
- High School:
- Emmaus
At Michigan
• Academic All-Big Ten (2015-16)
• Unsung Hero Award (2015)
• U-M Academic Achievement Award (2015)
Senior (2016)
• Key defensive midfielder, seeing time in all 13 games
• Scooped up three ground balls in a loss against Rutgers (April 10)
• Had two ground balls in a win against Delaware (February 27)
• Caused three turnovers in a loss against Marist (March 23)
Junior (2015)
• Caused one turnover and picked up one ground ball against Drexel (March 21)
• Had two ground ball pick ups and one caused turnover against Detroit (Feb. 14)
• Scored one goal on one shot attempt against Bellarmine (Feb 7)
Sophomore (2014)
• Split season between second line midfield and defensive midfield
• Also saw time on man-up
• Finished the season third on the team in assists (nine)
• Picked up one ground ball against Yale (April 19)
• Picked up one ground ball against Ohio State (April 12)
• Had one assist and one ground ball pickup against Fairfield (April 5)
• Scored one goal on his only shot attempt, and also added two assists and one ground ball pickup against Air Force (March 29)
• Recorded one assist and two shots, one on goal, against Saint Joe's (March 22)
• Had one shot on goal against Maryland (March 18)
• Had two shots, one on goal, against Bellarmine (March 15)
• Scored one goal and added one assist, while also collecting three ground balls against Furman (March 8)
• Had one assist and one ground ball pickup against High Point (March 5)
• Tallied two assists against Cornell, including an assist on Ian King's game-tying goal with 25 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime (March 1)
• Had three shots, two of which were on goal against Johns Hopkins (Feb. 22)
• Picked up two ground balls and caused one turnover against Detroit (Feb. 19)
• Scored two goals on two shots while also added two ground ball pickups and one caused turnover against Mercer (Feb. 14)
• Collected two ground balls and caused one turnover at Penn State (Feb. 8).
Freshman (2013)
• Closed out season with a ground balls against St. Joe's (April 20) and Denver (April 27)
• Scooped up a pair of ground balls against Ohio State (April 13)
• Collected three ground balls vs. Loyola (March 23)
• Registered two shots on goal and three ground balls as well as one caused turnover vs. Colgate (March 17)
• Picked up two ground balls and caused one turnover vs. Fairfield (March 14)
• Tallied a shot on goal and a ground ball against Hobart (March 9)
• Scooped up one ground ball versus High Point (March 6)
• Scored his first career goal against No. 4 Johns Hopkins (Feb. 23), while also picking up three ground balls
• Missed Air Force and Delaware contests due to injury.
Prep
• Emmaus High School (2011)
• Postgraduate year at Avon Old Farms School (2012)
• Four-year varsity lacrosse letterwinner
• Captain of lacrosse team senior year
• Varsity basketball and letterwinner senior year
• All-Lehigh Valley Conference sophomore, junior and senior years
• MVP of Lehigh Valley Conference senior year
• All-Phillylacrosse.com senior year
• Pennsylvania All-State senior year
• Played two years of varsity basketball.
Personal
• Son of Mary and Jim Kinek
• Has two siblings, Dana and Drew
• Honor roll
• Member of student government
• Lehigh Valley Interscholastic Athletic Conference Club
• Duke's Lacrosse Club
• Born Aug. 19, 1992, in Allentown, Pa.
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
• General Studies major