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2022 Men's Lacrosse Roster

18 Paul Manuszak

18 Paul Manuszak

  • Position:
    Long Stick Midfielder
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    180
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Sterling Heights, Mich.
  • High School:
    De La Salle

Summary

Biography

Career Highlights
  • 2x MAAC LSM Of The Year (2019, 2021)
  • 2x First Team All-MAAC LSM (2019, 2021)
  • MAAC All-Tournament Team (2019)
  • MAAC Defensive Player of The Week (2020)
  • 5x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
  • 4x MAAC Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
  • 3x MAAC All-Academic Team (2019, 2020, 2021)
  • ASUN All-Academic Team (2022)
  • USILA All-American Scholar (2022)
  • USILA Senior All-Star Game (2022)
  • Titan Club Award (2022)

2022
  • Saw action in all 11 games with six starts
  • Named an USILA All-American Scholar 
  • A member of the ASUN All-Academic Team
  • Selected to play in the USILA Senior All-Star Game, just the third Titan in school history to play in the game
  • Led the team with 62 ground balls and 23 caused turnovers to go with three points on two goals and an assist
  • Was third in the Atlantic Sun and sixth in the nation with a career-best 2.00 caused turnovers per game, good for eighth in school history for a single season
  • Second in the ASUN and 36th in DI with a career-best 5.64 ground balls per game, second in school history
  • Had at least five ground balls in seven games as well as multiple caused turnovers in seven games
  • Started the year with six ground balls and tied a career-best four caused turnovers at Ohio State
  • Picked up six GB's and added an assist at Michigan
  • Had four ground balls and two caused turnovers at #4 Notre Dame
  • Snagged seven GB's with three caused turnovers at Marquette
  • Tallied a season-best eight ground balls in back-to-back games against VMI and at High Point
  • Had four ground balls and three caused turnovers in back-to-back games versus Robert Morris and Air Force
  • Finished with five ground balls and tied his career high with four caused turnovers and scored a goal at Bellarmine
  • Recorded a goal, three caused turnovers and two ground balls against Cleveland State
  • Tied his season best with eight GB's at Utah
  • Ended his career second in school history with 218 ground balls and fourth with 62 caused turnovers to go with 13 goals and six assists

2021
  • MAAC LSM Of The Year for the second-straight season
  • Played in all seven games with four starts and led the team with 36 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers with two goals and an assist
  • Third in the MAAC and 16th in the nation with 1.86 caused turnovers per game, while ranking fourth in the conference and 33rd in the country with 5.14 ground balls per game
  • All six of his shots were on goal
  • Started the year with a goal, four ground balls and three caused turnovers in the season opener at Marist
  • Posted a career-best four caused turnovers and picked up seven ground balls in the regular-season win over St. Bonaventure
  • Added seven more ground balls and a caused turnover in the win over Siena
  • Collected seven GB's with three caused turnovers and an assist at Monmouth
  • Scored a goal and recorded four GB's and two caused turnovers in the MAAC Championship quarterfinals at St. Bonaventure
  • Currently ranks seventh in school history with 156 ground balls, third with 3.63 ground balls per game and ninth with 39 caused turnovers

2020
  • Started all five games on the year and led the team with 31 ground balls, while placing second with five caused turnovers
  • Had a goal and an assist for two points
  • Had his offensive production along with eight ground balls against Bellarmine
  • Also had eight ground balls with a caused turnover versus Robert Morris
  • Tallied three caused turnovers and six ground balls at #12 Ohio State
  • Started the season with five GB's and a key caused turnover with 40 seconds left in the one-goal win at Jacksonville, leading him to be named the MAAC Defensive Player of the Week
  • Currently third in school history with 3.33 ground balls per game

2019
  • MAAC LSM of the Year
  • Tallied career highs in every category with nine points, six goals, three assists, 17 caused turnovers and 72 ground balls
  • Second on the squad in caused turnovers and ground balls and was fifth in the conference and 45th in DI with 4.80 ground balls per game. 
  • His 72 GB's and 4.80 per game were both fifth in school history
  • Three of his four goals in the regular season were in MAAC play at St. Bonaventure, at Quinnipiac and at Marist, and had 11 games on the year with at least three ground balls
  • Had two goals, a team-high eight ground balls and a caused turnover in the MAAC Championship semifinals against Quinnipiac, earning All-Tournament status
  • Tied his career high with three caused turnovers and had six ground balls against Jacksonville
  • Also had three caused turnovers against Monmouth and Manhattan, where he collected seven GB's
  • Picked up a career-best 10 ground balls at Siena
  • Registered a caused turnover, an assist and six ground balls against Canisius and tied his career high with three caused turnovers along with seven ground balls against Manhattan

2018
  • Appeared in all 16 games as a rookie and had two goals, 17 ground balls and three caused turnovers
  • Made his collegiate debut at nationally-ranked Michigan picking up a ground ball
  • Scored his first collegiate goal on his first-ever shot against Air Force
  • Scooped up a season-high three ground balls against Marist and Siena, where he also scored a goal
  • Registered two caused turnovers and two ground balls in the MAAC Championship versus Canisius

Prior To Detroit Mercy
  • Earned four varsity letters in lacrosse and two in tennis
  • A team captain as a junior and senior
  • A three-time All-State selection, including first team accolades as a junior and senior, and was also All-Catholic and All-County three times
  • Selected the Mike Jolly Award winner for the top Catholic League lacrosse Scholar Athlete
  • MVP of the Kyle Rymiszewski Cup in 2016 for the annual De La Salle-Orchard Lake St. Mary's contest
  • Posted 19 goals with two assists as a senior and that was after recording seven goals from his LSM position in 2016 and picking up a career-high 15 ground balls in a game as a sophomore
  • Played club with 1763 and Powerplay Lansing and was an Under Armour Shootout and Great Lax Bay All-Star, while helping his team to a Cherry Bomb title
  • Also named All-Catholic and First Team All-County at first doubles in tennis as a senior
  • A member of the National Honor Society
 
Personal
  • Son of Lynn and Joe Manuszak
  • Has four older siblings
  • His grandfather attended the University
  • His cousin, George Goeddeke, played football at Notre Dame and in the NFL for the Denver Broncos        
  • Lists his biggest thrill in sports as winning regionals in overtime
  • Chose Detroit Mercy because of the academics and close to home
  • An Engineering major
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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2018Freshman

    Long Stick Midfielder
    6'1" 167 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2019Sophomore

    Long Stick Midfielder
    6'1" 167 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2020Junior

    Long Stick Midfielder
    6'1" 176 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2021Senior

    Long Stick Midfielder
    6'1" 180 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2022Graduate Student

    Long Stick Midfielder
    6'1" 180 lbs
    18