# Tom Schreiber

Tom Schreiber (born February 24, 1992) is an American professional lacrosse player with the Utah Archers of the Premier Lacrosse League and the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League. He attended St. Anthony's High School in South Huntington, New York, and played collegiate lacrosse at Princeton University. Schreiber is the only player to have won the professional outdoor lacrosse MVP award three times. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time.

## Early life

Tom Schreiber's father, Doug Schreiber, was an exceptional lacrosse player. Doug won the 1973 college national player of the year award and the 1973 national championship while playing for the University of Maryland lacrosse team. In 1993, he was inducted into the USA Lacrosse Hall of Fame. He also played for Team USA, winning the 1974 World Lacrosse Championship. In 2023, he won the Tewaaraton Legend Award. Doug owns a food service business and is a lacrosse coach.
Tom Schreiber began playing lacrosse very young under the coaching guidance of his father. He played high school lacrosse for St. Anthony's, playing varsity for the first year during his sophomore year. Throughout the next two years, he earned All-America honors.

## College career

Schreiber is the all-time leading scorer from the midfield position at Princeton with 200 points and was a four-time USILA All-American including three seasons on the First Team. He won the MacLaughlin Award as the nation's most outstanding midfielder his junior and senior seasons.

## Professional career
### MLL career

Schreiber was selected 1st overall in the 2014 Major League Lacrosse draft by the Ohio Machine. He was named league MVP in both the 2016 and 2017 seasons while leading the Ohio Machine to the MLL championship game in both seasons and winning the championship in 2017.

### NLL career

Schreiber signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Toronto Rock on October 3, 2016, having never played box lacrosse before and scored 94 points during his first season in the National Lacrosse League on his way to being named NLL Rookie of the Year. In 2019 he matched his career high with another 94 point season.
Heading into the 2023 NLL season, Inside Lacrosse ranked Schreiber the #7 best forward in the NLL. During the 2023 season, Schreiber became just the second American born player to record 100 points in an NLL season. His nickname given by Canadian media is Captain America.

### PLL career

In October 2018 it was announced that Schreiber was one of over 140 players who had signed contracts to play in the newly formed Premier Lacrosse League. Following this announcement, Schreiber was assigned to the Archers Lacrosse Club.
Schreiber has topped the PLL Players Top 50 list three times, in 2020, 2022, and 2023.

## Personal life

Schreiber is married to fellow Princeton alum and Olympic field hockey player Kathleen Sharkey. They have a daughter, Lillian. His father, Doug, was a 4-time All America lacrosse player, 1973 Player of the Year, and captained Maryland to the 1973 national championship.

## Awards and achievements
### College

* 2011 USILA Third Team All-American
* 2012 USILA First Team All-American
* 2013 USILA First Team All-American
* 2013 Lt. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Award
* 2014 USILA First Team All-American
* 2014 Lt. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Award

### MLL

* 2016 MLL Most Valuable Player
* 2017 MLL Most Valuable Player

### NLL

* 2017 NLL Rookie of the Year

### PLL

* 2019 Gait Brothers Midfielder of the Year
* 2020 Gait Brothers Midfielder of the Year
* 2022 Gait Brothers Midfielder of the Year
* 2023 Gait Brothers Midfielder of the Year
* 2023 Jim Brown Most Valuable Player
* 2023 PLL Champion
* 2024 Gait Brothers Midfielder of the Year
* 2024 PLL Champion
| Preceded byCJ Costabile | McLaughlin Award 2013 | Succeeded byIncumbent |
| Preceded byIncumbent | McLaughlin Award 2014 | Succeeded byMyles Jones |
| Preceded byGreg Gurenlian | Major League Lacrosse MVP 2016 | Succeeded byIncumbent |
| Preceded byIncumbent | Major League Lacrosse MVP 2017 | Succeeded byRob Pannell |

## Statistics
### PLL

Reference:
| Tom Schreiber | Tom Schreiber | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | GP | G | 2PG | A | Pts | Sh | GB | Pen | PIM | FOW | FOA | GP | G | 2PG | A | Pts | Sh | GB | Pen | PIM | FOW | FOA |
| 2019 | Archers | 10 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 37 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Archers | 6 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2021 | Archers | 9 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Archers | 10 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 35 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Archers | 10 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 37 | 64 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | 45 | 80 | 6 | 66 | 152 | 269 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Total: | Career Total: | 51 | 88 | 6 | 69 | 163 | 306 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
GP–Games played; G–Goals; 2PG–2-point goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; Sh–Shots; GB–Ground balls; Pen–Penalties; PIM–Penalty minutes; FOW–Faceoffs won; FOA–Faceoffs attempted

### NLL

Reference:
| Tom Schreiber | Tom Schreiber | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | Pts/GP | LB/GP | PIM/GP | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | Pts/GP | LB/GP | PIM/GP |
| 2017 | Toronto Rock | 18 | 33 | 61 | 94 | 83 | 0 | 5.22 | 4.61 | 0.00 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 4.00 | 5.67 | 0.00 |
| 2018 | Toronto Rock | 11 | 25 | 39 | 64 | 57 | 0 | 5.82 | 5.18 | 0.00 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2019 | Toronto Rock | 18 | 29 | 65 | 94 | 61 | 2 | 5.22 | 3.39 | 0.11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 |
| 2020 | Toronto Rock | 5 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 3.80 | 3.60 | 0.80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2022 | Toronto Rock | 16 | 47 | 39 | 86 | 91 | 2 | 5.38 | 5.69 | 0.13 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 6.50 | 3.50 | 1.00 |
| 2023 | Toronto Rock | 18 | 48 | 68 | 116 | 110 | 2 | 6.44 | 6.11 | 0.11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 |
| 2024 | Toronto Rock | 13 | 21 | 55 | 76 | 73 | 8 | 5.85 | 5.62 | 0.62 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 3.33 | 8.33 | 0.00 |
| | | 99 | 211 | 338 | 549 | 493 | 18 | 5.55 | 4.98 | 0.18 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 62 | 2 | 4.45 | 5.64 | 0.18 |
| Career Total: | Career Total: | 110 | 232 | 366 | 598 | 555 | 20 | 5.44 | 5.05 | 0.18 | | | | | | | | | |
GP–Games played; G–Goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; LB–Loose balls; PIM–Penalty minutes; Pts/GP–Points per games played; LB/GP–Loose balls per games played; PIM/GP–Penalty minutes per games played.

### MLL

| Season | Team | GP | G | 2ptG | A | Pts |
| 2014 | Ohio | 10 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| 2015 | Ohio | 14 | 29 | 1 | 30 | 60 |
| 2016 | Ohio | 14 | 18 | 1 | 36 | 60 |
| 2017 | Ohio | 10 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 44 |
| 2018 | Ohio | 3 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 15 |
| MLL Totals | MLL Totals | 51 | 87 | 2 | 110 | 199 |

### NCAA

| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
| 2011 | Princeton | 11 | 16 | 13 | 29 |
| 2012 | Princeton | 16 | 32 | 28 | 60 |
| 2013 | Princeton | 15 | 28 | 32 | 60 |
| 2014 | Princeton | 13 | 30 | 21 | 51 |
| NCAA Totals | NCAA Totals | 55 | 106 | 94 | 200 |