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2024 Men's Lacrosse

8 Casey Steffen

8 Casey Steffen

  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    180
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Danville, Calif.
  • High School:
    Monte Vista
  • Position:
    D
  • Major:
    Classical Studies

Summary

Biography

2024: Repeated as an USILA All-America honorable mention selection, becoming only the second Scot in program history to be named a two-time All-American … Named to the NCAC 40th Anniversary All-Decade Team, having qualified as the 2023 NCAC Defensive Player of the Year … Collected a trio of preseason All-American accolades, including a third-team nod from the USILA and a pair of honorable mention selections from Inside Lacrosse and USA Lacrosse Magazine … All-NCAC first team honoree for the third time in his career … USILA Scholar All-American and CSC Academic All-District honoree … USILA Senior All-Star Game participant, recording two groundballs and three caused turnovers in the game … Program and NCAC all-time leader with 195 career caused turnovers, which is the fourth-most in NCAA Div. III history since the NCAA started tracking the statistic in 2010 … Finished career with 211 groundballs, which is the sixth-most in program history since groundballs became an official statistic in 1999 … Named to the USILA Team of the Week on Feb. 27 following a 10-caused turnover, 10-groundball, and one-assist week where the Scots went 2-0 … Eight of those caused turnovers that week came in the win against Otterbein (Feb. 21), marking the second-most in a game, trailing only his own single-game program record of 12 from the 2023 season … Named NCAC Athlete of the Week on March 25 after matching stat lines of five groundballs and three caused turnovers against Allegheny (March 20) and DePauw (March 23) … Repeated as NCAC Athlete of the Week on Apr. 9 following six-caused turnover and five-groundball effort against Hiram (Apr. 6) … NCAC leader and third nationally with 3.61 caused turnovers per game … Helped team finish top-four nationally in opponent clearing percentage (67.2 percent) and also top-10 nationally in caused turnovers per game (13.39) … Team leader with 65 caused turnovers and second on the squad with 74 groundballs … 65 caused turnovers is second in program history, trailing his mark of 86 from the 2023 season … Had three assists as well … Caused at least one turnover in every game except for one … Scooped at least two groundballs in every game this season … Best groundball effort of seven came in the regular season finale at Wabash (Apr. 27) … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll … Member of the fall and spring semester AD Honor Roll.

2023: USILA All-America honorable mention selection after a record-breaking season on multiple levels … First Scot to be named All-American since 2010 and first defender in program history to be named an All-American … NCAC Defensive Player of the Year and All-NCAC first-team selection … NCAA Div. III statistical champion with 5.06 caused turnovers per game, which is an NCAA Div. III record … Broke NCAC and school record for most caused turnovers in a single season with 86, which led the team and the conference … Broke school and NCAC record for single-game caused turnovers with 12 against Wittenberg (April 23) … Landed on USILA Team of the Week on March 7 and again on March 28 … Key part of program's winningest season (13 games) and longest winning streak (11 games) … Factored heavily into Scots ranking third nationally in groundballs per game (45.00) … Also factored heavily into team ranking first nationally in opponent clearing percentage (62.7 percent) and third nationally in caused turnovers per game (14.88) … Second on the squad with 82 groundballs … Added nine assists and three goals, including a player-up goal … Also collected a career-best 10 groundballs in record-breaking game against Wittenberg … Had at least five caused turnovers in nine of the team’s 17 games … Dished out at least one assist in five consecutive games in the middle of the season … Netted first collegiate goal in season opener at Westminster (Feb. 22). 

2022: Wooster's No. 1 defender, evidenced by team-leading 24 caused turnovers … Scooped up 34 groundballs, tops among the long poles … Caused a season-high four turnovers against Mount Union (April 1) … Scooped up eight groundballs at Allegheny (April 26) and had six versus Kenyon (April 20) … Added four groundballs and two caused turnovers against DePauw (April 3).

2021: Capped rookie season with spot on All-NCAC East Division Team … Started all 11 games … Ranked third in the NCAC with 20 caused turnovers and scooped up 21 groundballs … Caused a season-high five turnovers at Hiram (March 31) and capped debut season with four versus Allegheny (May 1) … Logged a pair of five-groundball games with those coming against Hiram (March 31) and Ohio Wesleyan (April 20).

Prior to Wooster: Prepped at Monte Vista High School.

Personal: Classical studies major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 49

    2021First-Year

    LSM
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    49
  • 49

    2022Sophomore

    LSM
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    49
  • 8

    2023Junior

    D
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    8
  • 8

    2024Senior

    D
    5'10" 180 lbs
    8