2011 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Bobby Eilers
- Position:
- Midfield
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 216
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Simsbury, Conn.
- High School:
- Simsbury / Kent School
Senior Year (2012): Team co-captain … Named to the All BIG EAST Second Team … Started all 17 games as member of the first midfield ... Led all SU midfielders with 22 goals, including five man-up goals ... Fifth on the team in points (22 goals, eight assists) ... Scooped up 14 ground balls and had six caused turnovers ... Scored at least two goals in six of the final eight games, including four consecutive two-goal games (Cornell, Rutgers, Hobart, Georgetown) … Named to the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team after recording eight points (six goals, two assists) versus Villanova and St. John’s at the conference championship … Scored a career-high four goals in the semifinals against Villanova … Tallied a personal-best four points, including a career-high two assists, versus Rutgers at the ESPNU Warrior Classic … Credited with the first assist of his career versus Duke at the Konica Minolta Big City Classic … BIG EAST All-Academic Team … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
Junior Year (2011): Played in 15 games … Started the season as a defensive midfielder before joining the offensive midfield rotation midway through the year … Led all SU reserve middies with eight goals … Posted a .400 season shooting percentage (8-20) … Also picked up three ground balls … Joined the second midfield unit at the Konica Minolta Big City Classic versus Duke and scored a goal on his first shift … Notched the first hat trick of his career with three goals against Providence at the New England Lacrosse Classic … Scored the first two postseason goals of his career and picked up a ground ball versus Siena in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament … Produced one goal in wins against Hobart and St. John’s … BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring.
Sophomore Year (2010): Played in six games … Collected a career-best four ground balls against Villanova … Also picked up a ground ball against Albany, and versus Princeton at the Konica Minolta Big City Classic … Also recorded the first caused turnover of his career against Princeton ... Forced a turnover at St. John's ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team … Member of the Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Rolls.
Freshman Year (2009): Played in six games … Made his collegiate debut in SU’s season-opening win against Providence.
Prep School: Spent the 2008 season at the Kent School (Conn.) … Scored 36 goals, had 20 assists and scooped up 95 ground balls to lead Kent to the state semifinals ... Selected to play in the 2008 New England Prep All-Star Game … 2008 Hartford Courant All-Star.
High School: Helped Simsbury to consecutive state semifinal games in 2006 and 2007 … MVP of the East-West All-Star Game … Two-time all-state selection and team MVP … Team captain … Also played soccer.
Personal: Robert Frederick Eilers III … Born in June 1989 in Hartford, Conn. … Son of Bob and Laura Eilers … Three sisters … Communication and rhetorical studies major.
| EILERS' CAREER STATS | ||||||||
| Year | Games | Shots | Goals | Assists | Points | GBs | Faceoffs | CTs |
| 2009 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | - |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0-0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0-0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 17 | 71 | 22 | 8 | 30 | 14 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Totals | 44 | 91 | 30 | 8 | 38 | 23 | 0-0 | 8 |
