Mark Sickler Season 2022

CAREER
Career: Won one Big Ten Freshman of the Week award...Earned two Academic All-Big Ten honors.

2023 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Named to Academic All-Big Ten Team.
 
Season: Played in all 16 games...Scored five goals, scooped 18 ground balls and caused seven turnovers. Scored two goals in the NCAA Tournament.
 
Lafayette (2/4): Scored one goal. at Yale (2/25): Scooped one ground ball. Penn (3/4): Scooped one ground ball and fired one shot on goal. at Cornell (3/18): Fired one shot on goal. vs. Marquette (3/18): Fired one shot on goal, scooped one ground ball and caused one turnover. at Maryland (3/25): Scooped one ground ball. Ohio State (4/2): Scooped two ground balls and caused two turnovers. Johns Hopkins (4/8): Scored one goal, scooped two ground balls, and caused one turnover. at Michigan (4/16): Scooped one ground ball. Rutgers (4/21): Scored one goal, scooped one ground ball, and caused one turnover. vs. Michigan (5/4): Scooped one ground ball. Princeton (5/14): Scored one goal and scooped four ground balls. vs. Army (5/21): Scored one goal and caused one turnover. vs. Duke (5/27): Scooped three ground balls and caused one turnover.
 
2022 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

Season: Played in 12 games, including nine as a starter...Missed two games with an injury...Finished with 16 points on 15 goals and one assist, 11 ground balls and two caused turnovers...Scored at least one goal in 10 games, including a hat trick against Penn (3/5).
 
Lafayette (2/5): Scored a goal. Vermont (2/16): Scored one goal. at Saint Joseph's (2/19): Scored two goals and picked up one ground ball. Yale (2/26): Contributed two goals, one ground ball and one caused turnover in a 10-6 win over the fifth-ranked Bulldogs. vs. Penn (3/5): Recorded a hat trick while adding one assist and one ground ball. Maryland (3/27): Finished with one goal, one ground ball and one caused turnover. Michigan (4/8): Scored one goal and picked up two ground balls. at Johns Hopkins (4/16): Tallied one goal and one ground ball. at Rutgers (4/22): Scored on goal and picked up one ground ball. at Johns Hopkins (4/30): Scored two goals and picked up three ground balls in the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Tournament.

2021 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Won one Big Ten Freshman of the Week award (4/6).

Season: Started in seven of the nine games he played...Totaled 12 points on five goals and seven assists, nine ground balls and one caused turnover...Tallied at least one point in each of the final seven games of the season, including a season-high four on one goal and three assists at Maryland (4/3).
 
Ohio State (3/6): Made collegiate debut in a 15-13 win. at Johns Hopkins (3/13): Made first career start. at Michigan (3/20): Scored first career goal and added one ground ball and one caused turnover. Johns Hopkins (3/28): Scored one goal and picked up one ground ball. at Maryland (4/3): Totaled a season-high four points on one goal and a season-high three assists in addition to one ground ball. Rutgers (4/10): Finished with one goal, two assists and two ground balls. Michigan (4/16): Contributed one assist. at Ohio State (4/24): Tallied one assist and two ground balls. Johns Hopkins (5/1): Finished with one assist and two ground balls in the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Tournament.

PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Was a two-time Team MVP and one-time Team Offensive Player of the Year for Hershey High School…Led team to 64-26 record, one state runner-up finish, one PIAA District 3 title, and one Mid-Penn Conference title over four seasons…Selected as an All-American and the Mid-Penn Conference MVP as a senior…Named first team All-Mid-Penn Conference and first team All-Central Pennsylvania three times…Was a four-year member of the Big 4 HHH Lacrosse Club…Led team to 2018 NLC national title.
 
PERSONAL
Parents are Sandy Sickler and Don Sickler…Has two older brothers, Dave and Jon…Dave played lacrosse at Salisbury…Jon played lacrosse at RIT…Father is a 1993 Penn State graduate…Majoring in security and risk analysis.