CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Won three USILA All-America honors (second team in 2019, third team in 2021 and honorable mention in 2018)…Earned three All-Big Ten honors (first team in 2018, 2019, 2021)…Graduated as the best goal scorer in the history of NCAA Division I men's lacrosse with a record 221 goals...Graduated with the second most points (269) in Big Ten and program history...Voted the 2019 Big Ten Tournament MVP…Won six Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week awards and two Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors...Earned one Academic All-Big Ten award...Was a two-time Tewaaraton Nominee...Started all 66 games he played, finishing with 269 points on 221 goals and 48 assists while adding 98 ground balls and 28 caused turnovers...Scored at least one goal in each of the final 43 games of his career.
Season: Holds the top two goal-scoring seasons in program history with 78 as a junior and 51 as a freshman…His 78 goals as a junior are also a Big Ten record…Tallied the second-most points in a season in program history with 96 as a junior.
Game: Tied an NCAA Tournament record and had the second-most of any game in program history with nine goals in a quarterfinal win over Loyola (Md.) (5/19/19)…Holds the fifth spot in program history for goals in a game with five in a win over Villanova (2/25/17).
2021 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named a third-team USILA All-American...Voted first-team All-Big Ten...Won two Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week awards (3/30, 4/20)...Selected as a Tewaaraton Nominee.
Season: Started all 11 games, finishing with 35 points on 29 goals and six assists while adding 19 ground balls and seven caused turnovers...Led the team in goals and was third in caused turnovers...Scored at least one goal in all 11 games, including a season-high six in addition to two assists in a 14-13 overtime win over Michigan on Senior Day...Tallied multiple ground balls in five games and had at least one caused turnover in five games.
Rankings: Ranked third in the Big Ten in man-up goals (4) and sixth in goals/game (2.64).
at Rutgers (2/2): Scored one goal and added two ground balls. Maryland (2/26): Tallied one goal, two ground balls and one caused turnover. Ohio State (3/6): Finished with three goals, including the team's final two, one ground ball and two caused turnovers in a 15-13 win. at Johns Hopkins (3/13): Totaled two goals, three ground balls and once caused turnover. at Michigan (3/20): Scored three goals and added one ground ball. Johns Hopkins (3/28): Finished with four ground balls and caused one turnover. at Maryland (4/3): Tallied three goals and one ground ball. Rutgers (4/10): Picked up a season-high five ground balls in addition to two ground balls and two caused turnovers. Michigan (4/16): Celebrated Senior Day by totaling a season-high eight points on a season-high six goals, including the game-winner with three seconds left in overtime, and two assists while adding three ground balls...Broke the NCAA career goals record with his second goal of the game, which was the 213th of his career. at Ohio State (4/24): Scored two goals, tallied one assist and had one ground ball. Johns Hopkins (5/1): Tallied two goals and one assist in the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Tournament.
2020 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named a second-team All-American by Inside Lacrosse...Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
Season: Started all seven games…Finished with 36 points on a team-high 28 goals and eight assists…Added 14 ground balls and six caused turnovers…Scored multiple goals in all seven games, including a season-high six twice…Totaled a season-high seven points in each of the first three games...The 2020 season was cancelled March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings: Ranked fourth in the nation and first in the Big Ten in goals/game (4.00)…Ranked sixth in the nation and second in the Big Ten in man-up goals (5)…Ranked 17th in the nation and third in the Big Ten in points/game (5.14)…Ranked 11th in the Big Ten in assists/game (1.14).
Lafayette (2/1): Scored a season-high six goals, including three man-up goals, and added one assist for a season-high seven points. at Villanova (2/8): Matched a season high with seven points on four goals and a season-high three assists…Tallied a season-high three ground balls. Saint Joseph’s (2/15): Matched season highs in points (7) and goals (6)…Tallied one assist, two ground balls and one caused turnover. Yale (2/22): Scored two goals and added three ground balls and three caused turnovers. at Penn (2/29): Totaled five points on four goals and one assists in addition to two ground balls and one caused turnover. vs. Cornell (3/8): Finished with four points on three goals and one assist while adding one ground ball. at Furman (3/10): Tallied four points on three goals and one assist and contributed two ground balls and one caused turnover.
2019 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Named a second-team All-American…Voted the Big Ten Tournament MVP and to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team after finishing with 12 points on nine goals and three assists in wins over Rutgers and Johns Hopkins…Selected first-team All-Big Ten...Earned one Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week award (2/19).
Season: Started all 18 games…Set a Big Ten and program record for goals in a season with 78…Added 18 assists while totaling the second-most points in a season in program history with 96…Scored four game-winning goals and 12 man-up goals…Added 29 ground balls and eight caused turnovers…Tied NCAA Tournament record with nine goals in a quarterfinal win over Loyola (Md.).
Rankings: Led the NCAA in goals (78), goals/game (4.33), and man-up goals (12)…Ranked sixth in the NCAA and second in the Big Ten with 5.33 points/game…Finished 11th in the NCAA and second in the Big Ten in shot percentage (.464)…Ranked 13th in the Big Ten with 1.00 assists/game.
Villanova (2/2): Finished with four points on two goals and two assists. Robert Morris (2/9): Scored five goals and added one assist as Penn State set a program record with 27 goals. at Stony Brook (2/16): Scored seven goals on 13 shots and added one assist. at Yale (2/23): Scored five goals and added three ground balls and two caused turnovers. Penn (3/2): Recorded three goals and one assist. vs. Cornell (3/8): Scored six goals and added a season-high four ground balls. vs. Jacksonville (3/10): Finished with three goals and one ground ball. at Cleveland State (3/23): Scored five goals on 10 shots and added one assist. at Maryland (3/31): Tallied four points on two goals and two assists while helping Penn State record its first varsity win over Maryland. Ohio State (4/7): Scored three goals. at Michigan (4/13): Tallied four goals, one assist and one ground ball. Johns Hopkins (4/21): Had one goal, one assist and one ground ball. Rutgers (4/27): Finished with seven points on five goals and two assists as the Lions clinched their first Big Ten regular season title. Rutgers (5/2): Matched a season high with four ground balls in addition to three goals and one assist. Johns Hopkins (5/4): Scored six goals, including the game-winner 1:25 into overtime to give Penn State its first Big Ten Tournament title. UMBC (5/12): Tallied seven points on six goals and one assist. vs. Loyola (Md.): Tied an NCAA Tournament record with nine goals and added three ground balls. vs. Yale (5/25): Scored three goals in the program’s first-ever NCAA National Semifinal game.
2018 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Voted first-team All-Big Ten…Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week once (2/14)…Was a USILA All-American honorable mention
Season: Started all 14 games on attack…Finished the season with a team-high 35 goals, adding 11 assists for a team-best 46 points…Added two man-up goals, 17 ground balls and seven caused turnovers…Had 10 multi-goal performances, including seven with three-plus goals.
Robert Morris (2/24): Held scoreless for the first time in his career. Fairfield (3/17): Tied a season-best in points with eight. Rutgers (4/22): Recorded his 100th point.
2017 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Was a six-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week (2/8, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28, 3/28, 4/25) and a two-time Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (2/8, 2/14)…Was a 2017 USILA All-American honorable mention.
Season: Broke the Penn State record for goals scored in a season with 51, passing Billy Hess’ 49 goals from 1957…Led the Big Ten as the season goal leader with the fourth-most goals scored in a season in Big Ten history…Recorded 56 points as the only freshman to start all 16 games…Averaged 3.19 goals per game…Tallied the most weekly honors of any player in the league and the most for a Penn State player in program history.
Robert Morris (2/4): Started his collegiate career with seven goals, the most in a game since 1933. at Hobart (2/11): Recorded four goals and a season-best three assists. Cornell (2/18): Collected five goals in the 20-10 victory. Villanova (2/25): Scored a season-high eight goals. Penn (3/4): Recorded a goal. Furman (3/7): Scored a goal. at Harvard (3/11): Registered a hat trick…Picked up three ground balls. Fairfield (3/17): Tallied a goal and an assist. Cleveland State (3/25): Collected four goals. Ohio State (4/2): Recorded a goal. at Maryland (4/8): Notched a hat trick. at Johns Hopkins (4/15): Tallied a goal and an assist. Rutgers (4/23): Scored three goals. at Michigan (4/30): Collected four goals. Maryland (5/4): Recorded two goals in the Big Ten Tournament game. Towson (5/13): Scored a hat trick in the NCAA Tournament game…Extended his goal-scoring streak to 16 consecutive games.
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Helped lead Syosset to a 2015 Nassau County and Long Island Class A Championship, earning All-America honorable mention honors in 2014 and 2015...Garnered all-county honors in 2014 and 15, in addition to a spot on the MSG Varsity All-Metro team in 2015...Earned a spot on the 30-man training roster for the U.S. Men's Lacrosse U19 team...Was the Nassau County leading goal scorer with 63 in 2015...Played club lacrosse with Team 91 and box with UBOXLA U18.
PERSONAL
Born Macaire Emeric O'Keefe on February 6, 1998 in Plainview, New York...Parents are Lynann and Brian O'Keefe...Has one sister, Delaney, who plays club lacrosse at Ole Miss...Father played professionally in the NLL with the New York Saints and the Anaheim Storm...Earned a bachelor's degree in communication, arts and sciences and is now pursuing a second degree in labor and employment relations.
Mac O'Keefe Season 2018
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