NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament Most Outstanding Player. His most outstanding player performance included five goals and eleven assists in the tournament and three goals and five assists in the championship game against Maryland. The 1997 team is regarded as the best in school history with a record number of wins during its 15–0 season. He served as co-captain of the 1998 team, and he scored two second half goals and had an assist as Princeton pushed its lead to 7–3 during the 1998 Championship game. For the day, he ended up with four goals as part of the 15–5 victory over Maryland. Hess holds the Princeton University single-season points (74, 1997) and single-season assists records (48, 1997). He was the 1998 NCAA statistical champion in assists per game (2.60), even though he was slowed down that season by a hamstring injury. Princeton University Professional career Hess played for the New York Saints during the 1999 and 2000 NLL seasons. Hess also played three seasons in MLL with the New Jersey Pride from 2001 to 2003 before retiring to work for Merrill Lynch in New York City. Hess works as a NASDAQ stock trader. With the Pride, he won the Major League Lacrosse Iron Lizard of the Year Award during the 2003 MLL season. That year, he was reunited with Princeton teammate Hubbard. In each of his three seasons in the MLL, he finished first (2001) or second (2002 & 2003) in the league in assists. References External links Hess at the National Lacrosse League Hess archive at Baltimore Sun Living people American lacrosse players Lacrosse forwards Major League Lacrosse players National Lacrosse League players New York Saints players New Jersey Pride players Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse players Year of birth missing (living people) Nyack High School alumni