Brendan Hynes

Position:
LSM
Height:
6-3
Weight:
200
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Mahopac, N.Y.
High School:
Mahopac

Career Stats

Career Highlights
• 2015 Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year
• 2016 All-Southern Conference First Team
• 2016 All-Southern Conference Team
• 2015 First-Team All-Southern Conference
• 2014 Second-Team All Atlantic Sun Conference
• 2014 Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team
• 2015 Preseason All-Southern Conference
• USILA National Defensive Player of the Week (4/15/15)
• Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Month (April 2015)
• Five-time SoCon Defensive Player of the Week
• ASun Defensive Player of the Week, 3/24/14
• Program's all-time leader in ground balls and caused turnovers

2016 (Junior)
• Named to the All-SoCon First Team for the second-straight year
• Named to the All-SoCon Preseason Team
• Played in all 16 games, starting 15
• Scored twice and added an assist for three points
• Ranked second in the nation and first in the conference with 2.25 caused turnovers per game, finishing the season with 70
• Led the team in caused turnovers with 38, good for fourth in the conference
• Named SoCon Defensive Player of the Week on 5/2
• Named to the SoCon Honor Roll

2015 (Sophomore)
• Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year
• First-Team All-Southern Conference
• Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Month for April
• USILA National Defensive Player of the Week, 4/15
• Preseason All-Southern Conference, as voted on by league's head coaches
• Four-time Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week, 3/24, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21
• Southern Conference Honor Roll
• One of five Spiders to start all 16 games for the season, one of 17 to play in every game
• Finished second in the SoCOn and seventh nationally in caused turnovers per game
• Finished third in the SoCon and 36th nationally in ground balls
• Posted the highest ground balls per game average of any non-faceoff specialst in the league
• Set a career-high with four points, including his first hat trick, in a road win at High Point, 4/11
• Tied his career high with nine ground balls in a home win over Furman, 4/4
• Collected eight or more ground balls four times
• Caused a season-high five turnovers in road win at Mount St. Mary's, 3/11
• Posted six games with three or more caused turnovers
• Of his 11 season shots, seven were on goal

2014 (Freshman)
• Second-Team All Atlantic Sun Conference
• Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team
• ASun Defensive Player of the Week, 3/24
• One of 10 players to play in all 17 games, started the last 15 games of the season
• Led the team in ground balls (78) and caused turnovers (35)
• Finished second in ASun and seventh in NCAA with 2.06 caused turnovers per game
• Finished fourth in ASun and 47th in NCAA with 4.59 ground balls per game
• Set top two caused turnover marks for the season, with eight vs. Vermont, 3/8 and seven versus Wagner, 3/21
• Also contributed on the offensive end, scoring two goals and dishing out four assists, leading the long poles in assists
• Created an assist in the opening game vs. No. 7 Virginia, 2/8
• Scored first career goal at UMBC, 3/1
• Posted pair of assists in home win over Wagner

Prep
• Helped lead Mahopac to a 17-4 record his junior season, winning the section championship
• Three-year starter and letterman and two-time All-League and All-Section honoree
• Team captain senior year
• Honor Roll student
• Second-Team All-Star honors in basketball

Personal
• Son of Mary Ann and Kerril Hynes
• Father played soccer for Manhattan
• Sister, Caitlin, plays lacrosse for Manhattan
• Volunteer coach for basketball and lacrosse
• Camp counselor.