May 8, 2008

BALTIMORE, MD -- Johns Hopkins senior midfielder Paul Rabil (Gaithersburg, MD/DeMatha) is one of five finalists for the 2008 Tewaaraton Trophy, it was recently announced by the Tewaaraton Award Foundation. This is the second straight year that Rabil has made it to the final five and this is the sixth time since 2003 that Johns Hopkins has produced a finalist. In addition to Rabill, Adam Doneger (2003) and Kyle Harrison (2003, 2004, 2005) were also finalists with Harrison winning the award in 2005. Rabil is joined as a finalist this year by Duke's Matt Danowski and Zack Greer, Virginia's Ben Rubeor and Syracuse's Mike Leveille.

Rabil currently ranks second on the team in scoring with 22 goals and 11 assists for 33 points. He enters the NCAA Tournament with career totals of 97 goals and 64 assists for 161 points. He ranks second in school history in career points among midfielders and needs three goals to become just the second midfielder in school history to reach the 100-career goal mark. He is the only active midfielder in the nation with more than 90 goals and 60 assists.

Rabil earned First Team All-America honors in 2006 and 2007 and earned the McLaughlin Award as the top midfielder in the nation last season. He also earned Third Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors last season and is currently a finalist for the prestigious Lowe's Senior CLASS Award for men's lacrosse. The award is presented annually to a player based on personal qualities that define a student-athlete - the four Cs. These qualities include Classroom, Character, Community and Competition. Rabil boasts a 3.49 cumulative grade point average and will graduate on May 22 with a degree in political science.

Johns Hopkins is currently 8-5 on the year and ranked fourth in the nation. The Blue Jays earned the number five seed in the 2008 NCAA Tournament and will host Hofstra (10-5) on Sunday at 2:30 pm in the first round.

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