Jesse Hubbard

Jesse Hubbard (born September 18, 1975) is a former professional lacrosse player who played professional box lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and professional field lacrosse in the Major League Lacrosse (MLL).

The Washington Post named Hubbard to the 1993 All-Met Boys' Lacrosse First Team as a midfielder after he led the IAC in goals with 59 as a junior.

Then, when as a senior Hubbard became the All-time IAC goal scorer with 217, they named him the 1994 All-Met Boys' Lacrosse Team Player of the Year.

When Hubbard went to Princeton, he was expected to be one of the key incoming midfielders.

Hubbard became was part of a trio of revered attackmen who were Princeton classmates along with Jon Hess and Chris Massey.

As starters, the trio of All-Americans, which retired second (Hess), third (Hubbard) and fourth (Massey) in career points at Princeton, had a 43–2 record and combined for 618 points.

Hubbard starred as a member of the Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse team from 1995 through 1998, where he earned Ivy League Player of the Year, Ivy League Rookie of the Year, three All-American recognitions from the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA), four Ivy League championships, and three national championships.

He holds Princeton's lacrosse scoring records for both career and single-season goals.

In high school, he had set the Interstate Athletic Conference (IAC) scoring record, while playing for St. Albans School and becoming The Washington Post boys' lacrosse player of the year.

The 1995 team, which earned the school's sixth consecutive NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship invitation, was Ivy League co-champion, while the 1996–1998 teams were 6–0 undefeated outright conference champions.

He was a first team USILA All-American Team selection in 1996 and 1998 and second team selection in 1997.

He was also first team All-Ivy League in 1996 (when he was Ivy League Player of the Year), 1997 and 1998 and a second team selection in 1995 (when he was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year).

These undefeated league champions won the 1996, 1997 and 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championships, becoming the first team to threepeat since Syracuse from 1988–90 and the first to be recognized to have done so without an NCAA scandal since Johns Hopkins from 1978–80.

In 1996, he earned co-Ivy League Player of the year by recording six or more goals four times during the regular season.

In the 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament quarterfinals 22–6 victory over Towson State, Hubbard again scored six goals.

Hubbard added three more goals in the championship game against Virginia including the first goal and the final goal in overtime of the 13–12 victory.

Hubbard holds the Princeton University single-season (53, 1996) and career (163, 1995–98) goals records.

He also broke Kevin Lowe's school single-season points record of 69 in 1996 by three, but Hess broke the record in 1997 with 76 points.

In the 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament quarterfinals, he again scored six goals in an 11–9 victory over the UMass.

He scored in the semifinal 10–9 victory over Duke, and he scored four goals in the 19–7 championship victory 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.

He scored three goals in the 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament 11–10 semifinal victory over Syracuse.

He also scored four goals and added six assists in the 15–5 championship game victory over Maryland.

When Hubbard was on the field, the Princeton offense was explosive.

Hubbard represented Team USA in the 1998 World Lacrosse Championship.

Hubbard's 23 goals as a freshman was a Princeton freshman record until B. J. Prager posted 25 in 1999.

Hubbard also played in the National Lacrosse League for the Baltimore Thunder (1999), Pittsburgh CrosseFire (2000) and Washington Power (2001).

In 1999, he was named NLL Rookie of the Year.

In the 1999 World Cup, Hubbard scored a goal to give Team USA and 8–7 lead over Team Canada in a 20–10 victory to sweep the event.

Hubbard was a member of the New Jersey Pride from 2001 until 2007.

His 54 goals in 2002 continue to be a league single-season record.

He is a five-time Major League Lacrosse All-Star.

As a professional, he was the MLL's leading goal scorer for its first three seasons and its all-time goal leader as recently as the 2010 MLL season.

In August 2010, he was selected to the MLL 10th Anniversary team.

He has represented Team USA in the World Lacrosse Championships and is an ambassador of the sport both through service with Warrior Sports and his own annual youth camps.

Hubbard got his first lacrosse stick when he was 11 or 12 years old.

Hubbard played middle and high school lacrosse at St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.)., where he was a captain and earned All-Metropolitan and All-American honors.

Hubbard threatened the Ivy League record for career goals in conference games needing just eight in his final two games, but as of 2010, Jon Reese's 1990 record remained on the books.

He was named number 11 of the top 20 athletes in Princeton Tiger history by the Daily Princetonian.