CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Notre Dame senior midfielder Eric Dobson has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference’s 2024 Men’s Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year and heads up the All-ACC Academic Men’s Lacrosse Team, announced Wednesday by the league office.
Dobson becomes the third player in program history to earn men’s lacrosse ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year honors, joining Matt Landis (2016) and Sergio Perkovic (2017).
Twenty-five members of Notre Dame’s national championship squad joined Dobson on the ACC All-Academic Team.
Each of the ACC’s 2024 season award winners earned a spot on the All-ACC Academic Team: Notre Dame’s Liam Entenmann (Defensive Player of the Year and Goalie of the Year) and Pat Kavanagh (Offensive Player of the Year) and North Carolina’s Owen Duffy (Freshman of the Year). Kavanagh also earned lacrosse’s top honor this season, winning the Tewaaraton Trophy.
A native of Fleming Island, Florida, Dobson played a key role as Notre Dame won its second straight national championship this season. He was named a Second-Team All-American by the USILA and a Third-Team All-American by Inside Lacrosse, and he also earned a spot on the 2024 All-ACC Team for the third consecutive season.
Dobson scored 17 goals and added career-high 14 assists in 2024 for the Fighting Irish. A finance major, Dobson was named to the All-ACC Academic Team for the third straight year. He was selected to the CSC Academic All-America Team in 2023 and has been named to the Notre Dame Dean’s List five times.
Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career. In addition, student-athletes must compete in at least 50 percent of their team’s contests.
ND ACC All-Academic Team Selections
Christian Alacqua
William Angrick
Fulton Bayman
Brock Behrman
Tyler Buchner
Ross Burgmaster
Max Busenkell
Chris Conlin
Eric Dobson
Will Donovan
Liam Entenmann
Fisher Finley
Reilly Gray
Colin Hagstrom
Nick Harris
Chris Kavanagh
Pat Kavanagh
Shawn Lyght
Will Lynch
Devon McLane
Marco Napolitano
Carter Parlette
Ben Ramsey
Jeffery Ricciardelli
Nate Schwitzenberg
Jake Taylor