Steve Dircks Class: Junior Hometown: Mountain Lakes, N.J. High School: Mountain Lakes Height / Weight: 6-0 / 195 Position: D

2009: Suffered a knee injury during the preseason and did not play.

2008: Played in all 14 games on defense, starting the last six... Named to the All-ECAC Second Team... Picked up three ground balls against both Rutgers (4/5and Georgetown (4/12)... Fourth on the team in caused turnovers... Caused two turnovers in three different games.

2007: Played in eight games on defense... Registered one groundball and a caused turnover for the year, both came in Loyola's win over Fairfield.

Before Loyola: Was a two-year letterwinner at Mountain Lakes... Named 2006 New Jersey Player of the Year... Earned First-Team All-America and First-Team All-State honors his senior year... Set school record for most groundballs in a season with 274 as a senior... Selected as Inside Lacrosse "Young Gun" in 2005... Led team to 2005 Morris County Championship... Named 2006 Morris County Player of the Year.

Personal: Majoring in accounting at Loyola... Son of Tom and Annette Dircks... Has three siblings, Curt, Lauren and Eric.