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Terrell, Trombino Share Roper Trophy
June 01, 2007 | Football, General, Men's Lacrosse
Jeff Terrell, who quarterbacked Princeton to the Ivy League football championship this past fall, and Peter Trombino, who graduates as one of the top offensive players in Princeton men's lacrosse history, share the William Winston Roper Trophy for 2007.
The William Winston Roper Trophy, the highest male student-athlete award at Princeton, was originally given by Mrs. William Winston Roper and the Class of 1902 in honor of Princeton's famed football coach. It goes annually to “a Princeton senior male of high scholastic rank and outstanding qualities of sportsmanship and general proficiency in athletics.” It has been awarded annually since 1936.
Terrell led the Princeton football team through a magical 2006 season that ended with the Tigers' first Ivy League title since 1995. Terrell won the Bushnell Cup as the Ivy League Player of the Year and joined Jason Garrett as the only Princeton quarterbacks to ever win the Ivy League's top football honor.
Terrell led the Ivy League in passing yards per game (244.5), pass efficiency (131.3), touchdown passes (17) and total offense per game (271.7). His total offense and passing yardage stats ranked him in the Top 10 nationally, and his leadership helped Princeton to its first nine-win season since 1964 and a Top 20 finish in the national polls.
Terrell, a religion major from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, went 16-4 in his career as a starter and ended losing streaks of 9, 9, 7 and 4 games to Harvard, Penn, Lehigh and Yale respectively. In his final month as a starter, with no margin for error in the Ivy League race, Terrell threw for seven touchdowns and ran for two others in wins over Penn, Yale and Dartmouth to clinch the Ivy title. He was named the National Offensive Player of the Week after rallying Princeton from a trio of 14-point deficits and throwing for 445 yards in a dramatic 34-31 win at Yale. That performance, which ranks as the fourth-best single-game passing performance in Princeton history, also clinched Princeton's first sweep of the H-Y-P series since 1994.
Trombino is the only player in Princeton men's lacrosse history to have four seasons of at least 20 goals and at least 10 assists. He is also one of two players in school history with at least 95 career goals and 50 career assists and one of five with four seasons of at least 20 goals scored.
He finished his career with 98 goals, ninth-best all-time at Princeton, and 146 career points, 11th-best all-time at Princeton. He was a two-time All-America and three-time All-Ivy League selection and the 2004 Ivy League Rookie of the Year. His goal in overtime against Maryland in the 2004 quarterfinals put Princeton in the Final Four, and he finished his career by leading the team in scoring as a sophomore, junior and senior.
He ranks ninth in career scoring among all players in Division I lacrosse this past season.
Trombino is a history major from North Huntington, N.Y.
The William Winston Roper Trophy, the highest male student-athlete award at Princeton, was originally given by Mrs. William Winston Roper and the Class of 1902 in honor of Princeton's famed football coach. It goes annually to “a Princeton senior male of high scholastic rank and outstanding qualities of sportsmanship and general proficiency in athletics.” It has been awarded annually since 1936.
Terrell led the Princeton football team through a magical 2006 season that ended with the Tigers' first Ivy League title since 1995. Terrell won the Bushnell Cup as the Ivy League Player of the Year and joined Jason Garrett as the only Princeton quarterbacks to ever win the Ivy League's top football honor.
Terrell led the Ivy League in passing yards per game (244.5), pass efficiency (131.3), touchdown passes (17) and total offense per game (271.7). His total offense and passing yardage stats ranked him in the Top 10 nationally, and his leadership helped Princeton to its first nine-win season since 1964 and a Top 20 finish in the national polls.
Terrell, a religion major from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, went 16-4 in his career as a starter and ended losing streaks of 9, 9, 7 and 4 games to Harvard, Penn, Lehigh and Yale respectively. In his final month as a starter, with no margin for error in the Ivy League race, Terrell threw for seven touchdowns and ran for two others in wins over Penn, Yale and Dartmouth to clinch the Ivy title. He was named the National Offensive Player of the Week after rallying Princeton from a trio of 14-point deficits and throwing for 445 yards in a dramatic 34-31 win at Yale. That performance, which ranks as the fourth-best single-game passing performance in Princeton history, also clinched Princeton's first sweep of the H-Y-P series since 1994.
Trombino is the only player in Princeton men's lacrosse history to have four seasons of at least 20 goals and at least 10 assists. He is also one of two players in school history with at least 95 career goals and 50 career assists and one of five with four seasons of at least 20 goals scored.
He finished his career with 98 goals, ninth-best all-time at Princeton, and 146 career points, 11th-best all-time at Princeton. He was a two-time All-America and three-time All-Ivy League selection and the 2004 Ivy League Rookie of the Year. His goal in overtime against Maryland in the 2004 quarterfinals put Princeton in the Final Four, and he finished his career by leading the team in scoring as a sophomore, junior and senior.
He ranks ninth in career scoring among all players in Division I lacrosse this past season.
Trombino is a history major from North Huntington, N.Y.
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