INDIANAPOLIS -- Yale lacrosse standout Ben Reeves has been named one of the NCAA Today’s Top 10 Award recipients. Reeves embodied the true meaning of an Ivy League student-athlete, finding success on the field, in the classroom and in the community throughout his time at Yale.
 
Reeves becomes the 10th Ivy League student-athlete to earn the NCAA Today’s Top 10 Award honors and the first to do so since Dartmouth cross country and track & field athlete Abbey D’Agostino in 2015. Reeves is the first Yale student-athlete to garner the distinction since the award was implemented.
 
Reeves, a three-time all-American, led Yale to the program’s first-ever NCAA national championship in his final campaign. The attackman finished his historic career tied for tenth all-time in NCAA history with 316 career points to earn college lacrosse’s top honor – The Tewaaraton Award.
 
In his final season, the Macedon, N.Y., native registered 115 points, a single-season all-time best. He scored 62 goals as a senior, including 11 goals and 14 assists during Yale's four-game NCAA Tournament run as the Bulldogs earned the Ivy League's 10th national championship and first since Princeton did so in 2001.
 
Reeves was named Ivy League Player of the Year in 2017 and 2018 after helping the Elis win back-to-back regular-season Ivy crowns.
 
Reeves graduated from Yale in 2018 with a degree in graudamolecular, cellular & developmental biology. He was recognized as a College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-American in 2017 and 2018.
 
Away from the lacrosse field, Reeves dedicated himself to helping others.
 
After his freshman year at Yale, Reeves spent the summer in Africa, shadowing cardiac surgeons as they treated impoverished children. In the fall of 2015, he worked in the Yale cancer research lab, focusing on leukemia. He then spent the summer of 2016 at the University of Rochester, studying lung development in prematurely born babies. They received lungs from babies ranging from a day old to 10 years, and would look at different stem cell types, with a keen focus on fibrotic diseases. While in New Haven, he was also a regular volunteer at the local hospice care center.
 
Reeves has put his aspirations to attend medical school on hold as he continues his lacrosse career on the professional stage. Reeves was the fourth overall pick in the first round of the 2018 Major League Lacrosse draft by the Dallas Rattlers.  Reeves appeared in four games last season, tallying six goals and seven assists for 13 points.

The award recognizes former student-athletes for their successes on the field, in the classroom and in the community. Recipients completed their athletics eligibility during the 2017-18 academic year and will be recognized at the Honors Celebration on Wednesday, Jan. 23, in Orlando, Florida.

The honorees are selected by the NCAA Honors Committee, composed of representatives of NCAA member schools, conferences and distinguished citizens, including past awardees.