Bio

Because they were men's lacrosse teammates throughout their four-year careers (2002-05), it's natural to make comparisons between Reeves Craig, the outstanding goalkeeper who was inducted into the Goucher Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014, and Chris Webber, who is set to join him.

Kyle Hannan, who recruited both of them, had this to say in the days leading up to the first game of the 2002 season: "While I'm fairly confident that, by the time he graduates, Reeves Craig will be regarded as Goucher's best goalkeeper ever, I can state without any hesitation before he plays his first game that Chris Webber is already the top defenseman in the history of our program. He's going to be a difference maker. He'll make Reeves be a better goalie."

Webber proceeded over the next four years to prove his coach was correct.

The product of Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, N.H. joined returning starters Mike Weed and John Hanley in the starting lineup on close defense as a freshman in 2002 and helped the Gophers go 10-6. Only three players scooped up more ground balls that season than Webber, who collected 63.

When the All-Capital Athletic Conference Men's Lacrosse Team came out that year, it included Webber as a second-team honoree, making him the first freshman in the 11-year history of Goucher's men's lacrosse program to earn all-conference recognition.

The starting defensive trio returned intact and Craig took over in goal in 2003, a year in which the Gophers held two opponents to a single goal on the way to finishing No. 4 in scoring defense (6.06 goals per game) in Division III. Webber's 68 ground balls was the second-highest total on the team and, for the second year in a row, he was a second-team All-CAC selection on close defense.

Goucher finished with an 8-8 record, identical to the previous year, in 2004, but opponents managed to score only 7.5 goals per game when they faced Webber and the Gophers. The junior defenseman again garnered All-CAC recognition, this time as a first-team honoree, plus he and Craig were both rewarded with spots on the 2004 STX/United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division III All-America Team as honorable mentions.

Statistically, Webber saved his best for last. He hauled in 110 ground balls, the most on the team, and earned the distinction of being the first four-time all-conference performer in the history of Goucher's men's lacrosse program when he was named a first-team All-CAC defenseman in 2005. He and Craig both repeated as honorable mentions on the USILA Division III All-America Team.

After his four seasons, Webber was the program's all-time leader with 113 caused turnovers and one of two players to surpass 300 ground balls during his career. At the time of his induction, he is No. 2 all-time in caused turnovers and No. 3 in ground balls.