Loyola’s Pat Spencer has been named the national player of the year by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, which released its annual All-American teams and award winners Thursday.
Spencer, who finished his career as the NCAA’s all-time leader with 231 assists and as the No. 2 all-time scorer with 380 points, won the Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award as the most outstanding player in Division I.
Penn State’s Grant Ament, Army’s Johnny Surdick, UMass’ Sean Sconone and Towson’s Zach Goodrich won the remaining awards.
Ament, who owns the NCAA single-season record with 91 assists going into this weekend’s national semifinal against Yale, earned the Lt. Col. J.I. Turnbull Award given to the nation’s top attackman.
Surdick won the William C. Schmeisser Award as defensive player of the year, Sconone took home the Ensign C. Markland Kelly Jr. award for outstanding goalie, and Goodrich got the nod for the Lt. j.g. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Award as the top midfielder.
The USILA All-American teams are listed below. Virginia, making its first NCAA semifinal appearance since 2011 this weekend, leads all schools with three first-team selections. Fellow final four participants Penn State and Duke landed two players each on the first team, as did Loyola.
USILA Division I All-Americans
First Team
Name |
Pos |
College |
|---|---|---|
| Pat Spencer | A | Loyola |
| Grant Ament | A | Penn State |
| Michael Sowers | A | Princeton |
| Jared Bernhardt | A | Maryland |
| Bryan Costabile | M | Notre Dame |
| Dox Aitken | M | Virginia |
| Sam Handley | M | Penn |
| Ryan Conrad | M | Virginia |
| Johnny Surdick | D | Army |
| JT Giles-Harris | D | Duke |
| Cade Van Raaphorst | D | Duke |
| Chris Sabia | D | Penn State |
| Sean Sconone | G | UMass |
| Jacob Stover | G | Loyola |
| TD Ierlan | FO | Yale |
| Jared Conners | LSM | Virginia |
| Zach Goodrich | SSDM | Towson |
Second Team
Name |
Pos |
College |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Gray | A | Boston University |
| Daniel Bucaro | A | Georgetown |
| Jeff Teat | A | Cornell |
| Mac O'Keefe | A | Penn State |
| Brad Smith | M | Duke |
| Chase Scanlan | M | Loyola |
| Lucas Wittenberg | M | Georgetown |
| Nick Spillane | M | Penn State |
| Chris Fake | D | Yale |
| Nick Mellen | D | Syracuse |
| Patrick Foley | D | Johns Hopkins |
| Craig Chick | D | Lehigh |
| AJ Barretto | G | Army |
| Tim Troutner Jr. | G | High Point |
| Alex Woodall | FO | Towson |
| Isaac Paparo | LSM | UMass |
| Ryan Terefenko | SSDM | Ohio State |
Third Team
Name |
Pos |
College |
|---|---|---|
| Asher Nolting | A | High Point |
| Michael Kraus | A | Virginia |
| Jackson Morrill | A | Yale |
| Joey Epstein | A | Johns Hopkins |
| Max Tuttle | M | Sacred Heart |
| Brendan Curry | M | Syracuse |
| Nakeie Montgomery | M | Duke |
| Bubba Fairman | M | Maryland |
| Jack Kelly | M | Penn State |
| Koby Smith | D | Towson |
| Curtis Corley | D | Maryland |
| Jack Rowlett | D | North Carolina |
| Mark Evanchick | D | Penn |
| Max Edelmann | G | Rutgers |
| Reed Junkin | G | Penn |
| Gerard Arceri | FO | Penn State |
| Kyle Gallagher | FO | Penn |
| Brett Kennedy | LSM | Syracuse |
| T.J. Comizio | SSDM | Villanova |
Honorable Mention
Name |
Pos |
College |
|---|---|---|
| Simon Mathias | A | Penn |
| Matt Moore | A | Virginia |
| Brendan Sunday | A | Towson |
| Jake Carraway | A | Georgetown |
| Ethan Walker | A | Denver |
| Clarke Petterson | A | Cornell |
| Brendan Nichtern | A | Army |
| Logan Wisnauskas | A | Maryland |
| Brendan Gleason | A | Notre Dame |
| Kieran Mullins | A | Rutgers |
| Kevin Lindley | A | Loyola |
| Ryan Lanchbury | A | Richmond |
| Adam Goldner | A | Penn |
| Tre Leclaire | A | Ohio State |
| Nate Solomon | A | Syracuse |
| Matt Gaudet | A | Yale |
| Connor Kirst | M | Villanova |
| Jack Tigh | M | Yale |
| Tyler Dunn | M | Penn |
| Tyson Gibson | M | Robert Morris |
| Jamie Trimboli | M | Syracuse |
| Colton Jackson | M | Denver |
| Jack Jasinski | M | Ohio State |
| Anthony DeMaio | M | Maryland |
| Timmy Kelly | M | North Carolina |
| Mitch Savoca | M | Richmond |
| Jack Kielty | D | Notre Dame |
| Gibson Smith | D | Georgetown |
| George Baughan | D | Princeton |
| Dylan Gaines | D | Denver |
| Kyle Pless | D | Rutgers |
| Logan Greco | D | Virginia |
| Tyson Bomberry | D | Syracuse |
| Nick Cardile | D | Penn State |
| Aidan Hynes | D | Yale |
| Matt Borges | D | Ohio State |
| Brandon Jones | D | Air Force |
| Matt DeLuca | G | Delaware |
| Colby Kneese | G | Penn State |
| Phil Goss | G | Brown |
| Tate Boyce | G | Providence |
| Conor Gaffney | FO | Lehigh |
| Justin Inacio | FO | Ohio State |
| Ryan McNulty | LSM | Loyola |
| Noah Richard | LSM | Marquette |
| Brandon Salvatore | LSM | Cornell |
| Tommy Wright | LSM | Penn State |
| Peter Dearth | SSDM | Syracuse |
| Danny Logan | SSDM | Denver |
| John Daniggelis | SSDM | Yale |
| John Prendergast | SSDM | Duke |