ECAC Announces 2016 Men's Lacrosse All-Stars, Award Recipients
DANBURY, Conn. - The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) has announced its 2016 Men's Lacrosse All-Star teams and award recipients.
DIVISION I
Brown University junior Dylan Molloy was voted as the ECAC Offensive Player of the Year, while Michael Quinn of Yale University earned the honor for defensive player of the year. Pat Spencer, Loyola University Maryland's dynamic freshman attacker, earned top rookie honors, with Brown Head Coach Lars Tiffany collecting ECAC Coach of the Year honors.
DIVISION II
Bryce Brochu from Wheeling Jesuit University earned the ECAC Offensive Player of the Year Award, while Le Moyne College's Alex Krawec was voted the defensive player of the year. Freshman attack Gordon Purdie, Jr., of Adelphi University captured ECAC Rookie of the Year, with Greg Stocks of the University of Indianapolis rounding out the major awards with the coach of the year honor.
DIVISION III METRO/UPSTATE
St. Lawrence University collected a pair of major awards, as junior Connor Healey collected the ECAC Offensive Player of the Year Award and Mike Mahoney was honored as the coach of the year. Matt Hossack from the Rochester Institute of Technology was named the defensive player of the year, while SUNY Canton's Kyle Smith earned the award for top rookie.
DIVISION III NEW ENGLAND
John Uppgren was voted as the ECAC Offensive Player of the Year after a solid senior campaign for Tufts University, while Bowdoin College freshman Clayton Wright earned the honor for rookie of the year. Western New England University collected the remaining awards, as junior Steven Patrie secured ECAC Defensive Player of the Year and John Klepacki garnered the award for coach of the year.
DIVISION III SOUTH
After securing its 11th national title in program history, Salisbury University took home two of the four major awards, as Thomas Cirillo earned the distinction for top offensive player and Jim Berkman was voted the ECAC Coach of the Year. Stevenson University's Lito Flanagan garnered the award for top defensive player, with the ECAC Rookie of the Year Award going to freshman PJ Rafferty of Delaware Valley University.
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In the 76 years since its inception, the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) has emerged as the nation's largest Conference. The ECAC has grown considerably from its charter membership of 58, boasting over 300 member schools in Divisions I, II and III, ranging in location from Maine to Georgia, and westerly to Missouri. In the 2015-16 academic year, the ECAC will host nearly 100 championships in 32 men's and women's sports as the sponsors of over 5,800 varsity teams and 111,000 male and female Players. For more information, visit www.ecacsports.com.
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