April 23, 2015

SSC Champs Lead Way with 10 All-SSC Selections

MELBOURNE, Fla. - The University of Tampa, Sunshine State Conference regular season champions for the second straight season, boast 10 all-SSC awards. In all, 42 men's lacrosse student-athletes were recognized as all-SSC.

Florida Southern's Dane Sorensen was selected Player of the Year. Rollins' Jake Hogan was named Freshman of the Year and Lynn's Brian Kingsbury was named Coach of the Year.

A senior from Victoria, British Columbia, Sorensen led the conference during the regular season with 47 goals (3.36 per game) and 3.86 points per game. His 54 points were second in the SSC.

Hogan is a freshman from Westwood, Massachusetts started four games in goal for the Tars and led the team with a 8.95 goals against average and a .605 save percentage.

Kingsbury is in his second season of coaching with the Fighting Knights and has earned his first Coach of the Year award after leading Lynn to a 8-6 record and an appearance in the SSC tournament.

Sorensen, Conor Whipple (Tampa), Jack Vonarb (Rollins), Trenell Boggans (Florida Southern), and Will Cothron (Saint Leo) repeat as first team selections from 2014. Dylan Yonts (Saint Leo), Matt Bilak (Tampa), and Nick Wynne (Florida Tech) are first team this year after making second team last season.

Voting for the All-SSC Men's Lacrosse Team was conducted among the league's men's coaches.

First Team
Name
Dane Sorensen*
Dylan Yonts^
Conor Whipple*~
Matt Bilak^
Jack Vonarb*
Nick Wynne^
Trenell Boggans*
Travis Wunder
Will Cothron*
Jordan Carlock
Charlie Cummins
Jake Flynn
Eric Biller

Second Team
Name
Mike Morris
Zach Wynne
Anthony Rainone
Andrew Conley
Chad Marino
Carson Buell
Jon McGowan
Andrew Fisher
Trevor Calleja^
Nick Balzano
Connor Ronan
Shaun McDonald
Tom Filipow
Dave Moore*

Honorable Mention
Name
Cody Dyer

Freshman Team
Name
Colin Bayer
Jake Gilmour
Austin Jerhoff
Sam Turner
Joe Caridi
Lucas Claude
Cody Gray
Noah Menendez
Mark Snellman
Jacob VanLeenan
Caleb Cerf
Nick Balzano
Luke Posner
Kyle Watkins
Jake Hogan

Pos.
Att.
Att.
Att.
Mid.
Mid.
Mid.
LSM
Spec.
Spec.
Def.
Def.
Def.
Goal.

Pos.
Att.
Att.
Att.
Mid.
Mid.
Mid.
LSM
Spec.
Spec.
Def.
Def.
Def.
Def.
Goal.

Pos.
Att.

Pos.
Att.
Att.
Att.
Att.
Mid.
Mid.
Mid.
Mid.
Mid.
Mid.
LSM
Def.
Def.
Def.
Goal

School
Florida Southern
Saint Leo
Tampa
Tampa
Rollins
Florida Tech
Florida Southern
Florida Tech
Saint Leo
Florida Tech
Tampa
Rollins
Florida Tech

School
Tampa
Florida Tech
Lynn
Florida Tech
Saint Leo
Rollins
Tampa
Florida Southern
Tampa
Tampa
Rollins
Lynn
Florida Tech
Saint Leo

School
Florida Southern

School
Florida Southern
Saint Leo
Lynn
Lynn
Florida Southern
Florida Southern
Florida Southern
Tampa
Lynn
Lynn
Lynn
Tampa
Tampa
Saint Leo
Rollins

Yr.
Sr.
Jr.
So.
Jr.
So.
Jr.
Sr.
So.
Jr.
Sr.
So.
Sr.
Sr.

Yr.
Jr.
Sr.
Jr.
Sr.
Jr.
So.
Sr.
So.
Sr.
Fr.
Sr.
So.
So.
Jr.

Yr.
So.

Yr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.

Hometown
Victoria, B.C.
Penn Yan, N.Y.
Tampa, Fla.
Penfield, N.Y.
Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Sykesville, Md.
Syracuse, N.Y.
Westminster, Md.
Ocala, Fla.
Babylon, N.Y.
Penfield, N.Y.
Newport, R.I.
Westminster, Md.

Hometown
Oakville, Ontario
Sykesville, Md.
Lynbrook, N.Y.
Orlando, Fla.
Mt. Sinai, N.Y.
Dallas, Texas
Woodbury, N.J.
Monkton, Md.
Seldon, N.Y.
Massapequa Park, N.Y.
Northport, N.Y.
Cicero, N.Y.
Fairfield, N.J.
Lake Mary, Fla.

Hometown
Slingerlands, N.Y.

Hometown
Merrick, N.Y.
Pickering, Ontario
Calgary, Canada
Burnsville, Minn.
Holbrook, N.Y.
Calgary, Alberta
Riverview, Fla.
Lutz, Fla.
Norwalk, Conn.
Warren, N.J.
Arvada, Colo.
Massapequa Park, N.Y.
Madisonville, La.
Reading, Pa.
Westwood, Mass.

*=2014 First Team
^=2014 Second Team
~=2014 Player of the Year

Player of the Year: Dane Sorensen, Florida Southern
Freshman of the Year: Jake Hogan, Rollins
Coach of the Year: Brian Kingsbury, Lynn