11 Spartans Earn All-Conference Honors

April 27, 2023

MELBOURNE, Fla. - Forty-four student-athletes have been recognized as All-Conference in the 10th year of Sunshine State Conference men's lacrosse. Rollins College's Shahé Katchadurian takes home Player of the Year recognition, while his coach, Chris Lewis, is awarded Coach of the Year honors. Greg Palmer from Saint Leo University is tabbed as Freshman of the Year. Voting for the All-SSC Men's Lacrosse honors was conducted among the league's head coaches.

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Katchadurian becomes the first goalkeeper to win SSC Player of the Year accolades. The Goldens Bridge, New York product recorded a league-leading .610 save percentage in conference play, helping pilot Rollins to its first undefeated SSC season. Katchadurian registered 89 saves and allowed 57 goals for an 8.72 goals-against average in league play. He finished with 12.54 saves per game and a .599 save percentage over 13 regular season contests. He is the second Rollins athlete to win the league's top award in men's lacrosse¹.

Palmer, an attackman from Holland Landing, Ontario, started all 15 games for Saint Leo during the regular season. Following his 45 goals and 22 assists this season, Palmer ranks second in SSC points per game at 4.47, fourth in goals per game at 3.00, and eighth in assists per game at 1.47. He is the first Lion to be named Freshman of the Year in men's lacrosse.

Lewis is honored by his peers as Coach of the Year. With his guidance, the Tars program won its first SSC regular season title and currently holds the No. 3 ranking in the USILA national poll. The Tars went undefeated in SSC play (7-0) and finished the regular season with a program-best .929 winning percentage following a 13-1 record. Lewis is the first men's lacrosse Coach of the Year honoree from Rollins.

Highlighting the repeat All-SSC honorees are Matthew Beddow and Gunner Gebelein from the University of Tampa. Beddow, the 2022 SSC Player of the Year and 2022 USILA Raymond J. Enners Outstanding Player of the Year earns his third consecutive First Team All-SSC award. Gebelein becomes the fifth SSC men's lacrosse athlete to earn All-Conference accolades four times². Before this year's second team nod, Gebelein was awarded two First Team and one Second Team honor at Palm Beach Atlantic University. In total, 11 athletes honored in 2023 repeat as All-SSC First or Second Team. Nine of this year's awardees began their careers as members of the All-SSC Freshman Team, including four former Freshman of the Year winners.

Player of the Year: Shahé Katchadurian, Rollins

Freshman of the Year: Greg Palmer, Saint Leo
Coach of the Year: Chris Lewis, Rollins

2023 Men's Lacrosse All-SSC First Team
Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	Hometown
ATT	Jack Johnstone	Rollins	So.	Newnan, Georgia
ATT	Mikey Berkman	Rollins	Gr.	Winter Garden, Florida
ATT	Grant Hansen~	Rollins	So.	Medford, New Jersey
MID	Jay Minor^	Florida Southern	Gr.	Pasadena, Maryland
MID	Dan Fitzpatrick	Tampa	Gr.	Chester, New York
MID	Owen Miller*	Tampa	Sr.	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
LSM	Ben Kopen	Rollins	Jr.	Caldwell, New Jersey
SSDM	Craig Connor^	Florida Southern	Gr.	East Moriches, New York
SSDM	Trejan Cannon	Tampa	Gr.	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
FO	Jake Czyz	Florida Southern	Fr.	Baldwinsville, New York
FO	Michael Flores	Saint Leo	So.	Apopka, Florida
FO	Hunter Turner^	Tampa	Gr.	Tampa, Florida
DEF	Sam Balch*	Florida Tech	Gr.	Chicago, Illinois
DEF	Justin Isenhour*‡	Rollins	Sr.	Orlando, Florida
DEF	Matthew Beddow*§†	Tampa	Sr.	San Diego, California
GK	Shahé Katchadurian	Rollins	Gr.	Goldens Bridge, New York
2023 Men's Lacrosse All-SSC Second Team
Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	Hometown
ATT	Matt Flammenspeck~	Florida Southern	So.	Calgary, Alberta
ATT	Collin Stewart	Florida Tech	Jr.	Westminster, Maryland
ATT	Greg Palmer	Saint Leo	Fr.	Holland Landing, Ontario
ATT	Harry Kilkowski^	Tampa	Gr.	Summit, New Jersey
MID	Justin White	Rollins	Jr.	Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland
MID	Logan Myers	Rollins	Fr.	Marietta, Georgia
MID	Adem Tekmen	Saint Leo	Jr.	Columbia, Maryland
LSM	Michael Troese	Lynn	Gr.	Annapolis, Maryland
FO	Thomas Garvin	Rollins	So.	Mason, Ohio
SSDM	Ryan Manning	Embry-Riddle	Gr.	Elkton, Maryland
SSDM	Charlie Metz	Rollins	Fr.	Dallas, Texas
SSDM	Jackson Day	Tampa	Sr.	Tarpon Springs, Florida
DEF	Nick Shannon^	Florida Southern	Sr.	Boynton Beach, Florida
DEF	Leo Dunlap	Saint Leo	Jr.	Omaha, Nebraska
DEF	Gunner Gebelein^†#~	Tampa	Gr.	Baltimore, Maryland
GK	Blake Ulmer*‡	Tampa	Sr.	Naples, Florida
2023 Men's Lacrosse All-SSC Honorable Mention
Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	Hometown
ATT	Sean Nolan^	Florida Southern	Sr.	Cross River, New York
MID	Jalen Stanton~‡	Lynn	Sr.	Woodbine, Maryland
LSM	Thomas Gribben	Tampa	Gr.	Charleston, South Carolina
2023 Men's Lacrosse All-SSC Freshman Team
Name	School	Position	Year	Hometown
LSM	Hudson Kirk	Embry-Riddle	Fr.	Rockwall, Texas
ATT	Nolan Tighe	Florida Southern	Fr.	North Richland Hills, Texas
FO	Jake Czyz	Florida Southern	Fr.	Baldwinsville, New York
GK	Jax Francisco	Florida Tech	Fr.	Westminster, Maryland
MID	Nicky Vreeland	Florida Tech	Fr.	Wesley Chapel, Florida
MID	Cooper Porter	Palm Beach Atlantic	Fr.	Charleston, South Carolina
MID	Logan Myers	Rollins	Fr.	Marietta, Georgia
SSDM	Charlie Metz	Rollins	Fr.	Dallas, Texas
ATT	Greg Palmer	Saint Leo	Fr.	Holland Landing, Ontario
ATT	Thomas Nelan	Saint Leo	Fr.	Floral Park, New York
MID	John Raucci	Saint Leo	Fr.	Seaford, New York
ATT	Jackson Bashaw	Tampa	Fr.	Jupiter, Florida
MID	Gavin Bomstad	Tampa	Fr.	St. Louis, Missouri

* = 2022 First Team

^ = 2022 Second Team

§ = 2022 Player of the Year

† = 2021 First Team

‡ = 2021 Second Team

# = 2019 First Team

~ = Former Freshman of the Year

¹ Rollins Players of the Year: Ryan Dunn (2021)
² 4x ALL-SSC: Conor Whipple (Tampa), Jake Mosher-McGraw (Tampa), Andrew Kew (Tampa), Dryden Brous (Lynn)
³ No Sunshine State Conference All-Conferences awards were issued in Spring 2020