Seven Spartans Earn 2018 All-SSC Honors

MELBOURNE, Fla. - Forty-six student-athletes have been recognized as All-Conference in the fifth year of Sunshine State Conference men's lacrosse. Saint Leo University, regular season champions, boast 11 All-SSC awards including Player of the Year and Coach of the Year.
 
Voting for the All-SSC Men's Lacrosse Team was conducted among the league's head coaches.
 
All-SSC History: SSC Players and Coaches of the Year | All-SSC Teams
 
Saint Leo's Jake Gilmour has been voted SSC Player of the Year for 2018. In 14 games for the Lions, Gilmour tallied 63 points from 29 goals and 34 assists with a .468 shooting percentage. The senior from Pickering, Ontario is the SSC leader in points per game (4.50) and assists per game (2.43). Gilmour becomes the first Saint Leo athlete to earn an individual award in men's lacrosse.
 
B.J. Borowski from the University of Tampa is awarded Freshman of the Year honors after starting in 16 games for the Spartans. The Frederick County, Maryland native, recorded 135 saves and allowed 110 goals for .551 save percentage in 2018. His 8.12 goals against average helped the Spartans secure a 13-4 record, and stands as one of the lowest goals against average in program history. Among conference goalkeepers that made over 30 saves in 2018, he ranks second in goals against average and second in save percentage. Borowski is the second Spartan to be named Freshman of the Year¹.
 
SSC coaches selected Brad Jorgensen as the 2018 SSC Coach of the Year. The 14-year head coach of Saint Leo earns the honor after going undefeated (7-0) in SSC play and posting a.929 winning percentage in the regular season (13-1). Under Jorgensen's leadership, the Lions have risen to the fifth-ranked team in the USILA poll, won their first SSC regular-season title, and will host the conference postseason tournament. The honor is the first of his Jorgensen's career.
 
Gilmour earns All-SSC recognition for the third consecutive year, he moves back up to the First Team after receiving Second Team accolades in 2017. Along with Gilmour, Tampa's Andrew Kew also boasts three straight years of All-SSC honors. Joining Kew as a repeat First Team selection from 2017 are: Logan Sweeney (Florida Tech), Addison Abramson (Florida Tech), Dryden Brous (Lynn University), and Jake Bye (Saint Leo). In total, 14 of this year's 21 upperclassmen award winners repeat as an All-SSC selection.
 
Player of the Year: Jake Gilmour, Saint Leo
Freshman of the Year: B.J. Borowski, Tampa
Coach of the Year: Brad Jorgensen, Saint Leo
 

 
* = 2017 First Team
^ = 2017 Second Team
@ = 2017 Freshman of the Year
~ = 2016 First Team
+ = 2016 Second Team
& = 2016 Freshman of the Year
 
¹ Andrew Kew (Tampa) was named Freshman of the Year in 2016