2019 ALL-SSC Selections, Andrew Kew Earns Player of the Year
Eight men's lacrosse players were recognized from the University of Tampa as 2019 All-SSC selections, including Andrew Kew, who has been voted Player of the Year.
MELBOURNE, Fla. - [PDF] - Forty-six student-athletes have been recognized as All-Conference in the sixth year of Sunshine State Conference men's lacrosse. Lynn University, regular season champions, boast nine All-SSC awards including Coach of the Year. Voting for the All-SSC Men's Lacrosse Team was conducted among the league's head coaches.
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Shortly after becoming the NCAA Division II leader in career goals, the University of Tampa's Andrew Kew has been voted SSC Player of the Year by conference coaches. In 15 games for the Spartans, Kew tallied 81 points from 50 goals and 31 assists with a .365 shooting percentage. The senior attackman from Oakville, Ontario is the SSC leader in goals per game (3.33) and points per game (5.40) and is second in assists per game (2.07) and shots per game (9.13). Kew becomes the second Tampa athlete to be named league Player of the Year1.
Gunner Gebelein from Palm Beach Atlantic University is awarded Freshman of the Year honors after starting in 16 games for the Sailfish this season. The Huntingtown, Maryland product shone brightly on the defensive end for PBA, ranking first in conference caused turnovers per game (2.44) and eighth in ground balls per game (5.25). Gebelein is the first male athlete from PBA to be named Freshman of the Year in the SSC2, the first Sailfish to earn an individual award in lacrosse, and the first freshman defensive player to earn First Team All-SSC honors3.
SSC coaches select Lynn's Brian Kingsbury as the 2019 SSC Coach of the Year. The first and only head coach of the Fighting Knights earns the honor after guiding the program to its first-ever double-digit win season (11-3). Under Kingsbury's leadership, the Fighting Knights have risen to the No. 15 team in the USILA national poll, won their first SSC regular-season title, and will host in the conference postseason tournament. The honor is the second of his Kingsbury's career4.
Kew highlights the repeated All-SSC award winners as he receives his fourth consecutive conference award, which includes three straight First Team selections. Those athletes earning First or Second Team accolades for the third time in their careers are Jake Mosher McGraw (Tampa), Austen Lison (Florida Southern College), Dryden Brous (Lynn), Thomas Tatarian (Saint Leo University), and Logan Sweeney (Florida Tech). In total, 15 of this year's 32 upperclassmen award winners repeat as an All-SSC selection.
Player of the Year: Andrew Kew, Tampa
Freshman of the Year: Gunner Gebelein, Palm Beach Atlantic
Coach of the Year: Brian Kingsbury, Lynn
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| 2019 Men's Lacrosse All-SSC First Team | ||||
| ATT | Andrew Kew*~‡& | Tampa | Sr. | Oakville, Ontario |
| ATT | Charlie Kurtenbach^ | Saint Leo | Sr. | Issaquah, Washington |
| ATT | Phil Buque | Saint Leo | Jr. | Whitby, Ontario |
| MID | Reid Chaconas^ | Florida Tech | Jr. | Westminster, Maryland |
| MID | Xander Cosenza | Lynn | So. | Bay Shore, New York |
| MID | Jake Mosher McGraw*+ | Tampa | Jr. | Saint John, New Brunswick |
| LSM | Austen Lison@+† | Florida Southern | Sr. | Leesburg, Virginia |
| FO | Ross Dickerson* | Tampa | Jr. | Berlin, Maryland |
| FO | Dryden Brous*~% | Lynn | Jr. | Ocean City, Maryland |
| DEF | Evan Schimek^ | Rollins | Sr. | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| DEF | Jack Tyrrell | Tampa | Sr. | Medford, New Jersey |
| DEF | Gunner Gebelein | Palm Beach Atlantic | Fr. | Huntingtown, Maryland |
| GOAL | Thomas Tatarian*+ | Saint Leo | Gr. | Shoreham, New York |
| SSDM | Julian Taylor^ | Saint Leo | Sr. | Tampa, Florida |
| SSDM | Roy Hansen | Rollins | Sr. | Medford, New Jersey |
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| 2019 Men's Lacrosse All-SSC Second Team | ||||
| ATT | Jeff Atlas | Florida Southern | Fr. | Islip, New York |
| ATT | Ryan Dunn | Rollins | Jr. | Ridgefield, Connecticut |
| ATT | Greg Taicher@+ | Rollins | Sr. | Berwyn, Pennsylvania |
| MID | Nick McCabe | Lynn | So. | Boca Raton, Florida |
| MID | Kyle Silverstein | Florida Southern | Sr. | Smithtown, New York |
| MID | Logan Sweeney*+ | Florida Tech | Sr. | Sykesville, Maryland |
| LSM | Ethan Ticehurst^ | Saint Leo | Jr. | Coquitlam, British Columbia |
| FO | Ryan Land | Florida Tech | Sr. | Ellicott City, Maryland |
| DEF | Evan Kalish | Lynn | Sr. | Vero Beach, Florida |
| DEF | Greg Morissette | Lynn | Sr. | Woodstock, Ontario |
| DEF | Luke Robideaux | Tampa | Sr. | Lafayette, Louisiana |
| DEF | Collin Beck | Saint Leo | Jr. | North East, Maryland |
| GOAL | Colin McClelland | Lynn | Jr. | Ellicott City, Maryland |
| SSDM | Dan Luette | Lynn | So. | Orlando, Florida |
| SSDM | Gavin Perry | Tampa | Sr. | Raynham, Massachusetts |
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| 2019 Men's Lacrosse All-SSC Honorable Mention | ||||
| ATT | Matt Vetter | Tampa | Sr. | Doylestown, Pennsylvania |
| LSM | Addison Abramson*~ | Florida Tech | Sr. | Reisterstown, Maryland |
| DEF | Wyatt Todd | Rollins | Jr. | Randolph, New Jersey |
| GOAL | Daniel Flock^~ | Florida Tech | Sr. | Ellicott City, Maryland |
| SSDM | Tyler Oblong | Florida Tech | Sr. | Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| 2019 Men's Lacrosse All-SSC Freshman Team | ||||
| ATT | Jeff Atlas | Florida Southern | Fr. | Islip, New York |
| DEF | Gunner Gebelein | Palm Beach Atlantic | Fr. | Huntingtown, Maryland |
| ATT | Sean Nolan | Florida Southern | Fr. | Westchester, New York |
| ATT | Coleman Jacobs | Embry-Riddle | Fr. | Orchard Park, New York |
| ATT | Tyler Eames | Saint Leo | Fr. | Whitby, Ontario |
| MID | Mitch Cody | Embry-Riddle | Fr. | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| ATT | Caleb Wells | Lynn | Fr. | Woodstock, Ontario |
| ATT | Harry Kilkowski | Tampa | Fr. | Summit, New Jersey |
| SSDM | Rob Champigny | Rollins | Fr. | East Longmeadow, Massachusetts |
| GOAL | Will Eckert | Rollins | Fr. | Bristow, Virginia |
| SSDM | Peyton Tyson | Saint Leo | Fr. | Spanish Fort, Alabama |
| FO | Cam Reeves | Rollins | Fr. | Dallas, Texas |
| ATT | Jared Kane | Embry-Riddle | Fr. | Jacksonville, Florida |
* = 2018 First Team
^ = 2018 Second Team
@ = 2018 Honorable Mention
% = 2017 Freshman of the Year
~ = 2017 First Team
+ = 2017 Second Team
& = 2016 Freshman of the Year
† = 2016 First Team
‡ = 2016 Second Team
1 Tampa's Conor Whipple earned Player of the Year in 2014, 2016, & 2017
2 Earlier this year, Molly Rowoldt became the first from PBA to be named SSC Freshman of the Year (volleyball)
3Freshman First Teamers: 2016: Dryden Brous (Lynn); 2017: Austen Lison (FSC); 2014: Conor Whipple (Tampa), CJ Nichols (Florida Tech), Jake Vonarb (Rollins)
4 Kingsbury was named SSC Coach of the Year in 2015
5 Including Kew, Gebelein, and Brous, 11 other First Team, Second Team, and Honorable Mention athletes have been named to the Freshman of the Year team during their career