2010 PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS THE PATRIOT LEAGUE PATRIOT LEAGUE STAFF
ARMY LACROSSE PLAYERS EXCEL IN THE CLASSROOM
Carolyn Femovich Executive Director
Richard Wanninger Exec. Dir. for External Relations rwanninger@patriotleague.com
Now in its third decade as an all-sport conference combining academic and athletic excellence, the Patriot League sponsors championships in 23 men and women’s sports. Initially started as an NCAA Division I-AA football conference in 1986, the Patriot League became an all-sport conference in 1990 and includes American, Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Navy as full members, and Fordham, Georgetown and MIT as associate members. These institutions are among the oldest and most prestigious in the nation and their alumni have and continue to play leadership roles in shaping our country. Since 1998, the Patriot League has ranked first each year among all Division I conferences awarding athletic aid in the NCAA Graduation Rate Report. The League finished at the top spot with nearly all of its teams reporting a graduation rate of 85 percent or higher in the most recent data. In addition, 82 teams from Patriot League full-member institutions earned NCAA Academic Performance Program Public Recognition Awards after posting academic progress rate scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. The Patriot League’s mission is simple, to provide successful competitive athletic experiences while maintaining high academic standards, and to prepare its student-athletes to be leaders in society.
Under the guidance of head coach Joe Alberici, Army lacrosse players have excelled in the classroom, as well as the lacrosse field. Since Alberici arrived at West Point six years ago, Army players have won the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year award three times. In 2010, Andrew Maisano was named the Patriot League ScholarAthlete of the Year for lacrosse in addition to being named the recipient of the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. Maisano, who became the fourth Army lacrosse player to earn the league’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year award in the 20-year history of the conference, became the first Army lacrosse player to ever receive the Patriot League Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year award. The award considers student-athletes from each of the conference’s 23 sports. Here is a breakdown of past recipients. of the Patriot League ScholarAthlete of the Year award for lacrosse. Dominik Nogic, 2000 Mike Kamon, 2003 Scott Rosenshein, 2008 Scott Rosenshein, 2009 Andrew Maisano, 2010
ARMY ON THE PATRIOT LEAGUE ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM (established 2011)
Andrew Boyd, So., M - Systems Engineering Brendan Buckley, So., D - Engineering Mgt. Jay Laing, Sr., M - International Relations
Defenseman Larry LoRusso returns after earning Second Team All-Patriot League honors in 2011.
2011 ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE TEAMS & MAJOR AWARDS FIRST TEAM ATTACK
MIDFIELD
FACE-OFF D-MIDFIELD DEFENSE
SECOND TEAM Jeremy Boltus, Army (Sr.) Garrett Thul, Army (So.) Peter Baum, Colgate (So.)
ATTACK
Ryan Klipstein, Bucknell (Sr.) Tom Perini, Lafayette (Sr.) Dante Fantoni, Lehigh (So.)
Billy Eisenreich, Bucknell (Jr.) Charlie Streep, Bucknell (Jr.) Andy Warner, Navy (Sr.)
MIDFIELD
Ryan Snyder, Lehigh (So.)
FACE-OFF
Jim Carroll, Colgate (Sr.)
Tim Henderson, Army (So.)
DEFENSE
Dave Tucciarone, Colgate (Sr.) Larry LoRusso, Army (Jr.) Alex Lyons, Bucknell (Sr.) Richard Bradley, Lehigh (Sr.)
Bill Henderson, Army (Jr.) Michael Huffner, Bucknell (So.) Michael Hirsch, Navy (Sr.) GOALIE
GOALIE
MAJOR AWARDS
Mike Danylyshyn, Bucknell (Sr.) Andrew Mould, Colgate (Sr.) Jonathan Stumpf, Lehigh (Sr.)
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jeremy Boltus, Army DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Bill Henderson, Army GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR Tom Palesky, Army ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Tucker Hull, Navy COACH OF THE YEAR Frank Fedorjaka, Bucknell
Kyle Feeney, Bucknell (So.)
Tom Palesky, Army (Sr.)
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