SMU Dominates LSA Div. I Awards

SAN ANTONIO – After winning its first ever league championship, Southern Methodist swept the Lone Star Alliance Division I postseason awards and placed six players on the all-conference first team.

Senior goalie Adam Connolly was named both the Defensive Player of the Year and LSA MVP while junior attackman Nick Schultz was tabbed Offensive Player of the Year. Mustangs' skipper Karl Lynch was named Coach of the Year.

Attackman Gerrick Cantrell, defensive middie Caleb Brooks and defenders Riley Hudack and David Stacke joined Connolly and Schultz on the first team for SMU. Texas State and Texas A&M had three first team selections while LSU had one.

SMU defeated Texas State, 11-6, in the LSA finals last weekend to earn a trip to the 2016 National Championships powered by Under Armour. The seeding and matchups for the tournament will be announced Sunday evening and the championships begin on May 9 in Orange County, Calf.

2016 Lone Star Alliance Division I All-Conference Teams

First Team All-LSA
A – Gerrick Cantrell, SMU
A – A.J. Hepting, Texas A&M
A – Nick Schultz, SMU
M – Bucky Desadier, Texas State
M – Bryce Green, Texas A&M
M – Austin Melson, LSU
LSM – Andrew Fredericks, Texas A&M
FO – Blake Weir, Texas State
SSDM – Caleb Brooks, SMU
D – Riley Hudack, SMU
D – David Stacke, SMU
D – Zane Zoda, Texas State
G – Adam Connolly, SMU

Second Team All-LSA
A – Thomas Brown, LSU
A – John King, Texas
A – Christopher Tomaselli, TCU
M – Thomas Garrott, SMU
M – John Merrifield, SMU
M – Elliot Smith, Texas State
LSM – Daniel Spomer, Texas
FO – Thomas Loudermilk, Texas
SSDM – Dom DiBaggio, Texas A&M
D – Hayden Clouse, Texas
D – Jacob Hamilton, Texas State
D – Paul Stapp, LSU
G – A.J. Anderson. Texas State

Honorable Mention All-LSA
A – Matt Hammond, Oklahoma
A – Dylan Ikkala, Oklahoma
A – Stephen Sattler, Texas A&M
M – Evan Fitzpatrick, LSU
M – Jake Halter, Texas A&M
M – Chandler Locklear, Texas State
LSM – Danny Tangherlini, LSU
FO – Lane Farrar, LSU
SSDM – Cody Sakuda, Texas A&M
D – Jacob Hibler, Baylor
D – Nick Lanpher, Texas
D- Mitchell Webber, LSU
G - Erik Gollhofer, North Texas

Offensive Player of the Year: Nick Schultz, SMU
Defensive Player of the Year: Adam Connolly, SMU
Most Valuable Player: Adam Connolly, SMU
Coach of the Year: Karl Lynch, SMU