MCLA Names 2017 Scholar Athletes

ATLANTA – The Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association, the preeminent non-varsity collegiate league in the country, is proud to announce the Scholar Athlete award winners for the 2017 campaign.

There were 165 MCLA student-athletes who qualified for the honor this year in both divisions, which combines both on- and off-field success.

“Our players make us proud on the field, but they also provide a huge measure of pride in how well they do in the classroom,” said MCLA president Ken Lovic. “Our academic standards are as high or higher as any other collegiate athletic organization in the country, and these players represent the best of the best.”

To earn Scholar Athlete recognition, a student-athlete must be named to an all-conference postseason team as well as maintain a cumulative 3.20 grade point average or higher.

2017 MCLA Scholar Athletes

Calder Alfano – Florida State
Brooks Armitage – St. John’s
Cade Bailey – Oregon
Andrew Baird – Virginia Tech
Joe Balestrieri – Grand Canyon
Gabe Banks – Georgia Tech
Devon Benson – Davenport
Banks Blackwell - Texas
Nathan Blair – Arizona State
Isiah Booker – New Haven
Kevin Boland – Michigan State
Cory Brady – College of Idaho
Ryan Brouwer – New Haven
Matthew Brown – Central Conn. State
Nathan Brown – Clemson
Troy Brown – Cal Poly
Peter Brydon – UC Santa Barbara
Avery Buckius – Davenport
Chris Bush – Georgia Tech
Will Byars – Georgia Tech
Diego Camarillo – UC Santa Cruz
Devin Candies – Louisiana
Chris Carney – Pittsburgh
Griffin Carney – Boston College
Kyle Carona – Arizona State
Thomas Carrasco – Arizona State
Matt Casto – Biola
Gus Colonna – Utah
Brian Connolly – Georgia Tech
Bryan Cooper – Virginia Tech
Bradley Cottingham – East Carolina
Camron Cruz – Sonoma State
Niklas Damberg – Minnesota
Nate DeGroat – Cal-Berkeley
Alex Delsota – Southern Methodist
Riley Derby – Texas
Bennett Dipzinski – Michigan State
Charles Dolar – Idaho
Patrick Donovan – Michigan State
Joe Dresser – Cal Poly
Trevor Driscoll – Arizona State
Benjamin Dumm – Grove City
Eric Dunbar – UC Santa Cruz
Jacob Edwards – Tarleton State
Austin Eiseman – Georgia
Carter Elliot – Liberty
Jack Faulkner – Davenport
Nick Fix – Minnesota
Aaron Fjeldsted – Utah
Branton Fleischman – Minn.-Duluth
John Frey – LSU
Josh Fuller – North Texas
Anthony Gallo – New Hampshire
Ethan Galowitz – Texas
Tom Garrott – Southern Methodist
Jack Gilbert – Boston College
Sam Gregory – Liberty
Jacob Hamilton – Texas State
James Harrison – UC Santa Barbara
Simon Hatlen – North Dakota State
Shane Hayes – Humboldt State
Brandon Helgeson – College of Idaho
A.J. Hepting – Texas A&M
Grant Hill – Idaho
Andrew Horton – Cal Poly
Bryce Hummel – Biola
Ian Hurley – Georgia
Noah Iversen – Missouri
Tanner Job – Boise State
Cody Johnson – St. John’s
Matthew Johnson – Minnesota
Matt Jorgensen – Minnesota
J.P. Josi – Cal-Berkeley
Carl Keating – Northeastern
Sam Khalil – Florida
John King – Texas
Paul Koestler – Arizona State
Chris Kosiba – Purdue
Danny Koudelka – Texas
Tim Kroshus – St. Thomas
Angelo Lagomarsino – Sonoma State
Jack Lamey – Grand Canyon
Dylan Lee – Cal-Berkeley
Jake Lombardo – Cal-Berkeley
Greg Lunde – Simon Fraser
Neil Lunsford – Cal-Berkeley
Kenny Maher – Clemson
Jensen Makarov – Colorado
Sean Mastro – Northern Arizona
Jeremy Matelan – Dayton
Zachary Mathien – Arizona State
Charlie Mayers – Oregon
Jared McComber – St. John’s
Win McKeever – Liberty
Max McKone – Cal-Berkeley
Austin Melson - LSU
Hayden Melvin – Colorado Mines
Logan Miller – Claremont
Collin Mitchell – Central Michigan
Teddy Moeller – Minnesota
Marcus Mondo – Minn.-Duluth
Nathan Monsein – Minnesota
Mason Moon – Brigham Young
Jackson Neagli – Rice
Devin Needs – Brigham Young
Seth Neeleman – Utah
Ryan Neff – Boston College
Davis Nelson – Rice
Max Neser – Brigham Young
Cole Ogden – Southern Methodist
Michael O’Keeffe – Boston College
Noah Olson – Minn.-Duluth
Bennett Osterink – Michigan State
Garrett Painter – Northeastern
Griffin Palmer – Rice
Benjamin Parietti – Arizona State
Dylan Perry – Stonehill
Evan Pesco – New Haven
Mitchell Peterson – Northern Arizona
Tim Peterson – Georgia Tech
Forrest Pilone – Colorado Mines
Jake Pistotnik – Cal-Berkeley
Dillon Ptacek – Minnesota
Jarred Riley – Davenport
Jordan Robertson – UCLA
Zach Romac – Pittsburgh
Rick Rose – Brigham Young
Ryan Russell – Colorado
Zach Salazar – Florida
John Scally – UT-Dallas
Bert Schmickel – Cal-Berkeley
Evan Schraut – North Dakota State
Phillip Schwartz – Texas A&M
Carter Scrimshaw – St. John’s
Ben Sehl – Purdue
Chris Severson – Brigham Young
Raleigh Shepherd – Texas A&M-Galveston
Corey Shrimpl - Cal State Long Beach
Nick Sherwood – New Haven
Zach Shor – Cal-Berkeley
Aaron Silcott – Florida
Sam Snider – Oregon
Andrew Sotis – St. Thomas
Jameson Steinhardt – Central Conn. State
Brad Stewart – College of Idaho
Jacob Stout – Utah
Josh Stout – Utah
Jordan Stroup – Simon Fraser
Kevin Sturgeon – North Dakota State
Brandon Suchand – Grand Canyon
Eli Suhadolnik – UC Santa Barbara
Quinton Swinney – Utah
Jeff Tang – Rice
Daniel Tangherlini - LSU
Turner Thompson – UT-Dallas
Jack Topping – Georgia Tech
Brenton VanLeeuwen – Idaho
Broderick Vitalie – Colorado
Cade Vlacos – UC Santa Cruz
Joe Vogt – Clemson
Harry Waddoups – Brigham Young
Matt Weersing – UT-Dallas
Ben Wharton – Colorado
Connor Williams – Brigham Young
Adam Wissman – Dayton
Brett Wood – Liberty
Thomas Wojtowecz – Texas A&M
Trent Woodcock – Minnesota
Chase Wright – Liberty
Cameron Yerzyk – Cal State Long Beach