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MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota juniors Amar Batra and Mitch Grengs were tabbed as the Upper Midwest Lacrosse Conference (UMLC) Division I Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, after the all-conference awards were announced on Saturday.

Batra and Grengs were joined on the UMLC first team by Golden Gopher senior midfielder Malik Ekpenyong

Missouri posted a league-high four players on the first team while Tiger coach Nick Anagnostis was chosen as the UMLC Coach of the Year.

Purdue freshman Brad Buckland earned Rookie of the Year honors and second team kudos.

2019 UMLC Division I All-Conference Teams

First Team
A – Noah Iversen, Missouri
A – Amar Batra, Minnesota
A – Greyson Gardner, Purdue
M – Nick Pisani, Missouri
M – Forrest Harvey, Indiana
M – Malik Ekpenyong, Minnesota
SSDM – Eli Honebrink, Purdue
FOS – Jake LaMar, Indiana
LSM – Mitch Lowenberg, Missouri
D – Mitch Grengs, Minnesota
D – Brian Pandolfo, Missouri
D – Brendan Donahue, Purdue
G – Chad Balek, Indiana

Second Team
A – Jack Eagan, Missouri
A – Brian Mark, Indiana
A – Joe Poferl, Minnesota
M – Brad Backlund, Purdue
M – Kamal Baker, Minnesota
M – Mark Ferrino, Indiana
SSDM – Ryder Lampert, Indiana
FOS – Michael McDonough, Missouri
LSM – Matt Streit, Purdue
D – Nathan Russell, Indiana
D – Riley Sheahan, Missouri
D – Clay Diedrich, Minnesota
G – Connor Graves, Missouri

Honorable Mention
A – Evan Sattler, Purdue
A – Mitchell Musial, Illinois
A – Chandler Stevens, Illinois State
M – Matt Lowry, Illinois State
M – Jason Kraus, Nebraska
M – Adam Grooms, Indiana
M – Patrick Mason, Nebraska
M – Alex Sahli, Missouri
SSDM – Garrett Lieb, Minnesota
SSDM – Anthony Cecchin, Illinois State
FOS – Nick Coppola, Indiana
FOS – Nori Kasai, Illinois
LSM – Luke Martin, Minnesota
LSM – Justin Mirro, Indiana
LSM – Timothy Schartz, Nebraska
D – Wade Jenison, Purdue
D – Collin Carroll, Indiana
D – Geofrey Bear, Indiana
D – Alex Napgezek, Minnesota
D – Hugh Ross, Purdue
G – Sean Clifton, Indiana
G – Spencer Kline, Purdue

Offensive Player of the Year: Amar Batra, Minnesota
Defensive Player of the Year: Mitch Grengs, Minnesota
Rookie of the Year: Brad Buckland, Purdue
Coach of the Year: Nick Anagnostis, Missouri