(Photo by Anna Scipione)

SAN DIEGO – San Diego senior defenseman was named the Southwestern Lacrosse Conference (SLC) Division Defensive Player of the Year, leading a contingent of four Toreros on the all-conference first team.

With a staggering 80 goals (and 33 assists), UC Irvine senior attackman Joe Hinton was tabbed the SLC Offensive Player of the Year and was one of two Anteaters on the first team.

Northern Arizona, which won the SLC championship last weekend, placed four players on the first team.

After leading Loyola Marymount to a 10-3 record and a national ranking, Lions head man Ryan Kelly was tabbed Coach of the Year.

2019 SLC Division II All-Conference Team

First Team
A – Joe Hinton, UC Irvine
A – Dean Grau, Cal State Long Beach
A – Rett Canon, Loyola Marymount
M – Ty Silva, Northern Arizona
M – Ryan Milkovich, San Diego
M – Jacky Wang, UC Irvine
SSDM – Jackson Herget, San Diego
FOS – Quinn Bigane, San Diego
LSM – Hank Halfaker, Northern Arizona
D – Conor Shea, San Diego
D – Brent Marchand, Northern Arizona
D – Matteo Leibman, UC San Diego
G – Alec Gastony, Northern Arizona

Second Team
A – Raphael Vargas, Northern Arizona
A – Alex Cunningham, Cal State San Marcos
A – Andy Moudakis, UC San Diego
M – Tyler Jones, Cal State San Marcos
M – Jordan Atwell, Loyola Marymount
M – Taylor Claderon, UC Irvine
SSDM – Jaden Casey, Northern Arizona
FOS – Nick Nguyen, UC Irvine
LSM – Cole Barden, UC San Diego
D – Grant Sampson, San Diego
D – Trey Armstrong, Loyola Marymount
D – Tommy Schrantz, San Diego
G – Just Norton, UC San Diego

Honorable Mention
A – Cameron Yerzyk, Cal State Long Beach
A – Josh Sherman, San Diego
A – Jacob Newport, Biola
M – Jacob Belshin, Northern Arizona
M – Jakob Ternes, San Marcos
M – James Hussey, San Diego
M – Connor Rommerswinkle, Cal State San Marcos
SSDM – Michael Armstrong, San Diego
FOS – Taylor Gulrajani, UC San Diego
LSM – Ren Chang, Loyola Marymount
LSM – Luken Wilson, San Diego
D – Jacinto Tamez, UC San Diego
D – Luke Visser, Loyola Marymount
D – Coby Lopez, Cal State Long Beach
G – Jared Osmond, San Diego

All-Freshman Team
A – Weston Priestly, San Diego
A – Alex Jacobs, Loyola Marymount
A – Gabe Benso, San Diego
M – Jordan Atwell, Loyola Marymount
M – Connor Rommerswinkle, Cal State San Marcos
M – Julian Loe, Cal State Long Beach
D – Trey Armstrong, Loyola Marymount
D - Tommy Schrantz, San Diego
G – Caleb Koopman, Biola
G – Jared Osmond, San Diego

Offensive Player of the Year: Joe Hinton, UC Irvine
Defensive Player of the Year: Conor Shea, San Diego
Coach of the Year: Ryan Kelly, Loyola Marymount