MCLA Division II All-Americans Announced
ATLANTA – St. Thomas put together an undefeated season that included Saturday’s finals victory at the 2016 MCLA National Championships powered by Under Armour and the Tommies were rewarded with five players on the first team All-American squad, which was released on Monday.
Attackman Sean Hickey, midfielder Simon Gondeck, long-stick middie Pat Mines, faceoff specialist Erik Thysse and defenseman Alex Bement all found a home on the first team.
National runner-up Grand Valley State placed three players on the top squad while Grove City, Kennesaw State, North Dakota State and Concordia-Irvine each had a pair of representatives.
There were three teams and an honorable mention list in Division II this year. The players were nominated by their conferences and selected by a committee.
2016 MCLA Division II All-American Teams
First Team All-American
A – Dan Casselli, Grove City
A – Sean Hickey, St. Thomas
A – Tyler Mathews, Kennesaw State
A – Kevin Sturgeon, North Dakota State
A – Erick Sundstrom, Grand Valley State
M – Simon Gondeck, St. Thomas
M – David Hall, Grove City
M – Seth Kuehnl, Grand Valley State
M – Chase Matranga, Concordia-Irvine
LSM – Pat Mines, St. Thomas
FO – Scotty Brown, Palm Beach Atlantic
FO – Erik Thysse, St. Thomas
SSDM – Marc Hughes, Concordia-Irvine
D – Josh Abruzzo, Siena Heights
D – Alex Bement, St. Thomas
D – Trey Koons, Kennesaw State
D – Evan Schraut, North Dakota State
D – Peter Treppa, Grand Valley State
G – Parker Fairey, Montana State
Second Team All-American
A – Dillon Bernad, Concordia-Irvine
A – Cody Clark, Kennesaw State
A – Louis Richman, Montana State
A – Dalton Vowles, Lourdes
M – Ryan Heid, North Dakota State
M – Alex Kowalski, Cal State Fullerton
M – Logan Lindberg, Minn.-Duluth
M – Greg Swanson, Palm Beach Atlantic
LSM – Tyler Quinn, Grand Valley State
LSM – Jack Witt, Sierra Nevada
FO – Steve Hogan, Bridgewater State
SSDM – Forrest Lambert, Metro State
SSDM – Jeremy Matelan, Dayton
D – Samuel Harris, Minn.-Duluth
D – Cody Johnson, St. John’s
D – Jake Pense, Concordia-Irvine
D – Ben Ryan-Lorei, Dayton
G – Connor Hanson, Kennesaw State
Third Team All-American
A – Brooks Armitage, St. John’s
A – Jacob Heppner, Minn.-Duluth
A – Max Satossky, Concordia-Irvine
A – Edward Thorne, Kennesaw State
M – Matthew Marano, UC Irvine
M – Ryan McNeil, St. Thomas
M – Dan Orr, Siena Heights
M – Jack Pugh, Montana State
M – Dange Wolf, Western Oregon
LSM – Kevin Bowditch, Minn.-Duluth
FO – Frank Badalamenti, Lawrence Tech
SSDM – Isaac Hazen, Grand Valley State
D – Matt Hennis, Sierra Nevada
D – Brian Lindback, Florida Gulf Coast
D – Winston Robinson, Concordia-Irvine
D – Joey Seiler, Grand Valley State
G – Ross Sattler, Dayton
Honorable Mention All-American
A – Dan Bichsel, Lourdes
A – Ryan Brouwer, New Haven
A – Logan Bruss, Metro State
A – Dan Burke, St. Thomas
A – Jace Childs, Indiana Tech
A – Andrew DaSilva, Bridgewater State
A – Nick Guzzetti, College of Idaho
A – Aidan Kennedy, San Diego
A – Mike Kukulski, North Dakota State
A – Jeff Mathis, Reinhardt
A – Max Segal, Fort Lewis
A – Cody Trella, Lindenwood-Belleville
A – Tyler Violano, Southern Conn. State
A – Micah Willis, Cal State Fullerton
A – Jared Yoshino, Lourdes
A – Nic Zvirzin, Sierra Nevada
M – Ryan Barnes, Missouri Valley
M – Zack Crawford, Grand Valley State
M – Austin Dahl, Missouri Baptist
M – Frank Estrada, Bridgeport
M – Dylon Fangmeier, Sierra Nevada
M – Joe Finnell, Western Washington
M – Ryan Floress, The Citadel
M – Dylan Gill, Lourdes
M – Weston Gotuzzo, Portland State
M – Bryce Hummel, Biola
M – Alec Larson, North Dakota State
M – Jack Lyden, MSU-Mankato
M – Dan Mollet, Missouri Baptist
M – David Rizzolo, Montana State
M – Robert Romero, Concordia-Irvine
LSM – Taylor Harrison, Southern Oregon
LSM – Jarred McCombers, St. John’s
LSM – Dylan Perry, Stonehill
LSM – Tilghman Tuebner, Northern Arizona
FO – Iain Holman, CSU San Marcos
FO – Tony Shear, MSU-Mankato
FO – Grant Sufferling, Reinhardt
FO – Mark Ward, Siena Heights
SSDM – Camden Baggs, Palm Beach Atlantic
SSDM – Sam Benecke, The Citadel
SSDM – Brendan Gallagher, Missouri Valley
SSDM – Kurt Pohs, Portland
D – Robert Bass, San Francisco
D – Anthony Curra, Palm Beach Atlantic
D – Nick Davis, Montana State
D – John DeFrank, Kennesaw State
D – Ryan De Leon, UC San Diego
D – Tyler Farr, MSU-Mankato
D – Blake Greener, Montana State
D – Andrew Legg, Missouri Valley
G – Robby Ates, Missouri Baptist
G – Austin Farina, Sierra Nevada
G – Connor Kelley, Southern Oregon
G – Chris Laurino, Cal State Fullerton
G – Joe Marmion, Bridgewater State
G – Ryan Nelson, St. John’s
G – Kyrn Stoddard, Grand Valley State