BOISE – It was a tight race for the Pacific Northwest Collegiate Lacrosse League (PNCLL) championship and the results of the conference awards illustrates that fact. The conference accolades were revealed this week.

Oregon State, which won the PNCLL title for the second consecutive year and earned a bid to the 2016 MCLA National Championship powered by Under Armour, placed three players on the 14-man first team All-PNCLL squad. In addition, senior goalie Nick Widner was named the Defensive Player of the Year.

Oregon also had three representatives on the first team, while also snatching three major honors. Junior attackman Grant Clifford was named the Offensive Player of the Year, freshman attackman John Finegan was tabbed Rookie of the Year and Jon Bongiorno was Coach of the Year.

Four players from Boise State made the first team, with senior attackman Adam Smith named the PNCLL’s Most Valuable Player. Simon Fraser had three players on the all-conference first team, as well.

2016 PNCLL Division I All-Conference Teams

First Team All-PNCLL
A – Grant Clifford, Oregon
A – Tyler Kirkby, Simon Fraser
A – Michael Marcott, Oregon
A – Adam Smith, Boise State
M – Colin Kacinski, Oregon State
M – Sean Maier, Washington
M – Alex Wilson, Boise State
LSM – A.J. Vido, Simon Fraser
FO – Nicholas Cantoni, Oregon
SSDM – David Schneider, Boise State
D – Tanner Job, Boise State
D – Dylan Roach, Oregon State
D – Alex Thomson, Simon Fraser
G – Nick Widmer, Oregon State

Second Team All-PNCLL
A – Kyle Baldes, Oregon State
A – John Finegan, Oregon
A – Greg Lunde, Simon Fraser
A – Nathan Puldy, Washington
M – Sean Dack, Washington
M – Trevor Garner, Washington
M – Kael Naylor, Simon Fraser
LSM – Sam Hart-Thompson, Oregon State
FO – Jannsen Levin, Oregon State
FO – Quinn Mendiola, Boise State
SSDM – Trey Bellmore, Oregon State
D – Hayden Haugen, Oregon
D – Roy Jarman, Oregon State
D – Matt Peter, Oregon
G – Jeremy Lashar, Simon Fraser

Honorable Mention All-PNCLL
A – Liam Finn, Boise State
A – Alex Fuller, Washington
A – Grant Hill, Idaho
A – Lyndon Knuttila, Simon Fraser
A – Eric Larson, Montana
A – Robert Tomlinson, Montana
M – Liam Delumpa, Oregon
M – Lucas Kuchta, Oregon
M – Kevin Larkin, Oregon State
M – Kaden Lewis, Boise State
M – Beau Olson, Washington State
M – Drew Welch, Idaho
LSM – Chris Medzegian, Washington
FO – Chris Damewood, Oregon
D – John Bowen, Montana
D – Kyle Dige, Washington
D – David Manning, Boise State
G – Andrew Moesel, Montana
G – Sam Snider, Oregon

Conference Most Valuable Player: Adam Smith, Boise State
Offensive Player of the Year: Grant Clifford, Oregon
Defensive Player of the Year: Nick Widmer, Oregon State
Rookie of the Year: John Finegan, Oregon
Coach of the Year: Jon Bongiorno, Oregon

(Photo by Bob White)