May 24, 2017

Four Spartans Earn USILA/Nike All-America Honors

Whipple, Kew, C.Vetter, and Heyn earn All-America honors for the University of Tampa.

PERRY, N.Y. – The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association has announced its 2017 Division II USILA/Nike All-America teams, honoring four University of Tampa men's lacrosse student-athletes for the national awards.

Senior Conor Whipple earns his fourth-consecutive honor, picking up a First Team selection. Additionally, sophomore Andrew Kew snagged this honor for the first time, also being named to the First Team. Seniors Chris Vetter and Marty Heyn garnered Third Team selections on midfield and defense respectively.

Whipple set new single-season records for points (99) and assists (60) in his senior campaign. The attacker scored 39 goals while starting in 19 games for UT. The Tampa, Fla., native was a second team selection in 2016, a third team selection in 2015 while earning second team honors in his freshman season in 2014. Whipple is the first four time All-American in program history.

Kew acted as the Spartan's main offensive weapon this season. He shattered the NCAA record for most goals in a single-season with a total of 86. He led all of Division I and II in goals per game, averaging 4.3. Additionally, he helped set the new single-season record for points (99) dishing out 13 assists to his teammates. Only a sophomore, Kew has a bright future in the Spartan's program.

Whipple and Kew are the only Spartans in program history to receive the first team honors.

Vetter is awarded the third team honor for midfield, due to his performance in his final year of play at UT. The Doylestown, Pa. native showed consistency all season ending his senior campaign with 15 goals and 17 assists. Additionally, Vetter picked up 16 ground balls for the Spartans.

Heyn snags the third team honor for defense, after receiving honorable mention in 2016 and after picking up the same honor in his first year of play in 2014. The defender notched 39 ground balls in addition to 30 caused turnovers in his final season of action.

The Spartans concluded the season as National Semifinalists, falling to No. 1 Limestone in the Division II Championship Semifinal game. Tampa was 15-5 on the year.

The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association is proud to announce its 2017 USILA/Nike All-America Teams.

Please see below for the list of Division II All-Americans.

Team	Position	School	First Name	Last Name
First Team	Attack	University of Tampa	Conor	Whipple
First Team	Attack	Limestone College	Charlie	Sheehan
First Team	Attack	University of Tampa	Andrew	Kew
First Team	Midfield	Limestone College	Colton	Watkinson
First Team	Midfield	Merrimack College	Tim	Towler
First Team	Midfield	New York Institute of Technology	Will	Kistinger
First Team	LP Midfield	New York Institute of Technology	Ian	Prate
First Team	SS Middie	Adelphi University	Nicholas	Reisig
First Team	Face-off	Limestone College	Kevin	Reisman
First Team	Defense	Le Moyne College	Brendan	Entenmann
First Team	Defense	Merrimack College	James	Bassett
First Team	Goalie	Adelphi University	Brendan	McDougal

Second Team	Attack	Le Moyne College	Justin	Kesselring
Second Team	Attack	New York Institute of Technology	Matthew	Chanenchuk
Second Team	Attack	Merrimack College	Charlie	Bertrand
Second Team	Midfield	Le Moyne College	Brian	Rogers
Second Team	Midfield	Belmont Abbey College	Kyle	McGinley
Second Team	Midfield	Adelphi University	Shane	DeBoer
Second Team	LP Midfield	Lenoir-Rhyne University	Collin	Lett
Second Team	SS Middie	Merrimack College	Hunter	Schmell
Second Team	SS Middie	Mercyhurst University	Ben	Brooks
Second Team	Face-off	Bentley University	Max	Adler
Second Team	Defense	Mercyhurst University	Greg	Weyl
Second Team	Defense	Limestone College	Tyler	Gaulton
Second Team	Defense	Adelphi University	Joseph	Catalanotti
Second Team	Goalie	Wingate University	Will	Sheridan

Third Team	Attack	Belmont Abbey College	Adam	Wiedemann
Third Team	Attack	Lenoir-Rhyne University	Mike	Hanlon
Third Team	Midfield	University of Tampa	Christopher	Vetter
Third Team	Midfield	Mercyhurst University	James	Crowe
Third Team	LP Midfield	Florida Southern College	Austen	Lison
Third Team	LP Midfield	Seton Hill University	Brett	Craig
Third Team	LP Midfield	Florida Institute of Technology	Addison	Abramson
Third Team	SS Middie	LIU Post	Kris	Alvarado
Third Team	Face-off	LIU Post	Anthony	Galeotafiore
Third Team	Face-off	Adelphi University	Mark	Andrejack
Third Team	Defense	Merrimack College	Brennen	Morin
Third Team	Defense	New York Institute of Technology	Joe	Morhardt
*Third Team*	Defense	University of Tampa	Marty	Heyn
Third Team	Goalie	University of Mount Olive	William	Urban
Third Team	Goalie	Chestnut Hill College	Tom	McDermott
Third Team	Goalie	University of Indianapolis	Jarod	Kimble

Honorable Mention	Attack	Mercyhurst University	Keyan	McQueen
Honorable Mention	Attack	Adelphi University	Ian	Kirby
Honorable Mention	Attack	Pace University	Liam	Brennan
Honorable Mention	Midfield	Adelphi University	Michael	Osmundson
Honorable Mention	Midfield	Wingate University	Alex	Llerandi
Honorable Mention	SS Middie	Florida Institute of Technology	Grant	Hughes
Honorable Mention	Face-off	Queens University of Charlotte	Jon	Paige
Honorable Mention	Face-off	Belmont Abbey College	Billy	Huss
Honorable Mention	Face-off	Merrimack College	Blake	Boudreau
Honorable Mention	Defense	Lindenwood University	Connor	Laird
Honorable Mention	Defense	Belmont Abbey College	Anthony	Cesario
Honorable Mention	Goalie	Pace University	Bobby	Beshlian