US Lacrosse Announces 2002 All-intercollegiate Associates Teams

Baltimore - US Lacrosse has named 125 student-athletes to the 2002 All-Intercollegiate Associates Teams, as announced by the US Lacrosse Men’s and Women’s Intercollegiate Associates Councils, respectively. The Men’s Division Intercollegiate Associates Council also released its 37-member All-Academic Team, for which honorees must maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 and have been named to their all-conference or all-tournament team.

The 2002 All-IA teams and honorees:

Women’s IA Players of the Year: Attack-Ashley Kiersted (Cal Poly-SLO). Midfield-Alison Lee (UCLA). Defense-Megan Raley (Delaware). Goal-Melissa Konal (Michigan State).

Women’s IA Coach of the Year: JD Chapman (Michigan State).

Men’s All-IA First Team: Attack-Ben Alexander (Sonoma State), Jordan Archibald (BYU), Mike Napollili (Colorado State). Midfield-MJ Crickmore (Sonoma State), Matt Garibaldi (Auburn), Pete Munzig (Stanford). Long Stick Midfield-David DiCamillo (Michigan). Defense-Matt Bazar (Auburn), Aaron Quiggle (BYU), Tim Sargen (Stanford). Goal-Dominic Gomez (Sonoma State).

Women’s All-IA First Team: Attack-Amy Mizell (Navy), Ashley Kiersted (Cal Poly-SLO), Erin Hogan (Florida), Jane Friend (Michigan). Midfield-Alison Lee (UCLA), Melinda Malek (Michigan State), Sarah Campbell (Navy), Megan Milford (Michigan). Defense-Megan Raley (Delaware), Christi Girotti (Army), Karla Howlett (Auburn), Viki Royer (Clemson). Goal-Melissa Konal (Michigan State).

Men’s All-IA Second Team: Attack-Mike French (Auburn), Ryan Davis (Colorado State), Rex Hardy (BYU), Chris Pike (Texas A&M). Midfield-Brian Cummings (Sonoma State), Bryan Moore (Arizona), Dave Reuckert (BYU), Kevin Terry (Cal-Berkeley), Kevin Toller (Michigan). Long Stick Midfield-Mark Plonkey (Colorado State). Defense-Rory Burke (Colorado), Mark Lamb (Texas A&M), Seth Stern (UC Santa Barbara), John Stickl (Buffalo). Goal-Chris Bluse (Colorado).

Women’s All-IA Second Team: Attack-Jessica Heyn (Tennessee), Katie Osmer (Michigan State), Tonya Acosta (Connecticut), Erin Flondella (Connecticut). Midfield-Sarah Giardina (Army), Stephanie Leupp (LMU), Amanda Gustaveson (Claremont), Alicia Chang (Emory). Defense-Janine Benjamin (Navy), Alexis Watson (East Carolina), Leslie Guidotti (Michigan), Kelly Houser (Miami, Ohio). Goal-Laura Reiss (Georgia), Carly Jones (Delaware).

Men’s All-IA Third Team: Attack-Will Burson (Sonoma State), Tim Casey (Cal Poly-SLO), Jason Dunn (Texas A&M), Mike Hudman (Auburn), Charlie Mink (Arizona), Jay Spatafora (Arizona). Midfield-Brian Boitano (Santa Clara), Tim Farquhar (Colorado State), Gus Granchalek (Illinois), Todd Parker (Cal-Berkeley), Ben Schooler (UC Santa Barbara), Chip Thomas (Michigan), Whitney Watts (Rhode Island). Long Stick Midfield-Grant Burgess (Colorado). Defense-Eric Dahm (Sonoma State), Jeff Kinsella (Arizona), Ernie Lemmert (Virginia Tech), John Morgan (Michigan), Aaron Meyers (Cal Poly-SLO), Jimmy Nelson (Tennessee). Goal-Sooman Kim (Michigan), Jeremy Lichtig (Auburn).

Men’s All-IA Honorable Mention: Attack-Ryan Blakeley (The Citadel), Hank Caulkins (UC Santa Barbara), Kevin Corcoran (Missouri), Ian Fair (Washington), Jim Fipp (Cal Poly-SLO), Rob Horn (Minnesota-Duluth), Danny Hogan (Florida), Mike Jacobs (Rhode Island), Dan Keating (Buffalo), Kevin Hebert (Bridgewater State), Aaron Henderson (Pacific Lutheran), Rich Kladis (Gonzaga), Matt Lau (Boston University), Blaze Lutem (Minnesota-Duluth), Josh Saunders (Washington State), Chris Vohrer (Virginia Tech). Midfield-Mike Fritz (Sonoma State), Mark Guillford (Colorado), Robert Hirai (Carleton), Chris Krajacic (Missouri), Alan Kurpiewski (UCLA), Ryan Larkin (Stonehill), Robert Meinbress (Chico State), Chris O'Donnell (Florida), Florian Morrison (Auburn), Kale Nelson (Colorado State), Jeff Orifice (Bridgewater State), Matt Robarge (Virginia Tech), Carl Sgritta (Elon), Tom Smith (UC Santa Barbara), Josh Waldman (Oregon). Long Stick Midfield: Brandon Glaza (Michigan State). Defense-Kevin Bass (Washington), Brian Finnvik (Minnesota-Duluth), Joel Henning (Missouri), Jon Gryzb (US Coast Guard Academy), Bryant Jarrell (Georgia Tech), Dan Langley (Sonoma State), Andrew Meinen (Auburn), Nick Pontelandolfo (Rhode Island), Greg Marcotte (New Hampshire), Jeff Schmid (Colorado State), Clay Fowler (Texas), Matt Wilner (Indiana), Jimmy Young (BYU). Goal-Spencer Fivelson (UCLA), Bronson Parker (Texas), Mike Wojowoski (Georgia Tech), Chris Jenkins (Minnesota), Jason Getz (Truman State).

Men’s IA All-Academic Team: Attack-Jordan Archibald (BYU), Brian Kellison (San Diego State), Paul Larkin (Utah State), Chris Vohrer (Virginia Tech), Joe Williams (Minnesota State-Mankato). Midfield-Dave DiCamillo (Michigan), Mike Erstad (Minnesota State-Mankato), Steve Federico (Buffalo), Robert Hirai (Carleton College), Blair Hoyt (Virginia Tech), Scott Mackrides (Virginia Tech), Mike McTigue (Minnesota), Mark Parmenter (Illinois), David Reuckert (BYU), Matt Robarge (Virginia Tech), Kevin Toller (Michigan), Tim Vossen (Minnesota State-Mankato), Jon Wiley (Loyola Marymount). Defense-Ross Brower (Minnesota), Nate Daniels (Utah State), Drew Enstice (Virginia Tech), Jonathan Gryzb (US Coast Guard Academy), Chris Krajacic (Missouri), Mike McKeon (St. John’s), Todd Prager (Southern California), Mike Roth (Michigan), Pete Rumbold (Emory), Mike Schmidt (Minnesota State-Mankato), John Stickl (Buffalo), Ryan Weese (Virginia Tech), David Wolf (Missouri). Goal-Ryan Andrus (BYU), Eric Heller (Illinois), Chris Jenkins (Minnesota), Glenn Makechnie (BYU), Jake Morrison (Utah State), Josh Parker (Oregon State).

The US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates comprise a group of traditional college club programs from virtually every region of the country. More than 140 men’s and 100 women’s intercollegiate associate teams competed this year. The season recently concluded in St. Louis with the sixth annual US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates National Championships. Sonoma State defeated Colorado State for the men’s championship, while Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo beat Air Force for its second straight women’s title.

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