Jan. 27th, 2001 - SELC places 15 players on 2001 Preseason USLIA All-Star team
(Philadelphia, PA): Inside Lacrosse's Face-Off Magazine
1st USLIA PreSeason All Star Teams was released at the 2001 US Lacrosse Coaches Convention
on January 12th, 2001 and the SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference was well represented.
Fifteen players from 6 different schools made the squad. Attackman Jason Lewin and midfielder Andy Frick from Tennessee and Auburn defenseman Matt Bazar made the first team.
The All USLIA Second Team included Tennessee midfielder Pete Angelone and defenseman Tyler Coleman.
Third team members include attackman Chet Randall from Virginia Tech, midfielder Jordan Walter also from Virginia Tech, Auburn midfielder Matt Garibaldi, Virginia Tech defenseman Ernie Lemmert and goalie Ben Gogol.
Receiving Honorable Mention honors were Aaron Ferguson, attackman from Auburn, midfielder Will Smith from Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech midfielder Aaron Connelly, Georgia midfielder Matt Resch, and midfielder Brian Chirigos from Emory.
Walter and Garibaldi are sophomores. Lewin, Bazar, Lemmert, Gogol, Smith, Connelly, and Chirigos are entering their junior seasons. Frick, Angelone, Coleman, Randall, Ferguson, and Resch will be completing their collegiate careers as seniors in 2001.
The SELC's 15 team members ranked third among USLIA conferences in players selected to the team. The West Coast Lacrosse League (WCLL) and Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League (RMLL) led with 18 players honored. Brigham Young, defending national champions, placed 3 players on the first team, followed by California, Michigan, Tennessee, and Texas A&M with 2 each.
Following is a complete team listing:
FIRST TEAM
ATTACK: Jeff Hadwin (Michigan), Rex Hardy (BYU), Jason Lewin (Tennessee), Chris Pike (Texas A&M), John Principi (California)
MIDFIELD: Steve Austin (BYU), MJ Crickmore (Sonoma State), Jay Erickson (Colorado), Andy Frick (Tennessee), Joel Hill (Texas A&M), Chris Moon (California)
DEFENSE: Matt Bazar (Auburn), Jeff Cady (Arizona), Pat Coy (Colorado State), Greg Deutch (Michigan), Aaron Quiggle (BYU)
GOAL: Mike Vanderwiede (Illinois)
SECOND TEAM
ATTACK: Jordan Archibald (BYU), Tom Burns (Michigan), John Minan (Sonoma State), Peter Morgan (Simon Fraser), Mike Roth (Colorado State)
MIDFIELD: Pete Angelone (Tennessee), Kevin Moon (California), Mark Parmenter (Illinois), Troy Taylor (BYU), Matt Wilkens (Arizona), Athen Yuen (Simon Fraser)
DEFENSE: Steve Brownson (Colorado), Tyler Coleman (Tennessee), Mark Lamb (Texas A&M), Paul Sargent (Stanford), Brady Sullivan (Illinois)
GOAL: Robbie Warner (California)
THIRD TEAM
ATTACK: Kevin Chan (Michigan), Greg Deeke (Texas A&M), Mike Napollili (Colorado State), Chet Randall (Virginia Tech), Eric Renner (Arizona)
MIDFIELD: Dave Ellis (UC-Santa Barbara), Matt Garibaldi (Auburn), Ryan Gombeski (Texas), Gus Granchalak (Illinois), Todd Koss (New Hampshire), Jordan Walter (Virginia Tech)
DEFENSE: Rory Burke (Colorado), Brent Hoskins (Simon Fraser), Ernie Lemmert (Virginia Tech), Nick Pantelandolfo (Rhode Island), Greg Stone (BYU)
GOAL: Ben Gogol (Virginia Tech)
HONORABLE MENTION
ATTACK: Ricky Clark (Simon Fraser), Steve Colite (Connecticut), Pete Dempsey (Lewis & Clark), Rob Discher (Texas), Scott Erickson (UC-Santa Barbara), Aaron Ferguson (Auburn), Brett Flynn (Sonoma State), Craig Fuller (St Cloud State), Steve Harris (Indiana), Ed Jiloca (NYU), Jason Miltenberger (Missouri), Josh Saunders (Washington State), Gus Schmidt (Boston University), Jerrod Waller (Sonoma State), Andrew Windler (Texas)
MIDFIELD: Drew Burgoyne (Texas Christian), Brian Caron (Minnesota-Duluth), Brian Chirigos (Emory), Aaron Connelly (Virginia Tech), Brad Deans (New Hampshire), Brandon Glaza (Michigan State), George Hartman (Illinois), Adam Krumbholz (Boston University), Alan Kurpiewski (UCLA), Josh Lane (UC-Santa Barbara), Mac Mikkelson (Washington State), Jesse Modica (Colorado), Matt Resch (Georgia), Jesus Robles (Texas Tech), Will Smith (Vanderbilt), Billy Tackitt (Pacific Lutheran), Raoul Zaltsberg (Illinois)
DEFENSE: Mark Anderson (Texas Tech), Steve Bertling (Iowa State), Ian Bobberman (Utah Valley State), Tom Christian (Arizona), Marc Failer (Fort Lewis), Tom Fell (Indiana), Jon Finley (Washington State), Brian Finnvik (Minnesota-Duluth), Jay Haapala (Minnesota State-Mankato), Tyler Kreitz (California), Scott Lowe (Utah Valley State), Mike MacDonnell (Coast Guard Academy), Mike Schmidt (Minnesota State-Mankato), Thor Wilcox (Lewis&Clark), Jimmy Young (BYU)
GOAL: Domenico Alfieri (Texas A&M), Zach Swart (Minnesota-Duluth), Cale VanVelkinburgh (Colorado State).
