5 MAAC MEN's LACROSSE NAMED TO TEWAARATON AWARD WATCH LIST
MAAC Sports
Edison, NJ - Five
MAAC Men's Lacrosse student-athletes were named on the Tewaaraton Award Watch
List which includes the top players across all three divisions of NCAA lacrosse
and highlight the early contenders for the 2013 Tewaaraton Award. Among those selected are Canisius College's Tim Edwards, University of
Detroit Mercy's Shayne Adams, Marist College's Connor Rice, Manhattan College's Sean McMahon and Siena College's Danny Martinsen.
Edwards, from Jamesville, New York, was named 2012 MAAC Rookie of
the Year and named to the All-MAAC Second team in 2012. Last season, he netted
the game-winning goal in the MAAC Championship against Siena, scoring with 1:46
remaining in the 10-9 victory. He also ranked fourth among freshman midfielders
in the country with 2.29 points per game.
Adams, a native of St. Catharines Ontario, was selected to
the 2012 All-MAAC second team. He was also named his team's Offensive Player of
the Year last season. In 2012, Adams led Detroit with 33 goals and tied for
fourth most in the MAAC and ranked 24th nationally in goals per game
with 2.2.
Rice, a native of Penfield, New York, was named to the Tewaaraton
Award Watch List and received Preseason All-American Honorable Mention last
season. He led the team in scoring in the 2012 season, scoring 17 goals, tying
for second on the team, and recorded a team-high 26 assists for 43 points while
finishing sixth in the MAAC with 3.07 points per game.
McMahon, a native of
New Milford, Connecticut, has been a staple of the Jaspers defense in his
first two seasons in Riverdale. Last season he finished fifth on the
team in ground balls while also tying for fourth in caused turnovers.
This year, the long-pole is tops among position players in ground balls
and first on the team in caused turnovers. He has also been worked into
the rotation as a face off man.
Martinsen, from Smithtown, New York, was selected as the 2013
MAAC Preseason Player of the Year by the MAAC Men's Lacrosse coaches. He was named to the 2012 All-MAAC Tournament
team and 2012 All-MAAC First team. Recently, he was chosen as a candidate for the
Senior CLASS Award.
The Tewaaraton Award annually honors the top male and top
female college lacrosse player in the United States.
The selection committees are made up of top collegiate
coaches and are appointed annually by The Tewaaraton Foundation. Committees
will make additions to these lists as the season progresses and athletes earn a
spot along side these elite players.
Both lists will be narrowed to 25 men's and women's nominees
in late April. In mid-May, five men's and five women's finalists will be
announced. These finalists will be invited to Washington, D.C. for the 13th
annual Tewaaraton Award Ceremony, May 30 at the Smithsonian Institution's
National Museum of the American Indian.