NEW HAVEN, Conn. - - Forty-one (41) student-athletes on Thursday were named to the 2023 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men's Lacrosse All-Academic Team, as announced by Commissioner Dan Mara. Seven of the eight CACC schools that compete in the sport were represented on the All-Academic Team.
To be eligible for CACC All-Academic status, a student-athlete must: a) Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 at the end of immediate preceding term (may include summer for fall sport participants); b) Minimum of two semesters enrolled as full-time student at member institution; c) Student-athlete must be second-year student-athlete at member institution.
The Wildcats placed seven student-athletes on the Men's Lacrosse All-Academic Team, led by four-time honoree Zach Pancake. Pancake is only one of three student-athletes in the CACC to be a four-time honoree. The Wildcats also have three-time honoree Logan Stinson and two two-time honorees in Cole Bauer ad Jimmy Cava. Nick Bruhn, Joe Delgado, and Giovanni Marino are eligible for the squad for the first time in their careers.
CACC Champion Chestnut Hill College and playoff qualifier Post University led the way with eight honorees apiece. Regular season champion Georgian Court University and fellow CACC semifinalist Wilmington University were next with seven student-athletes making the academic unit. In all, the five playoff competing teams in the CACC this season combined for 33 All-Academic honorees (Dominican University w/ 3 honorees).
NOTES ON ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM:
- Two student-athletes posted perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point averages (Post's Niko Grollman and WilmU's Zach Pancake).
- Eight student-athletes notched GPAs of 3.90 or higher.
- Grollman, Pancake and GCU's Daniel Burnham were named to the CACC Academic squad for the fourth time in their respective careers.
- Seven were named to the CACC MLAX All-Academic Team for the third time in their respective careers.
- Twelve (12) were named to the unit for the second time in their respective careers.