July 5, 2006
Greensboro, N.C. -
Eight Maryland men's lacrosse players were named to the inaugural All-ACC Academic Men's Lacrosse team, which was announced today by Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John D. Swofford.
All four league schools competing in men's lacrosse are represented on the inaugural team with Duke, Maryland and Virginia each placing eight student-athletes on the team followed by North Carolina with six selections to the academic squad.
To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during his academic career.
Senior's Brendan Healy and David Tamberrino of Maryland were honored on the squad after leading the Terrapins to a berth in the semifinals of the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship. Both Healy and Tamberrino were named to the CoSIDA Academic District II All-America first team. Healy started all 17 games for the Terps tallying 21 goals and 11 assists. He ranked third on the team in shots with 100. Tamberrino led the league in face-off percentage won with a .587 success rate winning 145 of a total 247 face-offs. The senior finance and general business major played in 16 games for Maryland posting an assist and a team-leading 62 groundballs.
Other Terps making the team were seniors Ryan Lang, Brent Hargest and Scott Slosson, and sophomores Drew Evans, Zach Hinton and Jeff Reynolds.
2006 All-ACC Academic Men's Lacrosse Team
Ryan Blair, North Carolina Sr. Economics
Michael Catalino, Duke Fr. Undeclared
Joshua Coveleski, Duke So. History
Michael Culver, Virginia Sr. English
Drew Evans, Maryland So. Letters & Sciences
Adam Fassnacht, Virginia Jr. Cognitive Science
Daniel Flannery, Duke Sr. History
John Giannone, Virginia Fr. Undeclared
Brent Hargest, Maryland Sr. Finance
Brendan Healy, Maryland Sr. Marketing
Kyle Henderson, North Carolina Sr. Political Science
Zach Hinton, Maryland So. Letters & Sciences
Frederick Krom, Duke Jr. History
Ryan Lang, Maryland Sr. Finance
Sean Link, North Carolina Sr. Management
Jared Little, Virginia Gr. Education
Robert McAuley, North Carolina Fr. Undeclared
Anthony McDevitt, Duke Jr. History
Michael Munnelly, No.Carolina So. Business
Nicholas O'Hara, Duke Jr. Economics
Matthew Poskay, Virginia Sr. Commerce
Jeff Reynolds, Maryland So. Letters & Sciences
Benjamin Rubeor, Virginia So. Undeclared
Scott Slosson, Maryland Sr. Marketing
David Tamberrino, Maryland Sr. Finance/General Business
Bruce Thompson, Duke Sr. History
Drew Thompson, Virginia Jr. Cognitive Science
Matthew Ward, Virginia Sr. Commerce
David Werry, North Carolina Sr. Economics
Matthew Zash, Duke Sr. Economics
