MINNEAPOLIS-- The Midwest Lacrosse Conference (MLC) awards have been announced for the 2023 season. All awards are voted on by the league's head coaches.
The University of Dubuque's Aidan Culligan and Cornell College's Kyle Jussila were named the Offensive Player of the Year. The University of Dubuque's Ryan Doyle was named the Defensive Player of the Year for the second-straight year and Lake Forest's Brendan Herbert earned Rookie of the Year.
Lake Forest College's Phil Dodson was named the Coach of the Year by his peers. The Foresters won their first MLC regular season championship and finished with an undefeated record in league play (5-0).
The complete awards listing appears below.
Offensive Players of the Year: Aidan Culligan, Dubuque & Kyle Jussila, Cornell
Defensive Player of the Year: Ryan Doyle, Dubuque
Rookie of the Year: Brendan Herbert, Lake Forest
Coach of the Year: Phil Dodson, Lake Forest
First-team
|
Aidan Culligan* |
So. |
A |
Dubuque |
|
Kyle Jussila + ^ |
Sr. |
A |
Cornell |
|
Ben Farraday + |
Sr. |
A |
Dubuque |
|
Trip Gaston |
So. |
M |
Lake Forest |
|
Sam Todd |
So. |
M |
Dubuque |
|
Tyler Johnson |
Fr. |
M |
Dubuque |
|
Ryan Doyle + |
So. |
D |
Dubuque |
|
Jack GIllard |
So. |
D |
Lake Forest |
|
Quentin Evans + |
Jr. |
D |
Dubuque |
|
Conor Murphy + |
So. |
LSM |
Lake Forest |
|
Gordon Kiesgen + % |
Sr. |
FO |
Monmouth |
|
Ryan Adkins |
Jr. |
FO |
Northwestern |
|
Connor Tartaglione * |
So. |
SSD |
Lake Forest |
|
Thomas Cook |
So. |
G |
Cornell |
Second-team
|
Bode Rubright |
So. |
A |
Lake Forest |
|
Brendan Herbert |
Fr. |
A |
Lake Forest |
|
Giovanni Silva + |
So. |
A |
Dubuque |
|
Bobby Ojascastro |
Sr. |
M |
Lake Forest |
|
Sam Moses # |
So. |
M |
Northwestern |
|
So. |
M |
Northland |
|
|
Aidan Hood # ^ |
Sr. |
D |
Northland |
|
Simon Colby |
Fr. |
D |
Lake Forest |
|
Jakob Montesi |
Jr. |
D |
Northwestern |
|
So. |
LSM |
Northland |
|
|
Khoa Vu # ^ |
Sr. |
SSD |
Northwestern |
|
Robert McHenry |
Jr. |
G |
Northwestern |
|
Andrew Widlar |
So. |
G |
Lake Forest |
*There was a tie for the final goalie spot
Honorable Mention
Attack: John Casey, Lake Forest; Kyle Parker, Northland
Midfield: Thomas Alderson, Northwestern; Kyle Hephner, Dubuque
Defense: Justin Daly, Dubuque; Torii Greiskalns, Cornell
All-Sportsmanship
Cornell: Joshua Pfeiffer
Dubuque: Brendan Yamanaka
Lake Forest: Winston Stock
Monmouth: Gavin Conway
Northland: Avery Roerick
Northwestern: Jard Schultz
Previous Honors
+ 2022 First-team All-Conference
# 2022 Second-team All-Conference
* 2022 Honorable Mention
^ 2021 First-team All-Conference
% 2021 Second-team All-Conference
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