MELBOURNE, Fla. – [PDF] – Forty-six student-athletes have been recognized as All-Conference in the sixth year of Sunshine State Conference men’s lacrosse. Lynn University, regular season champions, boast nine All-SSC awards including Coach of the Year. Voting for the All-SSC Men’s Lacrosse Team was conducted among the league’s head coaches.
 
All-SSC History: SSC Players and Coaches of the Year | All-SSC Teams
 
Shortly after becoming the NCAA Division II leader in career goals, the University of Tampa’s Andrew Kew has been voted SSC Player of the Year by conference coaches. In 15 games for the Spartans, Kew tallied 81 points from 50 goals and 31 assists with a .365 shooting percentage. The senior attackman from Oakville, Ontario is the SSC leader in goals per game (3.33) and points per game (5.40) and is second in assists per game (2.07) and shots per game (9.13). Kew becomes the second Tampa athlete to be named league Player of the Year¹.
 
Gunner Gebelein from Palm Beach Atlantic University is awarded Freshman of the Year honors after starting in 16 games for the Sailfish this season. The Huntingtown, Maryland product shone brightly on the defensive end for PBA, ranking first in conference caused turnovers per game (2.44) and eighth in ground balls per game (5.25). Gebelein is the first male athlete from PBA to be named Freshman of the Year in the SSC², the first Sailfish to earn an individual award in lacrosse, and the first freshman defensive player to earn First Team All-SSC honors³.
 
SSC coaches select Lynn’s Brian Kingsbury as the 2019 SSC Coach of the Year. The first and only head coach of the Fighting Knights earns the honor after guiding the program to its first-ever double-digit win season (11-3). Under Kingsbury’s leadership, the Fighting Knights have risen to the No. 15  team in the USILA national poll, won their first SSC regular-season title, and will host in the conference postseason tournament. The honor is the second of his Kingsbury’s career⁴.
 
Kew highlights the repeated All-SSC award winners as he receives his fourth consecutive conference award,  which includes three straight First Team selections. Those athletes earning First or Second Team accolades for the third time in their careers are Jake Mosher McGraw (Tampa), Austen Lison (Florida Southern College), Dryden Brous (Lynn), Thomas Tatarian (Saint Leo University), and Logan Sweeney (Florida Tech).  In total, 15 of this year’s 32 upperclassmen award winners repeat as an All-SSC selection.
 
Player of the Year: Andrew Kew, Tampa
Freshman of the Year: Gunner Gebelein, Palm Beach Atlantic
Coach of the Year: Brian Kingsbury, Lynn
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2019 Men’s Lacrosse All-SSC First Team
ATT	Andrew Kew*~‡&	Tampa	Sr.	Oakville, Ontario
ATT	Charlie Kurtenbach^	Saint Leo	Sr.	Issaquah, Washington
ATT	Phil Buque	Saint Leo	Jr.	Whitby, Ontario
MID	Reid Chaconas^	Florida Tech	Jr.	Westminster, Maryland
MID	Xander Cosenza	Lynn	So.	Bay Shore, New York
MID	Jake Mosher McGraw*+	Tampa	Jr.	Saint John, New Brunswick
LSM	Austen Lison@+†	Florida Southern	Sr.	Leesburg, Virginia
FO	Ross Dickerson*	Tampa	Jr.	Berlin, Maryland
FO	Dryden Brous*~%	Lynn	Jr.	Ocean City, Maryland
DEF	Evan Schimek^	Rollins	Sr.	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
DEF	Jack Tyrrell	Tampa	Sr.	Medford, New Jersey
DEF	Gunner Gebelein	Palm Beach Atlantic	Fr.	Huntingtown, Maryland
GOAL	Thomas Tatarian*+	Saint Leo	Gr.	Shoreham, New York
SSDM	Julian Taylor^	Saint Leo	Sr.	Tampa, Florida
SSDM	Roy Hansen	Rollins	Sr.	Medford, New Jersey
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2019 Men’s Lacrosse All-SSC Second Team
ATT	Jeff Atlas	Florida Southern	Fr.	Islip, New York
ATT	Ryan Dunn	Rollins	Jr.	Ridgefield, Connecticut
ATT	Greg Taicher@+	Rollins	Sr.	Berwyn, Pennsylvania
MID	Nick McCabe	Lynn	So.	Boca Raton, Florida
MID	Kyle Silverstein	Florida Southern	Sr.	Smithtown, New York
MID	Logan Sweeney*+	Florida Tech	Sr.	Sykesville, Maryland
LSM	Ethan Ticehurst^	Saint Leo	Jr.	Coquitlam, British Columbia
FO	Ryan Land	Florida Tech	Sr.	Ellicott City, Maryland
DEF	Evan Kalish	Lynn	Sr.	Vero Beach, Florida
DEF	Greg Morissette	Lynn	Sr.	Woodstock, Ontario
DEF	Luke Robideaux	Tampa	Sr.	Lafayette, Louisiana
DEF	Collin Beck	Saint Leo	Jr.	North East, Maryland
GOAL	Colin McClelland	Lynn	Jr.	Ellicott City, Maryland
SSDM	Dan Luette	Lynn	So.	Orlando, Florida
SSDM	Gavin Perry	Tampa	Sr.	Raynham, Massachusetts
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2019 Men’s Lacrosse All-SSC Honorable Mention
ATT	Matt Vetter	Tampa	Sr.	Doylestown, Pennsylvania
LSM	Addison Abramson*~	Florida Tech	Sr.	Reisterstown, Maryland
DEF	Wyatt Todd	Rollins	Jr.	Randolph, New Jersey
GOAL	Daniel Flock^~	Florida Tech	Sr.	Ellicott City, Maryland
SSDM	Tyler Oblong	Florida Tech	Sr.	Cincinnati, Ohio
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2019 Men’s Lacrosse All-SSC Freshman Team
ATT	Jeff Atlas	Florida Southern	Fr.	Islip, New York
DEF	Gunner Gebelein	Palm Beach Atlantic	Fr.	Huntingtown, Maryland
ATT	Sean Nolan	Florida Southern	Fr.	Westchester, New York
ATT	Coleman Jacobs	Embry-Riddle	Fr.	Orchard Park, New York
ATT	Tyler Eames	Saint Leo	Fr.	Whitby, Ontario
MID	Mitch Cody	Embry-Riddle	Fr.	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
ATT	Caleb Wells	Lynn	Fr.	Woodstock, Ontario
ATT	Harry Kilkowski	Tampa	Fr.	Summit, New Jersey
SSDM	Rob Champigny	Rollins	Fr.	East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
GOAL	Will Eckert	Rollins	Fr.	Bristow, Virginia
SSDM	Peyton Tyson	Saint Leo	Fr.	Spanish Fort, Alabama
FO	Cam Reeves	Rollins	Fr.	Dallas, Texas
ATT	Jared Kane	Embry-Riddle	Fr.	Jacksonville, Florida

 
* = 2018 First Team
^ = 2018 Second Team
@ = 2018 Honorable Mention
% = 2017 Freshman of the Year
~ = 2017 First Team
+ = 2017 Second Team
& = 2016 Freshman of the Year
† = 2016 First Team
‡ = 2016 Second Team

¹ Tampa’s Conor Whipple earned Player of the Year in 2014, 2016, & 2017
² Earlier this year, Molly Rowoldt became the first from PBA to be named SSC Freshman of the Year (volleyball)
³Freshman First Teamers: 2016: Dryden Brous (Lynn); 2017: Austen Lison (FSC); 2014: Conor Whipple (Tampa), CJ Nichols (Florida Tech), Jake Vonarb (Rollins)
⁴ Kingsbury was named SSC Coach of the Year in 2015
⁵ Including Kew, Gebelein, and Brous, 11 other First Team, Second Team, and Honorable Mention athletes have been named to the Freshman of the Year team during their career