MELBOURNE, Fla. – Andrew Kew earns the Sunshine State Conference offensive player of the week honors after his performance against the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish. The Spartans defeated the Sailfish 21-10 advancing their overall record to 12-5 on the 2019 season. 

Kew earns Offensive Player of the Week honors for his scoring prowess during Tampa’s 21-10 win over Palm Beach Atlantic University. Now with 248 career goals, The Oakville, Ontario native becomes the NCAA Division-II leader in career goals. This week against the Sailfish, the senior attacker had seven points from five goals and two assists, while picking up three ground balls.  He finishes the season leading the league in goals per game (3.33) and points per game (5.40). This honor places Kew third all-time in SSC weekly men’s lacrosse awards.

Athletes of the Week are chosen from a pool of nominees for their performances during the week of April 15 – 21, 2019. Athletes are nominated by Sports Information Directors of member institutions.

2019 SSC Men’s Lacrosse Winners (Offense; Defense; Specialist)
Feb. 4: Coleman Jacobs, Embry-Riddle; Lucas Fraser, Embry-Riddle; Ross Dickerson, Tampa
Feb. 11: Philip Buque, Saint Leo, Gunner Gebelein, Palm Beach Atlantic; Mark Urso, Embry-Riddle
Feb. 18: Andrew Kew, Tampa; Collin McClelland, Lynn; Dryden Brous, Lynn
Feb. 25: Jake Mosher McGraw, Tampa; B.J. Borowski, Tampa; Ross Dickerson, Tampa
Mar. 4: Sean Nola, Florida Southern; Daniel Flock, Florida Tech; Jordan Williams, Saint Leo
Mar. 11: Philip Buque, Saint Leo; Will Eckert, Rollins; Mark Urso, Embry-Riddle
Mar. 18: Andrew Kew, Tampa; Evan Schimek, Rollins; Ross Dickerson, Tampa
Mar. 25: Andrew Kew, Tampa; Austen Lison, Florida Southern; Ryan Land, Florida Tech
Apr. 1: Joe Appio, Florida Southern; Collin McClelland, Lynn; Ross Dickerson, Tampa
Apr. 8: Ryan Dunn, Rollins; Evan Schimek, Rollins; Ross Dickerson, Tampa
Apr. 15: Philip Buque, Saint Leo; Collin McClelland, Lynn; Dryden Brous, Lynn
Apr. 22: Andrew Kew, Tampa; Greg Morissette, Lynn; Dryden Brous, Lynn