Westwood, Mass. (May 3) – The MIT men's lacrosse team generated a program-record 22 NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team selections, eclipsing the previous mark of 20 that was established last year. In addition, the Engineers extended their streak to nine straight years with the highest total in the league.
 
The list is comprised of 78 student-athletes who earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale or 4.35 on a 5.0 scale after the 2021 fall semester, achieved second-year academic status at their institution, and been a member of the varsity team for the entire season.
 
MIT Honorees
Luke Chapman (So., Houston, Texas)
Teddy Corcoran (Jr., Harrison, N.Y.)
Lukas Drexler-Bruce (Sr., Denver, Colo.)
Ben Dwyer (Sr., Baldwinsville, N.Y.)
Ryan Gebhardt (Graduate student, Baldwinsville, N.Y.)
Andrew Johnson (Jr., Dover, Mass.)
Tory Lentine (Jr., Flemington, N.J.)
Joseph Lupo (So., Bedford, N.H.)
Devin McCabe (Jr., New Castle, N.H.)
Jack McCordic (So., Medfield, Mass.)
Liam Miller (Sr., Pasadena, Calif.)
Heath Nilsen (So., Carlsbad, Calif.)
Andrew Palleiko (Jr., Hopkinton, Mass.)
Logan Paterson (Jr., Silver Spring, Md.)
Eric Pence (Graduate student, Portland, Ore.)
Chris Perrino (Jr., Yorktown Heights, N.Y.)
Teague Rice (So., Suffern, N.Y.)
Andy Shin (Sr., San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bennett Stankovits (So., Rumson, N.J.)
Gavin Vandenberg (Sr., Elmhurst, Ill.)
David Vapnek (Jr., San Diego, Calif.)
Logan Vawter (Sr., Oakland, Calif.)
 
Pence received his fourth award while Drexler-Bruce, Dwyer, Miller, Shin and Vandenberg qualified for the third time. Corcoran, Johnson, Lentine, McCabe, Palleiko, Paterson, Perrino, Vapnek, and Vawter were repeat honorees.
 
Nationally-ranked No. 14 and top-seeded MIT returns to action on Wednesday, May 4 when it hosts No. 4 seed Babson College in the semifinals of the NEWMAC Tournament at 7:00 p.m.
 
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