Moon Township, Pa. – The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) announced this past week the 2023 Academic Team Awards, presented by Blatant Lacrosse.
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The RMU men's lacrosse program was selected, as the team, earned a GPA of over 3.0.
This past season, under the leadership of head coach
Craig McDonald in his second year, the team earned this prestigious award.
Across the roster, 33 student-athletes made the ASUN Honor Roll in the 2023 season for earning a 3.0 GPA or higher in the 2022 Fall Semester and 2023 Spring Semester.
Overall, the team had a 3.35 GPA and 14 players received Dean's List honors at RMU. A total of six players had a perfect 4.0 GPA in the Fall Semester.
Leading the way for the Colonials in the classroom was Senior
James Christoforatos, as he was named to the 2022-23 Academic All-America® At-Large Third Team, as selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC). A native of Pickering, Ontario, is the first lacrosse student-athlete in athletic department history to be named a CSC Academic All-American. Christoforatos was also named to the ASUN All-Academic Team.
As a team, the Colonials succeeded on and off the field. During the 2023 campaign, RMU posted an 8-8 overall record and beat Jacksonville 9-8 in the ASUN Quarterfinal round. Fifth-year players
Taggart Clark and
Owen Down also received ASUN All-Conference Second Team awards.
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