Garcia, Mattheisen Earn Third NCAA Men's Division III All-America Honors
Posted by NSCAA on Dec 15, 2011 in Awards 0 Comments
Seniors Zach Garcia (Trinity [Texas]/Dallas, Texas) and Winston Mattheisen (Christopher Newport/Williamsburg, Va.) earned their third selections with the announcement of the 2011 NSCAA/Continental Tires NCAA Men's Division III All-America Team.
Five other players received recognition for the second time: Eric Anderson (Babson/Scituate, Mass.), Vinny Bell (Case Western/Parma Heights, Ohio), Sam DeMello (St. Lawrence/Easthampton, Mass.), Micah Rose (Swarthmore/Williston, Vt.) and Travis Wall (Ohio Wesleyan/Columbus, Ohio). Three teams placed three players each on the squad: Babson, Christopher Newport and Luther.
The 39 athletes will be recognized at the annual All-America Luncheon, to be held in the Kansas City Convention Center's Grand Ballroom on Saturday, Jan. 14, in conjunction with the 2012 NSCAA Convention in Kansas City, Mo.
2011 NSCAA/Continental Tires NCAA Men's Division III All-America Team
| First Team | ||||||
| Pos. | Name | Class | School | Hometown | ||
| K | Steve O'Meara | Sr. | Luther | Darien, Ill | ||
| D | Alex Laird | Jr. | St. Lawrence | Monroe, N.Y. | ||
| D | Mark Lavery | Sr. | Oglethorpe | Woodstock, Ga. | ||
| D | Sean Moriarty | Jr. | Christopher Newport | Yorktown, Va. | ||
| M | Cody Costakis | Sr. | Washington (Mo.) | Edgewood, Wash. | ||
| M | Sam DeMello* | Jr. | St. Lawrence | Easthampton, Mass. | ||
| M | Zach Garcia** | Sr. | Trinity (Texas) | Dallas, Texas | ||
| F | Eric Anderson* | Jr. | Babson | Scituate, Mass. | ||
| F | Brian Lybert | Sr. | Christopher Newport | Honolulu, Hawaii | ||
| F | David Rosenthal | So. | St. Olaf | Burnsville, Minn. | ||
| F | Travis Wall* | Sr. | Ohio Wesleyan | Columbus, Ohio | ||
| Second Team | ||||||
| K | Nathan Sprenkel | Sr. | DePauw | Zionsville, Ind. | ||
| D | Curtis Fornarotto | Sr. | Drew | Ewing, N.J. | ||
| D | Michael Olson | Sr. | Luther | Downers Grove, Ill. | ||
| D | Phil Vestergaard | Sr. | Williams | St. Petersburg, Fla. | ||
| D | Niro Wimalase | Sr. | Case Western | Mason, Ohio | ||
| M | Cory Dobkins | Sr. | Ohio Northern | Dublin, Ohio | ||
| M | James Garcia-Prats | So. | Luther | Houston, Texas | ||
| M | Kristoffer Grahn | Sr. | North Park | Tibro, Sweden | ||
| M | Rory O'Neill | Jr. | Wesleyan | Silver Springs, Md. | ||
| M | Alex Oesewin | Sr. | Thomas More | Louisville, Ky. | ||
| F | Vinny Bell* | Sr. | Case Western | Parma Heights, Ohio | ||
| F | Matt Fechter | Jr. | Colorado College | Westfield, N.J. | ||
| F | Jamal Howard | Sr. | Albertus Magnus | West Haven, Conn. | ||
| F | Sam Meyer | Sr. | DePauw | Northfield, Ill. | ||
| Third Team | ||||||
| K | Peter Crowley | Sr. | Babson | Lexington, Mass. | ||
| D | Kevin Brown | Sr. | Montclair State | Wayne, N.J. | ||
| D | Miles Colago | Sr. | Calvin | Anoka, Minn. | ||
| D | Taylor Ferry | Sr. | Dickinson | Wyndmoor, Pa. | ||
| D | Jake Urbaniak | Sr. | Univ of Texas Tyler | Foresthill, Teas | ||
| M | Jonathan Balfour | Sr. | DeSales | London, England | ||
| M | Micah Rose* | Sr. | Swarthmore | Williston, Vt. | ||
| M | Dylan Stone | Sr. | Ohio Wesleyan | Easton, Conn. | ||
| M | Max Walker | Sr. | Babson | Newton, Mass. | ||
| F | Eric Fortier | Jr. | Oneonta | Pleasant Valley, N.Y. | ||
| F | Winston Mattheisen** | Sr. | Christopher Newport | Willilamsburg, Va. | ||
| F | Pat McLean | Sr. | Washington (Mo.) | Kingswood, Texas | ||
| F | Corey Sindle | So. | Randolph | Gloucester, Va. | ||
| F | Clint Vatterrodt | Sr. | Rose Hulman | Bloomington, Ill. | ||
* indicates repeat selection
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BY Carlos Medina on Aug 28, 7:58PM
Me parecio muy interesante el articulo y lamento no haber podido participar de la conferencia ya que los temas fueron muy interesantes. Existe algun video de esta conferencia para poder ver? Gracias y saludos!
BY Raymond Ford on Aug 9, 3:56PM
Hi Eric, email me rayford1973@hotmail.com as I am now in Louisiana not Curry college Mass. popping over to twin cities this month. FORDY
BY Peter Wiggins on Aug 7, 7:15PM
I wish someone uploaded a legible copy of the Bob Gansler & Tony DiCiccio presentations at The Orlando event. I was there, it was awesome, and now I can't read my diagram/notes as to how the ball/players move!