Big Ten Reveals Males’s Lacrosse Submit Season Honors

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference launched its particular person award winners, All-Big Ten groups and Sportsmanship Award recipients for males’s lacrosse on Wednesday. 

Johns Hopkins’ Matt Collison and Oran Gelinas have been chosen as Offensive Player of the Year and Specialist of the Year, respectively. Ohio State’s Cullen Brown was named Defensive Player of the Year and Penn State’s Jack Iannantuono was tabbed Freshman of the Year. Peter Milliman of Johns Hopkins was named Coach of the Year. 

Ohio State produced each a conference-high 5 All-Big Ten and three All-Big Ten Freshman choices. The 10-member first, second, and freshmen groups, together with the person awards, have been voted on by convention head coaches. 

Collison turns into the primary Johns Hopkins participant to win Offensive Player of the Year since 2015, the primary yr the award was handed out. The senior midfielder has been very important in serving to the Blue Jays declare a share of their third Big Ten title in 4 years. He recorded 36 factors this season, together with 24 targets and 12 assists. In all eight of the Blue Jays’ wins, Collison recorded three or extra factors. He was additionally named a nominee for the 
Tewaaraton Award on Saturday
, given to the perfect participant in faculty lacrosse. 

Gelinas turns into the Blue Jays’ first Big Ten Specialist of the Year award winner, and the fourth goalie in a row to win the award. The senior was a gentle presence within the web in convention play to assist lead the Blue Jays to an everyday season title, as he led the convention with 13.4 saves per sport. Gelinas received 4 Big Ten Specialist of the Week awards this season, together with one on March 31 for recording a conference-high 19 saves towards Rutgers. 

Brown, a senior, has been an integral a part of a Buckeyes protection that has allowed an NCAA and Big Ten low of 7.08 targets per sport on the season. To assist the Buckeyes to their second-consecutive share of the Big Ten title, he has tallied a conference-best 25 triggered turnovers in common season play. Against Johns Hopkins, Brown recorded 5 floor balls and 4 triggered turnovers whereas serving to maintain Offensive Player of the Year Collison to his solely pointless sport of the season. Brown turns into the Buckeyes’ first Defensive Player of the Year since Robby Haus received the award in 2016.  

As a freshman, Iannantuono performed a key position in the Nittany Lions’ share of the common season title. He tallied 16 targets and 16 assists. His 32 factors have been greatest amongst freshman and ninth greatest within the league this season. He turns into the second-consecutive Nittany Lion to win the award. 

Milliman led Johns Hopkins to a share of its third common season title after defeating Maryland 9-8 in Baltimore on April 18. The Blue Jays went 3-2 in the course of the convention marketing campaign to earn the No. 1 seed within the Big Ten Tournament and are ranked sixth nationally by USILA. 

The Big Ten additionally acknowledged six Sportsmanship Award honorees. The college students chosen are people who’ve distinguished themselves by sportsmanship and moral habits. These college students should even be in good educational standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outdoors of the sports-competition setting. 

The Big Ten Tournament begins Saturday with quarterfinal matches at Maryland and Ohio State. The semifinals and championship video games can be performed April 30 and May 2 in Piscataway, N.J.  

2026 BIG TEN MEN’S LACROSSE AWARDS 

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: 
Matt Collison, Sr., M, Johns Hopkins 

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: 
Cullen Brown, Sr., D, Ohio State 

SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR: 
Oran Gelinas, Sr., G, Johns Hopkins 

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: 
Jack Iannantuono, Fr., A, Penn State 

COACH OF THE YEAR: 
Peter Milliman, Johns Hopkins 

ALL-BIG TEN FIRST TEAM: 
MATT COLLISON, Sr., M, Johns Hopkins 
Oran Gelinas, Sr., G, Johns Hopkins 
AJ LARKIN, Sr., D, Maryland 
Henry Dodge, Sr., FO, Maryland 
Leo Johnson, Grad., A, Maryland 
Rowan Clay, Jr., D, Michigan 
Caleb Fyock, Jr., G, Ohio State 
Cullen Brown, Sr., D, Ohio State 
Alex Ross, Sr., D, Penn State 
Joe Juengerkes, Grad., SSDM, Rutgers 

ALL-BIG TEN SECOND TEAM: 
Carson Brown, Sr., D, Johns Hopkins 
Hunter Chauvette, Jr., A, Johns Hopkins 
Eric Spanos, Grad., A, Maryland 
Nick Roode, Jr., A, Michigan 
Blake Eiland, Sr., DM, Ohio State 
Jack Oldman, Jr., FO, Ohio State 
Kyle Foster, Jr., D, Ohio State 
Jon King, Sr., SSDM, Penn State 
Cardin Stoller, R-Jr., G, Rutgers 
Colin Kurdyla, Jr., A, Rutgers 

ALL-BIG TEN FRESHMAN TEAM: 
Parker Sorenson, D/LSM, Johns Hopkins 
MATT HIGGINS, A, Maryland 
ADAM UDELL, A, Michigan 
LUKE SHANNEHAN, D, Michigan 
Khalif Hocker, A, Ohio State 
Matt Mayfield, FO, Ohio State 
Jake Struck, M, Ohio State 
JACK IANNANTUONO, A, Penn State 
Preston Hawkins, G, Penn State 
Dylan Finder, SSDM, Rutgers 

BIG TEN SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS:
Carson Brown, Sr., D, Johns Hopkins 
Trace Davidson, Sr., D, Maryland 
Jack Welcsh, Grad., M, Michigan 
Griffin Liedel, Sr., LSM, Ohio State 
Mark Mckeon, Sr., SSDM, Penn State 
Ben McKelvy, Grad., D, Rutgers 

ALL CAPS signifies unanimous choices