Men's Lacrosse Has 20 Student-Athletes earn Academic All-Big Ten Honors

Men's Lacrosse Has 20 Student-Athletes earn Academic All-Big Ten Honors

Jun 01 | Men's Lacrosse

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Big Ten Conference recognized twenty Rutgers men's lacrosse student-athletes on the 2018 Spring Academic All-Big Ten list, as announced by the league office.

To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students must have been enrolled fulltime at the institution for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.

Rutgers' redshirt senior Christian Mazzone earned the accolade for the fourth time in his career. Seven players (Adam Charalambides, Austin Divitcos, Joe Francisco, Steve Hillenbrand, Liam King, Michael Rexrode and Casey Rose) earn the honor for the third time in their career. Four others (Mark Christiano, Max Edelmann, Alex Schoen and Connor Vercruysse) were recognized for a second time.

The 20 Academic All-Big Ten selections is a program record since joining the conference, improving on last year's mark of 16. In the four years as a Big Ten member, Rutgers has earned 65 Academic All-Big Ten selections.

Among the honorees are 11 seniors. This year's senior class, in addition to winning 35 games on the field in their careers, held a combined cumulative GPA over 3.0.

2018 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
Name	Year	Major	Selection
Adam Charalambides	Sr.	Supply Chain And Marketing Science	3rd
Mark Christiano	Jr.	Finance	2nd
Austin Divitcos	Sr.	Finance	3rd
Ben Dodson	Jr.	Labor Studies And Employment Relations	1st
Max Edelmann	Sr.	Labor Studies / Criminal Justice	2nd
Joe Francisco	Sr.	Economics	3rd
Brodie Gillespie	So.	Accounting	1st
Steve Hillenbrand	Sr.	Finance	3rd
Liam King	Sr.	Computer Science	3rd
Christian Mazzone	Sr.	Journalism And Media Studies	4th
Owen Mead	So.	Biological Sciences	1st
Garrett Michaeli	Jr.	Economics	1st
Kieran Mullins	So.	Biological Sciences	1st
Sam Oltmans	Jr.	Economics	1st
Michael Rexrode	Sr.	Civil Engineering	3rd
Casey Rose	Sr.	Marketing	3rd
Mark Schachte	So.	Finance	1st
Alex Schoen	Sr.	Communication	2nd
Jack Thompson	So.	Aerospace Engineering	1st
Connor Vercruysse	Sr.	Labor Studies And Employment Relations	2nd

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