PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers men's lacrosse saw four student-athletes bestowed with honors as the Big Ten announced its all-conference awards this week. Cardin Stoller was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year, Shane Knobloch and Ross Scott were both named First Team All-Big Ten and Tommy Mendyke earned the Sportsmanship Award.

Stoller had a tremendous campaign as a redshirt freshman as RU's starting goalkeeper, posting a 10.98 goals-against-average, 53.8% save percentage and making 155 saves, along with 21 ground balls and three caused turnovers. The Owing Mills, Md. native was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week four times, most of anyone in the league. The Boys Latin product was also named Big Ten Specialist of the Week twice and was once tabbed for the USILA Team of the Week. Following a 19-save performance in a 10-9 win over UMass, Stoller was named the national Player of the Week by USA Lacrosse Magazine. He also posted 19 saves in a 9-7 win at No. 15 Michigan. Stoller had double-digit saves 10 times and was above 50% in save percentage seven times. Stoller stands third in the Big Ten in saves per game (11.92) and save percentage.

Stoller is the third Scarlet Knight to be named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year since RU became part of the league in 2015, joining teammate Shane Knobloch (2021) and Adam Charalambides (2016). Stoller is the eighth Rutgers' student-athlete to earn a major award from the Big Ten since 2015, joining the two Freshman winners, 2021 Specialist of the Year Colin Kirst, 2019 Co-Specialist of the Year Max Edelmann, 2018 Defensive Player of the Year Michael Rexrode, 2016 Offensive Player of the Year Scott Bieda and 2015 Specialist of the Year Joe Nardella.

Shane Knobloch and Ross Scott were named First Team All-Big Ten. Rutgers has now had multiple First Team All-Big Ten players in five of the past six seasons. The Scarlet Knights were one of just three teams to have multiple First Team All-Big Ten players, tying Penn State for the second most, and behind just league winner Johns Hopkins three selections.

Knobloch was the lone midfielder on the first team. Knobloch was named All-Big Ten for the third straight season, making his second appearance on the First Team after also appearing there in 2022, and having been Freshman of the Year in 2021. A member of the Top 25 Watch List for the Tewaaraton Award, Knobloch is fifth in the Big Ten with an average of 2.23 goals per game, the best rate of his career. The Moorestown, N.J. native leads the team with 29 goals in 13 games, just two shy of 100 goals for his career and three shy of tying his career-high in goals. Knobloch has also added 11 assists for 40 points. He has four man-up goals, second in the league, and also ranks ninth in the league in points per game (3.08). Knobloch has a goal-scoring streak of 22 games (dating back to last season) that is the 11^th longest in the nation and third longest in the Big Ten. This year, he has scored multiple goals in 11 of the 13 games, with five hat tricks. In conference play, he led the team with 10 goals and 15 assists.

Scott earns All-Big Ten honors for the third straight season, with his first appearance on the First Team. The attackman from West Linn, Ore. has a team-high 42 points, doing so on 19 goals and a team-high 23 assists. Appearing on the initial USILA Team of the Week, Scott has recorded multiple points in 12 games, multiple goals in six games, multiple assists in nine games, two hat tricks, and has five games this year with at least four points. A team captain alongside Knobloch, Scott is sixth in the Big Ten in assists per game (1.77), eighth in points per game (3.23) and 14^th in goals per game (1.46). In conference play, he had six goals and a team-best seven assists for 13 points.

Tommy Mendyke was named the team's Sportsmanship Award winner. A first-year starter on defense, the junior from Eden Prairie, Minn. had career-highs with 19 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers and earned a USILA Team of the Week selection on February 13 after four ground balls and three caused turnovers in a win at Stony Brook. Mendyke had six games with multiple ground balls and three games with multiple caused turnovers. He had six ground balls and three caused turnovers in the five Big Ten games.