Lyle Thompson Named Lacrosse Magazine All-American
2015 Lacrosse Magazine Year-End All-Americans
BALTIMORE – Lyle Thompson has been selected as a member of the Lacrosse Magazine All-America Team at attack, the publication announced on Thursday.
Thompson, the 2015 Tewaaraton Trophy winner, also earned All-America honors from the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. He continues to earn awards for his stellar 2015 season, including USILA DI Player of the Year, America East Player of the Year and America East All-Conference First Team.
The senior attackman led all of Division I with 121 points, the second-highest single season mark in DI history. Thompson had a DI-best 69 assists, adding 52 goals and 44 ground balls. He led all of DI in points and assist per game, the former for the third season in a row.
Starting in all 19 games for UAlbany, Thompson scored multiple points in each contest, including 12 5+ point contests. He set new DI records in a career with 400 points and 225 assists and is the only player to earn multiple 100+ point seasons in DI, earning that feat three times.
Thompson and the Great Danes earned the America East Tournament and regular season titles for the third-consecutive season in 2015, defeating 8-seed Cornell to earn a second-consecutive trip to the NCAA Quarterfinals. UAlbany finished the year at 16-3, the winningest season in program history.
2015 Lacrosse Magazine Division I All-America Team
--Attack: Lyle Thompson, UAlbany, Wesley Berg, Denver, Kevin Rice, Syracuse
--Midfield: Connor Buczek, Cornell, Myles Jones, Duke, Sergio Perkovic, Notre Dame
--Specialists: Trevor Baptiste, Denver (FO), Larken Kemp, Brown (LSM), Will Haus, Duke (SSDM)
--Defense: Christian Burgdorf, Denver, Casey Ikeda, Maryland, Matt Landis, Notre Dame
--Goalkeeper: Kyle Bernlohr, Maryland
