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In Which Our Hero Selects All-America Teams


As the season winds to a close, thoughts turn to identifying and recognizing players who had outstanding seasons. I've probably watched at least 40 games this season, and have seen most of the obvious candidates for All-America recognition at least once. I've also used the invaluable laxpower.com Player Impact Ratings, despite a couple of minor quibbles I have with their formulas, to sort out a number of close calls and separate myth and reality. I expect to be loudly berated by Syracuse, North Carolina, and Notre Dame fans, but such is life.

Herewith, one idiot's view of the best players of 2013.

First Team

A: Marcus Holman, North Carolina; Rob Pannell, Cornell; Lyle Thompson, Albany

OM: Wesley Berg, Denver; JoJo Marasco, Syracuse; Tom Schreiber, Princeton

LSM: John LoCascio, Villanova

SSDM: Will Haus, Duke; Josh Hawkins, Loyola

FO: Kevin Massa, Bryant

D: Peter Johnson, Yale; Thomas Keith, Cornell; Scott McWilliams, Virginia

G: Dillon Ward, Bellarmine

Second Team

A: Kieran McArdle, St. John's; Steve Mock, Cornell; Jordan Wolf, Duke

OM: Connor Buczek, Cornell; David Dickson, Bucknell; Jesse King, Ohio State

LSM: Scott Ratliff, Loyola

SSDM: Ryan Creighton, North Carolina; Pat Laconi, Loyola

FO: Brendan Fowler, Duke

D: Steven Bogert, Penn State; Tyler Knarr, Georgetown; Michael McCormick, Yale

G: Austin Kaut, Penn State

Player of the Year: Lyle Thompson, Albany

Specialist of the Year: Kevin Massa, Bryant

Freshman of the Year: Matt Kavanaugh, Notre Dame

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