CSAC Announces Men's Lacrosse End-of-Year Awards for 2023
VILLANOVA, Pa. - The Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) is proud to announce the 2023 All-CSAC Men’s Lacrosse team. The team, composed of players from all four CSAC institutions that sponsor men’s lacrosse, was voted upon by the coaches in the league.
The team includes All-CSAC honorees as well as Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year, and All-Sportsmanship honorees. The student-athletes were nominated by their coaches and voted upon by the conference’s four head coaches who were not permitted to vote for their own players.
Player of the Year went to Rosemont College graduate student
Mason Dennis (North Wales, PA / Frankford HS). The midfielder was all over the CSAC leaderboards on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball, finishing on the offensive side 3
rd with 58 Total Points, 4
th with 4.14 Points per Game, 5
th in Total Goals with 32, 6
th in Goals per Game with 2.29, 2
nd in Total Assists with 26, and 3
rd in Assists per Game with 1.86. Defensively, Dennis was 3
rd in the CSAC with 25 total Caused Turnovers, with a 1.79 Caused Turnover per game average, and 3
rd in Ground Balls (85) and Ground Balls per Game with 6.07. Dennis was previously named All-CSAC in 2022 (Second Team) and 2021 (Honorable Mention).
Defensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year went to Keystone College first-year
Cody Dembski (Agoura Hills, CA / Agoura HS). Dembski had a big first season in CSAC play leading the conference in Ground Balls with 163 and Ground Balls per Game with a 12.54 per game average. The Ground Balls per Game average is good for 4
th in NCAA Division III. Dembski also has a .687 Face-Off Winning Percentage, good for 9
th in NCAA Division III. This is the first CSAC Men’s Lacrosse Rookie of the Year and first Defensive Player of the Year for Keystone College and second First-Team honoree in program history (Gabe Reyes in 2022).
Coach of the Year was awarded to
Jack Crawford from Bryn Athyn College. This is the first CSAC Coach of the Year nod for Crawford who has numerous Coach of the Year awards at the high school level. In his third full season in charge, Crawford led the Lions back to the playoffs ultimately earning the #3 seed in the CSAC Men’s Lacrosse Tournament.
2022-2023 All-CSAC Men’s Lacrosse
Player of the Year: Mason Dennis, Rosemont
Defensive Player of the Year: Cody Dembski, Keystone
Rookie of the Year: Cody Dembski, Keystone
Coach of the Year: Jack Crawford, Bryn Athyn
FIRST TEAM
| NAME |
SCHOOL |
YR |
POSITION |
HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL |
| Jonathan Balsamo |
Cairn |
Jr. |
Attack |
Long Island, NY / Eastport South Manor |
| Navarro Blakes |
Rosemont |
Jr. |
Attack |
PG County, MD / Northwestern HS |
| Jamal White |
Bryn Athyn |
Jr. |
Attack |
Philadelphia, PA / Springfield Township HS |
| Mason Dennis |
Rosemont |
Gr. |
Midfielder |
North Wales, PA / Frankford HS |
| Ryan Smith |
Keystone |
FY |
Midfielder |
Warrington, PA / Central Bucks South |
| Greg Wever |
Rosemont |
Jr. |
Midfielder |
Leesburg, VA / Loudoun Valley HS |
| Cody Dembski |
Keystone |
FY |
Face Off / Midfield |
Agoura Hills, CA / Agoura HS |
| Tim Ragan |
Bryn Athyn |
Sr. |
Long Stick Mid |
Philadelphia, PA / New Foundations Charter |
| Ryan Ovecka |
Bryn Athyn |
Sr. |
Short Stick Defense |
Philadelphia, PA / Father Judge HS |
| Dylan Fesmire |
Bryn Athyn |
FY |
Defense |
Hatboro, PA / Hatboro-Horsham HS |
| Angel Rodriguez |
Keystone |
Sr. |
Defense |
Islip, NY / Islip HS |
| Qion Roycroft |
Cairn |
So. |
Defense |
Baltimore, MD / Woodlawn HS |
| Nico Cione |
Cairn |
So. |
Goalie |
Yardley, PA / Pennsbury HS |
ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM
| NAME |
SCHOOL |
YR |
HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL |
| Aaron Clark |
Bryn Athyn |
Sr. |
Philadelphia, PA / Philadelphia Academy Charter |
| Adain Holliday |
Cairn |
FY |
Manhattan, NY / Murry Bergtraum HS |
| Noah Lance |
Keystone |
Jr. |
Scranton, PA / Scranton HS / PA Cyber |
| Mason Dennis |
Rosemont |
Gr. |
North Wales, PA / Frankford HS |