May 27, 2010

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Navy senior midfielder Patrick Moran (Annapolis, Md.) and sophomore goalkeeper RJ Wickham (Penn Yan, N.Y.) were among the 88 student-athletes named to the 2010 USILA All-America teams announced Thursday morning.  Both first-time recipients of the honor, Moran and Wickham become the 270th and 271st different Midshipmen to garner the more than 425 All-America certificates in Navy lacrosse history.  Navy has had at least one player recognized on the All-America team since the award was first handed out in 1922 (89 years).

A three-time First-Team All-Patriot League midfielder, Moran was the 2010 recipient of the Coach William H. "Dinty" Moore Award which is presented to Navy's outstanding offensive player.  He paced the Mids this season with 38 points on a team-best 28 goals and 10 assists. Along the way, Moran produced a goal or an assist in 14 of the 15 games in his senior year, including goals in 12 contests.   

He was one of 23 players in Div. I lacrosse to post hat tricks in six or more games over the course of the season, including one of only six midfielders. His six hat tricks are the most by a Navy player since Ian Dingman finished the 2007 campaign with seven. Additionally, Moran is the first Navy midfielder to record six hat tricks since two-time All-American Adam Borcz in 2001. As was the case over the last few seasons, he played an instrumental role in the success of the Mids' extra-man unit. He leant his sharp-shooter skills to 15 of the Mids' 22 extra-man goals, punching in a team-best nine goals while assisting on six more.

Moran was also responsible for two of Navy's three game-winners in overtime in 2010, including Patriot League victories over Bucknell and Colgate. He is believed to be the first Navy player to record a pair of game-winning overtime goals in a single season.

Moran is on tap to graduate from the Naval Academy on Friday, where he will be commissioned an Ensign into the United States Navy.  His service assignment is surface warfare.  Additionally, Moran has been invited to take part in the 2010 MLL Warrior Major League Challenge & Collegiate Draft on June 6 in New Haven, Conn.

The 2010 Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year, Wickham enjoyed a spectacular season which has culminated in him being named an Honorable Mention All-American. On April 16, Wickham was named one of the 26 nominees for the 2010 Tewaaraton Trophy, recognized as the most prized award in college lacrosse. He was one of four goalkeepers on the list, joining Syracuse's John Galloway, Loyola's Jake Hagelin and Drexel's Mark Manos.

One of the highlights of the season was his 19-save performance against Loyola which marked the best effort by a Navy keeper since former Navy team captain Seth DiNola turned away 21 shots on goal in a losing effort against Penn State (5-4) on April 12, 2003.  It was one of 10 games this season in which Wickham reached double-figure saves.

Wickham stands No. 4 in the nation in save percentage, turning back 59.3 percent of the shots he's faced. Additionally, he's 12th in goals-against average, giving up 8.55 goals per contest. As a team, the Midshipmen are ranked No. 6 in saves per game, stopping 12.60 shots on goal. Wickham finished the 2010 campaign with 188 saves, the sixth-most saves in program history.  It's the most saves by a Navy player since Mickey Jarboe turned away 215 shots en route to winning the Kelly Award in 1999. He fell just 12 saves shy of becoming only the fourth player in the school's 103-year history of the sport to reach the 200-save milestone in a single season.
 
Remarkably, just two years into his career, he Wickham has already broken into the program's top 20 career saves leader board. After turning aside 17 shots against fourth-ranked Maryland (4-10), he become only the 19th player in school history to reach 200-career saves. With 230 saves, he stands 18th on the Mids' career leader board and is just nine short of being in the top 14.

At Navy's postseason banquet, Wickham was the recipient of the Lt. Robert T. Bianchi Award which is presented to the team's most valuable player.

Moran and Wickham were among six players representing the Patriot League to be selected to the All-America squads -- Army's Jeremy Boltus (HM, Attack), Army's Tom Palesky (HM, Goalkeeper), Bucknell's Austin Winter (HM, Attack) and Lafayette's Steve Serling (HM, Midfield).



2010 USILA All-Americans
First Team
Attack - Billy Bitter (North Carolina), Ned Crotty (Duke), Rob Pannell (Cornell)
Midfield - Shamel Bratton (Virginia), Kevin Crowley (Stony Brook), Michael Kimmel (Johns Hopkins), Joel White (Syracuse)
Defense - Ken Clausen (Virginia), Ryan Flanagan (North Carolina), John Lade (Syracuse)
Goalkeeper - John Galloway (Syracuse)
 
Second Team
Attack - Curtis Dickson (Delaware), Max Quinzani (Duke), Steele Stanwick (Virginia)
Midfield - Rhamel Bratton (Virginia), Brian Carroll (Virginia), Mike Chanenchuck (Princeton), Sean Delaney (North Carolina), Jeremy Thompson (Syracuse)
Defense - Brian Farrell (Maryland), Parker McKee (Duke), Chad Wiedmaier (Princeton)
Goalkeeper - Tyler Fiorito (Princeton)

Third Team
Attack - Grant Catalino (Maryland), Christian Daniello (Syracuse), Jordan McBride (Stony Brook)
Midfield - Martin Cahill (Delaware), Craig Costabile (Duke), Pierce Derkac (Cornell), Scott Kocis (Georgetown), Jovan Miller (Syracuse)
Defense - Diogo Godoi (Massachusetts), Michael Manley (Duke), Brett Schmidt (Maryland), Matt Tierney (Syracuse)
Goalkeeper - Adam Ghitelman (Virginia), Mark Manos (Drexel)

Honorable Mention
Attack - Chris Bocklet (Virginia), Jeremy Boltus (Army), Steven Boyle (Johns Hopkins), Jay Card (Hofstra), Tom Compitello (Stony Brook), Alex Demopoulos (Denver), Dean Gibbons (Harvard), Matt Gibson (Yale), Cody Jamieson (Syracuse), Stephen Keogh (Syracuse), Jamie Lincoln (Hofstra), Cooper MacDonnell (Loyola), Jack McBride (Princeton), Trevor Moore (Robert Morris), Thomas Muldoon (Brown), Austin Winter (Bucknell)
Midfield - Josh Amidon (Syracuse), Andrew Brancaccio (Georgetown), Zach Brenneman (Notre Dame), Jim Dunster (North Carolina), David Earl (Notre Dame), Tim Fallon (Hartford), Brian Karalunas (Villanova), Grant Krebs (Notre Dame), Patrick Moran (Navy), Tim Moran (VMI), Christian Pastirik (Towson), Justin Pennington (Rutgers), John Schiavone (Loyola), Logan Schuss (Ohio State), Steve Serling (Lafayette), Steven Waldeck (Stony Brook), Paul Webber (Villanova), Kyle Wimer (UMBC)
Defense - Max Feely (Cornell), Bill Henderson (Army), Casey Hingtgen (Dartmouth), Steve Layne (Loyola), Charlie McComas (North Carolina), Matt Murnane (Bryant), Chris Nixon (Georgetown), Ryan Nizolek (Virginia), Kevin Ridgeway (Notre Dame), Dillon Roy (Denver), Maxwell Schmidt (Maryland)
Goalkeeper - T.C. DiBartolo (Mount St. Mary's), Brent Herbst (Siena), Tom Palesky (Army), Brian Phipps (Maryland), Scott Rodgers (Notre Dame), RJ Wickham (Navy)


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