ITHACA, N.Y. – Senior
Max Seibald became just the third Cornell men's lacrosse player in the history of the program to be named a four-time All-American when he was named a first-team selection this morning by the USILA. Joining Seibald on the first-team is senior defender
Matt Moyer, while senior midfielder
John Glynn earned a second-team nod. Rounding out the Big Red's All-Americans are a pair of attackman – freshman attackman
Rob Pannell (third-team) and junior
Ryan Hurley (honorable mention).
Seibald, a two-time Tewaaraton Trophy finalist, has been named first-team All-American for the past three seasons, after earning a second-team selection as a freshman. He joins Paul Schimoler '89 and Ryan McClay '03 as the only Big Red men's lacrosse players to earn four All-American honors during his career. Seibald is also the only men's lacrosse player in the history of the Ivy League to be named a four-team first-team All-Ivy selection. He has racked up 137 career points, the most ever by a Big Red midfielder, and has proven to be one of the most consistent players in the country, having registered at least one point in 57 of his 60 career games. One of the premier players in the nation, Seibald ranks second on the team with 25 goals and third overall with 34 points and has 41 ground balls to his credit and has won 19-of-40 face-offs (.475) this season.
Moyer caps his senior season with the third All-American selection of his career after garnering honorable mention accolades following both his junior and sophomore seasons. He is a two-time first-team All-Ivy selection and opened the season on the Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List. The Big Red's top cover defenseman, he gained notoriety earlier this season after holding Virginia's Danny Glading to just one assist. Moyer routinely covers the opponent's top offensive threat and for the season, he has collectively held that group to .61 points below their season average. Moyer has seen action in all but one contest during his career and this season he has picked up 30 ground balls and caused eight turnovers.
A two-time Tewaaraton Trophy nominee, Glynn was named second-team All-American for the third time in his career. He is a three-time first-team All-Ivy selection hand has been a force in the Big Red midfield all year long, ranking third on the team with 20 goals and fourth overall with 27 points. He registered his 100th career point earlier this season and despite fracturing his elbow midway through the year, he continues to be one of the dominant face-off men in the country, ranking fourth in win percentage (.529) and fourth in ground balls per game (6.5). Glynn was named Ivy League Player of the Week twice this season, after helping the Big Red to victories over Army and Princeton.
The Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Pannell earns the first All-American nod of his career. He is currently ranked third in the nation in assists per game (2.53 apg) and fifth in the country in points per game (3.93 pgp). Earlier this season, Pannell surpassed Greenhalgh's Cornell rookie record for points in a season (42), as he currently leads the team with 59 points. Just five games into the season, he set the Cornell freshman record for assists in a single season, a mark previously held by Seibald (14 in 2006). Pannell currently leads the team with 38 assists. In his very first collegiate game against Binghamton, he scored three goals and registered four assists for seven total points. With that performance, he set a Cornell record for assists by a freshman in a single-game, surpassing Pat Dutton (three assists vs. Delaware in 1996) and Seibald (three assists vs. Binghamton in 2006). He also matched the school mark for points by a rookie in a single-game, tying Michael Egan. Pannell then surpassed his own record with five assists vs. Harvard on April 4. He was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week twice.
After another outstanding season on attack, Hurley was named honorable mention All-American for the second time of his career. A second-team All-Ivy performer, he leads the Cornell offense with 41 goals on the season, becoming just the fifth player in Cornell history to register 40 goals in back-to-back seasons. He currently ranks sixth in the country in goals per game (2.67) and is 24th in the nation in points per game (3.13 ppg). Hurley has also picked up 41 ground balls on the season
For a complete list of USILA All-Americans, click here.
