PERRY, N.Y. – Cornell freshman Jeff Teat was named an honorable mention All-American selection by the USILA on Wednesday. He is just the fifth freshman in Cornell history to earn All-America honors, doing so after a rookie campaign in which he set the Big Red freshman scoring record with 72 points.
 
Teat is in rarified company, joining Paul Schimoler '89, Ryan McClay '03, Max Seibald '09, and Rob Pannell '13 as the only Big Red to be named All-American during their freshmen seasons.
 
A native of Brampton, Ont., Teat finished the regular season ranked first in the Ivy League in both points (5.54) and assists per game (3.00) and was named second-team All-Ivy for his efforts. Currently the highest scoring freshman in the nation, he ranks second in the country behind Albany's Connor Field in points per game, and is fourth in assists per game. With his 33 goals and 39 assists, Teat is one of just eight players in Big Red history to post a 30-30 season.  
 
In the final game of the 2017 campaign, Teat broke Pannell's Cornell freshman scoring record with 72 points, and he broke his own freshman single-game record with 12 points in a win over No. 13 Princeton. Teat had set a new standard in just his fourth collegiate game when he registered 11 points vs. No. 13 Virginia on March 11. He also finished the season ranked second all-time among Big Red freshman in goals (33) and assists (39).
 
Teat is just the 10th player in Cornell history, and the first since Pannell in 2011, to lead the team in points, goals and assists. He finished the regular season ranked seventh in the Ivy League and 17th in the nation in goals per game (2.54) and his 5.54 points and 3.00 assists per game place him fifth in Cornell history for points and assists in a single season, and are the highest averages ever by a rookie. He was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week three time, and took home Player of the Week honors as well on May 1, becoming the first Big Red player in 15 years to be named both the Ivy League Player and Rookie of the Week, matching a feat accomplished by Sean Greenhalgh on April 15, 2002.
 
In total, the Ivy League had 12 players named All-American. Yale had a league-best four selections, followed by Brown (3) and Princeton (2). Cornell, Harvard and Penn had one selection each.