SAN DIEGO – The Southwestern Lacrosse Conference (SLC) sent five teams to the 2016 MCLA National Championships powered by Under Armour and many of those teams were represented among the conference honorees.

Arizona placed four players on the first team All-SLC squad, led by Tanner Knego, who was named Defensive Player of the Year. Chapman also had four representatives on the all-conference first team while Panther skipper Dallas Hartley was named Coach of the Year

Grand Canyon placed three players on the first team. UNLV’s long representative on the first team, Blake Day, was tabbed the Offensive Player of the Year.

2016 SLC Division I All-Conference Teams

First Team All-SLC
A – Wesley Greason, Chapman
A – Joe Balestrerie, Grand Canyon
A – Dean Fairall, Grand Canyon
M – Blake Day, UNLV
M – Dylan Garner, Chapman
M – Cam Wegreniuk, Grand Canyon
LSM – Alex Siegel, Chapman
FO – Zach Mathien, Arizona State
SSDM – Mat Lai, Arizona
D – Nick Mullen, Chapman
D – Nolan Baker, Arizona
D – Griffin Goudreau, Arizona
G – Tanner Knego, Arizona

Second Team All-SLC
A – Dave Apruzzese, Chapman
A – Alex Dixon, UC Santa Barbara
A – Jerome Rigor, Arizona
M – Simon Jenkin, Chapman
M – Christian Turri, Arizona
M – Austin Ekeroth, Grand Canyon
M – Connor Reilly, Chapman
LSM – Jackson Pinney, Arizona
FO – Ron Hamwey, Grand Canyon
SSDM – Jordan Robertson, UCLA
D – Mike Morse, UNLV
D – David Abady, UC Santa Barbara
D – Tim Mahaney, Grand Canyon
G – Gus Gradinger, Chapman

SLC All-Freshman Team
Cam Wegreniuk, M, Grand Canyon
Alex Dixon, A, UC Santa Barbara
Peter Brydon, G, UC Santa Barbara
Adrian Jeffries, A, San Diego State
Jake Marthens, A, Arizona State
Johnny Perlite, G, Arizona State
Drew Goodrich, M, UCLA
Dylan Proctor, M, UNLV
Troy Loper, M, UC Santa Barbara
Parker Core, M, Chapman

Offensive Player of the Year: Blake Day, UNLV
Defensive Player of the Year: Tanner Knego, Arizona
Coach of the Year: Dallas Hartley, Chapman