Player Awards

2020 PLAYER AWARDS

WCLL All-Conference

1st Team Griff Hawblitzel - Defense
1st Team Jack Tunney - Defense
1st Team Ryan Brown - FOS
1st Team Sam Galaif - Midfield
1st Team Sachin Gokhale - Midfield
2nd Team Douglas Gosselin - Attack
2nd Team Ryan Flaherty - Defensive Midfield
Honorable Mention Tom Baquerizo - Goalie

2019 PLAYER AWARDS

MCLA Division 1 All-America

1st team Jack Tunney - Defense
2nd team Ryan Brown - FOS
3rd team AJ Guralas - Attack
3rd team Sam Galaif - Midfield
Honorable Mention Mitch Stickney - Midfield
Honorable Mention Lou Sugo - Defense

MCLA Scholar Athletes

Ryan Brown
Sam Galaif
Doug Gosselin
Griff Hawblitzel
Mitch Stickney
Hayden Thayer

WCLL All-Conference

Defensive Player of the Year - Jack Tunney
1st Team Jack Tunney - Defense
1st Team Ryan Brown - FOS
1st Team Sam Galaif - Midfield
2nd Team Lou Sugo - Defense
2nd Team AJ Guralas - Attack
2nd Team Douglas Gosselin - Attack
2nd Team Mitch Stickney - Midfield
Honorable Mention Griff Hawblitzel - Defense
Honorable Mention Evan Hunter - Midfield
Honorable Mention Hayden Thayer - Defensive Midfield

2019 MUSTANG TEAM AWARDS

Team MVP – Ryan Brown
Offensive MVP - AJ Guralas
Defensive MVP - Jack Tunney
Hustle Award – Hayden Thayer
Most Improved – Dom Trageser
Most Dedicated - Mitch Stickney
Most Inspirational – Lou Sugo
Defensive Rookie of the Year - Wyatt Foster
Offensive Rookie of the Year - Ryan Flaherty

2018 PLayer awards

MCLA Division 1 All-America

Honorable Mention Ryan Brown - FOS
Honorable Mention Jack Tunney - Defense

MCLA Scholar Athletes

Ryan Brown
Doug Gosselin
Andrew Horton

WCLL All-Conference

1st Team Jack Tunney - Defense
1st Team Kyle Whitney - Defense
1st Team Ryan Brown - FOS
2nd Team Lou Sugo - Defense
2nd Team Drew Cirelli - Midfield
Honorable Mention Doug Gosselin - Attack
Honorable Mention Andrew Horton - Midfield
Honorable Mention Ben Smith - D Mid

2018 mustang team awards

Team MVP – Ryan Brown
Heart & Soul Award - Andrew Horton
Offensive MVP - Douglas Gosselin
Defensive MVP - Kyle Whitney
Rookie of the Year - Sachin Gokhale
Hustle Award – Hayden Thayer
Most Improved – Jack Tunney
Most Dedicated - Daniel Vise
Most Inspirational – Lou Sugo

2017 Player awards

MCLA Division 1 All-America

1st Team Gideon Baum - Defense
1st Team Sean Pihl - Goaltender
2nd Team AJ Guralas - Attack
3rd Team John Corbolotti - Attack
3rd Team Alex Erler - Long Stick Midfield
3rd Team Mitch Stickney - Midfield
3rd Team Lou Sugo - Defense
Honorable Mention Troy Brown - Midfield

MCLA Scholar Athlete Award

Troy Brown
Joe Dresser
Andrew Horton

WCLL All-Conference

WCLL Defensive Player of the Year - Sean Pihl - Goaltender
1st Team Gideon Baum - Defense
1st Team Troy Brown - Midfield
1st Team Alex Erler - Long Stick Midfield
1st Team AJ Guralas - Attack
1st team Sean Pihl - Goaltender
1st Team Lou Sugo - Defense
2nd Team John Corbolotti - Attack
2nd Team Mitch Stickney - Midfield
Honorable Mention Joe Dresser - Midfield
Honorable Mention Andrew Horton - Midfield

2017 mustang team awards

Team MVP – Gideon Baum
Offensive MVP - John Corbolotti
Defensive MVP - Sean Pihl
Rookie of the Year - Doug Gosselin
Hustle Award – Ben Smith
Most Improved – Mitch Stickney
Most Dedicated - Andrew Horton
Most Inspirational – Lou Sugo

2016 PLAYER AWARDS

MCLA Division 1 All-America

1st Team Gideon Baum – Defense
2nd Team Sean Pihl - Goaltender
2nd Team Austin Lord – FOS
3rd Team Daniel Wessel – D Mid
3rd Team John Corbolotti – Attack
Honorable Mention AJ Guralas – Attack

MCLA Scholar Athlete Award

Daniel Wessel

WCLL All-Conference

1st Team Gideon Baum – Defense
1st Team Sean Pihl - Goaltender
1st Team Austin Lord – FOS
1st Team Daniel Wessel – D Mid
1st Team John Corbolotti – Attack
1st Team AJ Guralas – Attack
2nd Team Connor Veit – Defense
Honorable Mention Graham Walker – Defense
Honorable Mention Ben Berkow – Midfield

2016 MUSTANG TEAM AWARDS

Team MVP – Sean Pihl
Offensive MVP - John Corbolotti
Defensive MVP - Gideon Baum
Rookie of the Year - AJ Guralas
Hustle Award – Austin Lord
Most Improved – Kyle Whitney
Most Dedicated - Matt Fagan
Dedication Award – Scott Pirkle

2015 PLAYER AWARDS

MCLA Division 1 All-America

2nd Team Chris Nespor – Long-Stick Midfielder
3rd Team Anthony Varni - Midfield
Honorable Mention Sean Pihl - Goaltender
Honorable Mention Joseph Sarjeant - Attack
Honorable Mention Nico Tornaghi - Defense
Honorable Mention Luke Willon - Defense

MCLA Scholar Athlete Award

Chris Nespor
Michael Paul
Anthony Varni
Daniel Wessel
Luke Willon

WCLL All-Conference

1st Team

Chris Nespor – Long-Stick Midfield
Sean Pihl – Goaltender
Nico Tornaghi – Defense
Anthony Varni – Midfield
Luke Willon – Defense

2nd Team

Michael Paul – Midfield
Joseph Sarjeant - Attack
John Solomon – Face-Off Specialist
Daniel Wessel – Defensive Midfield

Chris Nespor – the most dominant LSM in Mustang program history

2015 MUSTANG TEAM AWARDS

Team MVP – Chris Nespor
Offensive MVP – Anthony Varni
Defensive MVP – Luke Willon
Most Improved – Austin Lord
Coaches Award – Joseph Sarjeant
Rookie of the Year – John Corbolotti

2014 MUSTANG TEAM AWARDS

Team MVP – Chris Nespor
Offensive MVP – Dylan Gonsalves
Defensive MVP – Sebastian Zorn
Most Improved – Jackson Cole
Coaches Award – Matt Dobbs, Joseph Sarjeant
Rookie of the Year – Sean Pihl

WCLL 1st Team All-Conference and MCLA All-American midfielder Matt Dobbs

2014 PLAYER AWARDS

MCLA Division 1 All-America

3rd Team Chris Nespor – Long-Stick Midfielder
Honorable Mention Matt Dobbs – Midfield
Honorable Mention Sebastian Zorn – Defense

MCLA Scholar Athlete Award

Chris Nespor
Michael Paul
Luke Willon

WCLL All-Conference

1st Team

Joseph Sarjeant - Attack
Matt Dobbs – Midfield
Chris Nespor – Long-Stick Midfield
Sebastian Zorn – Defense
Sean Pihl – Goaltender

2nd Team

Dylan Gonsalves - Attack
Michael Paul – Midfield
Luke Willon – Defense

WCLL Championship Game

Dylan Gonsalves – Finals MV

2013 PLAYER AWARDS

MCLA Division 1 All-America

Honorable Mention Jeff Carter - Defensive Midfield

MCLA Scholar Athlete Award

Nick Czapla
Michael Paul

WCLL All-Conference

2nd Team

Jeff Carter - Defensive Midfield
Nick Czapla – Goal
Michael Paul – Midfield
Sebastian Zorn – Defense

Honorable Mention

Matt Dobbs – Midfield
Chris Nespor – LSM

Mustang Team Awards

Team MVP – Nick Czapla - Nick Czapla is the only goaltender in Cal Poly history to be named to the WCLL All-Conference team in three different seasons
Offensive MVP – Michael Paul
Defensive MVP – Chris Nespor, Sebastian Zorn
Most Improved – Luke Willon
Coaches Award – Jeff Carter
Rookie of the Year – Daniel Wessel

Nick Czapla

2013 - WCLL 2nd Team All-Conference
MCLA Scholar Athlete
2012 - WCLL Honorable Mention All-Conference
2009 - WCLL 1st Team All-Conference

HEBERER NAMED MCLA’S DIVISION I NIKE PLAYER OF THE MONTH

March 19, 2012
by Allie Bakalar

Cal Poly attackman Scott Heberer was named the MCLA’s Division I Nike Player of the Month for February on March 12th. Voted on by Division I coaches, the award was based on the nominated players’ on-field performance in MCLA games during the month of February.

“It’s a great individual accomplishment to be recognized as Player of the Month,” said Heberer. “But it also speaks volumes about the steps that Cal Poly Lacrosse, especially in the past few years, is making towards becoming one of the MCLA’s consistently top ranked programs.”

Heberer helped lead the Mustangs to a 4-1 start this season against highly ranked MCLA teams including Oregon, BYU, California and UC Santa Barbara. He had a total of 10 goals and 7 assists during the month, 5 of those points coming against BYU, the #1 ranked team at the time.

Heberer has felt satisfied with his performance thus far, but said there is room for improvement with things such as game and time management along with getting teammates more involved in the action.

“As a senior attackman, I have to take on more responsibility for how the offense operates throughout the games, whether that means a settled possession or pushing transition when opportunities present themselves,” said Heberer. “I also take pride in assists, so that would be another part of my game I need to focus on for the rest of season because assists point to my ability in putting teammates in positions to be successful.”

Teammate Bowen Dunnahoo-Kirsch said Heberer’s selection is past due. “Scott is extremely deserving of this honor,” said Dunnahoo-Kirsch. “He has been an integral part of this team’s success for four years, and I’m glad that he’s finally getting some notoriety.”

“He’s an extremely versatile player that can find his way in front of a net just as easily as he can pass it to a cutting attackman for an assist. Teams are constantly having to adjust to defend a potent scorer or a cerebral passer,” Dunnahoo-Kirsch added.

2012 PLAYER AWARDS

MCLA Division 1 All-America

1st Team Scott Heberer – Attack
2nd Team Brian Kovary – Midfield
2nd Team Tim DeSimone – Defense
3rd Team Olivier Schmied – Attack
Honorable Mention Matt Graupmann – Attack
Honorable Mention Peter Chiang – Midfield
Honorable Mention Nick Czapla – Goal

MCLA National Championship All-Tournament Team

Scott Heberer – Attack
Sean Fitzpatrick – DM
Tim DeSimone – Defense

MCLA Scholar Athlete Award

Tim DeSimone
Brian Kovary

WCLL All-Conference

Offensive Player of the Year

Scott Heberer

1st Team

Scott Heberer – Attack
Brian Kovary – Midfield
Tim DeSimone – Defense

2nd Team

Matt Graupmann – Attack
Peter Chiang – Midfield
Sebastian Zorn – Defense

Honorable Mention

Olivier Schmied – Attack
Alex Reed – LSM
Nick Czapla – Goal
Bowen Dunnahoo-Kirsch – Goal

WCLL Championship Game

Chris Nespor – Finals MVP

Mustang Team Awards

Team MVP – Scott Heberer
Offensive MVP – Matt Graupmann
Defensive MVP – Tim DeSimone
Most Improved – Sean Curtis, Alex Reed
Team Leader – Tim DeSimone
Rookie of the Year – Chris Nespor

2011 PLAYER AWARDS

MCLA Division 1 All-America

1st Team Matt Rudow – Midfield
2nd Team Scott Heberer – Attack
2nd Team Tim DeSimone – Defense
2nd Team Alex Schmotter – Defensive Midfield

MCLA Scholar Athlete Award

Alex Schmotter

WCLL All-Conference

Offensive Player of the Year

Scott Heberer

Defensive Player of the Year

Tim DeSimone

1st Team

Alex Berceau - Defense
Tim DeSimone – Defense
Scott Heberer – Attack
Matt Rudow – Midfield
Alex Schmotter – Defensive Midfield

2nd Team

Robbie Comeau - Defensive Midfield
Brian Kovary – Midfield
Olivier Schmied - Attack

Honorable Mention

Bowen Dunnahoo-Kirsch – Goal

WCLL Championship Game

Olivier Schmied - Finals MVP

Mustang Team Awards

Team MVP – Matt Rudow
Offensive MVP – Scott Heberer
Defensive MVP – Tim DeSimone
Rookie of the Year – Zack Jones
Most Improved – Keenan Kugler

Mustang midfielder Matt Rudow is only the second Cal Poly player to earn 1st Team All-America honors

Matt Rudow

2011 - MCLA 1st Team All-America Midfield
WCLL 1st Team All-Conference Midfield
2010 - MCLA Honorable Mention All-America Midfield
WCLL 1st Team All-Conference Midfield
2009 - WCLL 2nd Team All-Conference Midfield
2008 - WCLL 3rd Team All-Conference Face-Off Specialist

2010 PLAYER AWARDS

MCLA Division 1 All-America

2nd Team Ryan Alletag – Defensive Midfield
3rd Team Colin Mason – Attack
Hon. Mention Matt Rudow - Midfield
Hon. Mention Kendal Shomura – Defense

WCLL All-Conference

Offensive Player of the Year

Colin Mason

1st Team

Ryan Alletag – Defensive Midfield
Tim DeSimone – Defense
Scott Heberer – Midfield
Colin Mason – Attack – Cal Poly Lacrosse Career Leader in Assists
Matt Rudow – Midfield
Kendal Shomura – Defense

2nd Team

Alex Berceau – Defense
Matt Graupmann – Attack

WCLL Championship Game

Kendal Shomura – Finals MVP

Mustang Team Awards

Offensive MVP – Colin Mason
Defensive MVP – Kendal Shomura
Team Leader – Ryan Alletag
Rookie of the Year – Kyle Riddle
Most Improved – Bowen Dunnahoo-Kirsch

2009 PLAYER AWARDS

MCLA Division 1 All-America

2nd Team Ryan Alletag – Defensive Midfield

WCLL All-Conference

1st Team

Ryan Alletag – Defensive Midfield
Nick Czapla – Goal
Colin Mason – Attack
Kendal Shomura – Defense

Ryan Alletag & Kendal Shomura2009 WCLL 1st Team

2nd Team

Matt Rudow – Midfield

3rd Team

Tim DeSimone – Defense
Olivier Schmied – Attack

Mustang Team Awards

Offensive MVP – Colin Mason
Defensive MVP – Kendal Shomura
Team Leader – Ryan Alletag
Rookie of the Year (tie) – Nick Czapla, Olivier Schmied
Most Improved – Robbie Comeau

Ryan Alletag & Kendal Shomura

2009 WCLL 1st Team All-Conference

Mustang defensive midfielder, Ryan Alletag, and defenseman, Kendal Shomura, team up to stop the Stanford attack in the 2009 WCLL Semi-Finals.

2008 PLAYER AWARDS

MCLA Division 1 All-America

Honorable Mention Seth Kweller – Attack

WCLL All-Conference

2nd Team

Ryan Hatheway – Defense
Seth Kweller – Attack

3rd Team

Matt Anderson – Midfield
Mark Govan – Defense
Matt Rudow – F/O Specialist

Seth Kweller

WCLL All-Conference Attackman

1st Team – 2007
2nd Team – 2008
3rd Team – 2005, 2006