2024 Heart Men’s Lacrosse All-Conference Teams Announced
The Heart of America Athletic Conference announced its Heart Men's Lacrosse All-Conference teams and postseason award winners, on Friday afternoon.
The award winners feature players from across the conference and are listed as First Team or Second Team in their respective positions.
The individual awards and All-Conference teams were selected by the Heart men's lacrosse head coaches.
Below please find the list of 2024 individual postseason award winners:
2024 Heart Men's Lacrosse Player of the Year – Breck Putzier- William Penn University
This marks the second-straight season that Putzier has been selected the Heart Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year
2024 Heart Men's Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Year – Breck Putzier – William Penn University
Putzier scored 61 goals and had 73 assists for the Statesmen this year, which both rank first in the Heart.
2024 Heart Men's Lacrosse Co-Defensive Player of the Year – CJ Besuzzi – Benedictine College
Besuzzi had an impressive 16 saves in the Raven's 8-7 win over No. 5 ranked William Penn last week to help secure the Heart regular season championship. The Ravens are the No. 1 seed in this week's Heart Conference Tournament.
2024 Heart Men's Lacrosse Co-Defensive Player of the Year – Eric Garigan Besuzzi – William Penn University
In 16 games this year, Garigan had 136 total saves and posted a save percentage of 62.7 in the regular season.
2024 Heart Men's Lacrosse Newcomer of the Year – Doug Powless – Clarke University
In his first season with the Pride, Powless supplied Clarke with 13 goals and 20 assists, as well as 29 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers.
2024 Heart Men's Lacrosse Freshman of the Year – CJ Besuzzi – Benedictine College
Besuzzi played 13 games and over 681 minutes in goal this season for the Ravens. He collected 116 saves this season and had a save percentage of 55.8.
2024 Heart Men's Lacrosse Assistant Coach of the Year – Gavin Flynn – St. Ambrose University
Flynn helped lead the Fighting Bees to their second-straight trip to the Heart Conference Tournament in 2024. SAU ended their season with an overall record of 9-7.
2024 Heart Men's Lacrosse Co-Coach of the Year – Billy Dineen – Benedictine College
This marks the second-straight Co-Coach of the Year honor for Dineen. The Ravens will host the 2024 Heart Men's Lacrosse Conference Tournament Championship game on Saturday, as the No. 1 Ravens will host No. 2 William Penn at 11 am.
2024 Heart Men's Lacrosse Co-Coach of the Year – Tucker La Belle – Clarke University
Coach La Belle is in year two leading his alma mater. He helped lead the Pride to the most wins in program history in 2024.
2024 First Team All-Conference
First Team Attackers:
Breck Putzier – William Penn
Wyatt Christensen – William Penn
Matthew Cortopassi – St. Ambrose
First Team Midfielders:
Boston Romero – William Penn
Joe Bianchi – Benedictine
Kenny Bohney – William Penn
First Team Defenders:
Dawson Dickerson – St. Ambrose
Luke Modesto – Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Jack Northrup – Benedictine
Aidan Nicholson - Benedictine
First Team Goalie:
Eric Garigan – William Penn
First Team Face Off/Draw Specialist:
Ryan Swarts – William Penn
First Team Long Stick Midfielder:
Max Standage – William Penn
First Team Short Stick Defensive Midfielder:
Collin Baliva – William Penn
2024 Second Team All-Conference
Second Team Attackers:
Makaile Shaddix – St. Ambrose
Mac Postel Jr. – Benedictine
Joey Calabria - Benedictine
Second Team Midfielders:
Isaiah Hahn – St. Ambrose
Brett Townsend – Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Jordan Rodriguez - Benedictine
Second Team Defenders:
Noah Braegger – William Penn
Charley McGlinn - Benedictine
Second Team Goalie:
CJ Besuzzi - Benedictine
Second Team Face Off/Draw Specialist
Max Thomason – Benedictine
Second Team Long Stick Midfielder:
Eli Hahn – St. Ambrose
Second Team Short Stick Defensive Midfielder:
Liam Waldron - Benedictine
