Bucknell University Athletics
Chris Cara Garners Third-Team All-America Honors
5/31/2005 8:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
May 31, 2005
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Bucknell men's lacrosse senior attackman Chris Cara added another award to his career portfolio when he earned third-team All-America plaudits from the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association this past weekend. He was an honorable mention selection last year.
Cara, who officially won the national scoring title following Monday's national championship game, was one of four attackmen to show up on the third team. Three were named to both the first and second teams.
With an average of 5.08 points per game (66 points in 13 games) Cara led the nation in scoring for the second consecutive season. The two-time Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year, Cara finished the season with 29 goals and 37 assists. His assist total tied for second in the nation, while his 2.85 assists per game led the country.
Cara this season broke the Bucknell and Patriot League records for career points with 249 (111 goals, 138 assists), and he tied the school assist mark. The Medford, N.Y., native, is one of 16 finalists for the Tewaaraton Trophy, was presented the Christy Mathewson Award as Bucknell's top senior athlete earlier this month.
Cara is Bucknell's 14th Division I lacrosse All-American and 18th overall. The Bison have now claimed on All-American in each of the last five years, following Mark Juelis in 2001, Kevin Smithies in 2002, Justin Sussman in 2003, and Cara each of the last two seasons. The last time a Bucknell player earned better than an Honorable Mention All-America nod was in 1979 when Peter von Hoffmann was named to the third team.
Bucknell finished the season with an 8-5 overall record and tied with Navy and Army for the best record in the Patriot League with a 5-1 conference mark. The third-seeded Bison dropped a heartbreaking 9-8 overtime decision to Army in the first round of the Patriot League postseason tournament to end their season.
2005 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Division I All-America Selections:
First team:
Attack: Matt Danowski (Duke), Jed Prossner (North Carolina), John Walker (Army) Midfield: Graham Gill (Navy), Kyle Harrison (Hopkins), Bill McGlone (Maryland), Matt Zash (Duke)
Defense: Tom Garvey (Hopkins), Mitch Hendler (Navy), Brodie Merrill (Georgetown) Goal: Aaron Fenton (Duke)
Second team:
Attack: Sean Morris (UMass), Joe Walters (Maryland), Matt Ward (Virginia)
Midfield: Joe Boulukos (Cornell), Kyle Dixon (Virginia), Peter Lamade (Duke), Greg Rommel (Syracuse)
Defense: Tony McDevitt (Duke), Brett Moyer (Hofstra), Jake Reid (UMass)
Goal: Matt Russell (Navy)
Third Team:
Attack: Chris Cara (Bucknell), Brian Crockett (Syracuse), Sean Greenhalgh (Cornell), Zack Greer (Duke)
Midfield: Rob Bateman (Virginia), Billy Looney (Navy), Steve Looney (Navy), Paul Rabil (Hopkins)
Defense: Mike Culver (Virginia), Stepehen McElduff (North Carolina), Steve Panarelli (Syracuse), Steve Whittenberg (Maryland)
Goal: Jay Pfeifer (Syracuse)
Honorable Mention:
Attack: Jon Birsner (Navy), Jake Byrne (Hopkins), Jamie Coffin ((Dartmouth), Luke Daquino (Albany), Mike Levielle (Syracuse), Brendan Mundorf (UMBC), Jim Wagner (Army), Pat Walsh (Notre Dame), Jeff Zywicki (UMass)
Midfield: Brett Bucktooth (Syracuse), Peter Cannon (Georgetown), Casey Cittadino (Towson), Andy Corno (Georgetown), Scott Davidson (Denver), Greg Downing (Fairfield), Chris Doyle (UMass), Ben Grinnell (Dartmouth), Jordan Hall (Delaware), Brendan Healy (Maryland), Will Jones (Penn State), Nick Miaritis (Georgetown), Justin Redd (Cornell), Alex Smith (Delaware), Scott Sowanick (Princeton)
Defense: Oliver Barry (Princeton), Casey Carroll (Duke), Scott Ditzell (Syracuse), Dan Driscoll (Notre Dame), Reyn Garnett (Georgetown), Kyle Georgalas (Cornell), Steve Holmes (Virginia), Pat Keeley (Dartmouth), Greg McCarthy (Hobart), Ray Megill (Maryland), Matt Pinto (Hopkins), Jon Urbana (Villanova), Chris Watson (Hopkins)
Goal: Harry Alford (Maryland), Chris Collins (Delaware), Andrew Goldstein (Dartmouth), Matt McMonagle (Cornell), Reed Sothoron (Towson), Jesse Schwartzman (Hopkins)
