May 31, 2006

Washington, D.C. - Five members of the Georgetown University men's lacrosse team were named to the STX/United States Intercollegiate Association (USILA) All-American team, announced over the weekend.

The Hoyas finished the 2006 season with a 12-3 overall record and won the ECAC Lacrosse League Championship for the fifth time in the last seven years. Georgetown, ranked No. 5 in the country in the final polls by Inside Lacrosse and STX/USILA, reached the Quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament for the fifth-straight year and for the eighth time in the last nine years.

Leading the way for the Hoyas on the All-American team was senior defender Reyn Garnett (Mt. Kisco, N.Y./Deerfield Academy), who earned second team honors. A two-time first team All-ECAC selection, Garnett led a defensive unit that ranked among the top-15 in the country in scoring defense. Garnett, one of 25 semifinalists for the Tewaaraton Trophy, led Georgetown with 67 ground balls this year. He accumulated 157 in his career, which ranks 14th all-time in school history, and twice earned All-America honors.

Senior middie Pete Cannon (Haverford, Pa./The Haverford School) earned third-team honors. A first team All-ECAC selection as well, Cannon finished fourth on the team in scoring with 22 points off of 12 goal and 10 assists, which ranked second on the team. Cannon, who was an honorable mention All-America last year, had nine multiple-point games this year and finished his career with 64 points (42 goals, 22 assists). Cannon was the lone Hoya representative at the 65th Annual North-South Game last weekend, scoring two goals and adding one assist. The game, which matched players from Division I and II schools against those from Division III, was won by Cannon's squad.

Three Hoya players earned honorable mention honors, sophomore attack Brendan Cannon (Haverford, Pa./The Haverford School), graduate student Dave Paolisso (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) and junior defender Jerry Lambe (North Massapequa, N.Y./Farmingdale). The younger Cannon led the Hoyas in scoring and was among the nation's leaders in assists. Brendan Cannon scored a team-best 46 points, coming off 14 goals and 32 assists. Cannon was fourth in the country in assists per game (2.29) and 18th in points per game (3.29). He had 13 multi-point games this season and 11 with at least two assists as he recorded the 16th-best single-season total in school history. Cannon's 32 assists this season are tied for the second-best mark in a single season at Georgetown with Andy Flick (2000). In two years on the Hilltop, Cannon has played in 27 games and scored 69 points, notching 29 goals and 40 assists.

Paolisso, a middie, was second on the team in scoring with 28 points. He scored a team-high 24 goals, with four assists this season, setting career-highs in both marks. He was named the ECAC Co-Offensive Player of the Week on March 13 after scoring three goals in Georgetown's 10-8 win at then-No. 7 Syracuse. In the team's season-ending loss to Virginia, Paolisso led the team with four goals.

Lambe was one of eight defenders named to earn honorable mention honors. The junior, who sat out his freshman season, has appeared in every game the last two years, starting all 14 this year with Garnett to form one of the toughest units in the country. Lambe, who had 25 ground balls, helped the Georgetown defense rank 12th in the country in scoring defense, yielding only 8.43 goals per game.

This is the third time in the last four years that the Hoyas have had at least five players earn All-American honors, matching the number from 2005. The team has had at least four players earn national honors in nine of the last 10 seasons. In 1999, when Georgetown advanced to the Final Four, a school record seven players earned All-American honors. Under the direction of 17th-year head coach Dave Urick, at least one Georgetown player has earned All-American honors each year since 1993. Urick, who ranks second in winning percentage among active Division I coaches (292-97, .751), has guided 34 different players to 55 All-American honors.