GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – North Carolina senior attackman Chris Gray was named the Atlantic Coast Conference’s 2021 Men’s Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year and leads the All-ACC Academic Men’s Lacrosse Team, announced Tuesday by the league office.
Gray is North Carolina’s first ACC Men’s Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year honoree since the award was established in 2007.
Each of the league’s five men’s lacrosse programs are represented on the All-ACC Academic Team, which includes seven student-athletes that earned United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association First-Team All-America honors this season. Seventeen members of the All-ACC Academic Team were also named to the All-ACC Team. National Champion Virginia leads the ACC with 10 All-ACC Academic Team selections this season. Duke was second with nine picks.
A native of Wading River, New York, Gray was named the Lt. Col. J.I. (Jack) Turnbull Outstanding Attackman of the Year. He was the 2021 ACC Offensive Player of the Year, a USILA and Inside Lacrosse First-Team All-American and one of five finalists for the Tewaaraton Award for the nation’s top player. Gray scored 49 goals and assisted on 42 more to finish with a school-record 91 points on the season, breaking the previous mark of 81, set by Bruce Ledwith in 1973.
Majoring in Management and Society, Gray was a recipient of an ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship. He also was one of 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award.
Six student-athletes earned the award for the third time in their careers: Duke’s Joe Robertson, Syracuse’s Brett Kennedy, Stephen Rehfuss and Jamie Trimboli, and Virginia’s Kyle Kology and Matt Moore.
The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards were established in September 2007 to be awarded annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in their respective sports.
Minimum academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career for undergraduate students. Athletic achievements during the most recent season are also considered in selecting the All-ACC Academic Team.
The ACC Honor Roll, which recognizes all conference student-athletes with a grade point average of 3.0 for the current academic year, will be released in July.
2021 ACC Men's Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Chris Gray, North Carolina
2021 All-ACC Academic Men's Lacrosse Team
Mike Adler, Duke, G, Gr., Master of Management Studies
Braden Burke, Duke, D, Jr., Political Science
Owen Caputo, Duke, M, Jr., Sociology
Tyler Carpenter, Duke, LSM, So., Sociology
JT Giles-Harris**, Duke, D, Gr., Master of Management Studies
Jake Naso, Duke, FO, Fr., Undeclared
Brennan O'Neill, Duke, A, Fr., Undeclared
Joe Robertson***, Duke, A, Sr., Political Science
Michael Sowers, Duke, A, Gr., Master of Management Studies
Will Bowen, North Carolina, D, Jr., Business Administration
Chris Gray, North Carolina, A, Sr., Management & Society
Collin Krieg, North Carolina, G, Fr., Undecided
Connor Maher**, North Carolina, M, Jr., Business Administration
Zac Tucci**, North Carolina, FO, Jr., Business Administration
Matt Wright, North Carolina, D, So., Exercise and Sport Science
Arden Cohen**, Notre Dame, D, Sr., Finance
Liam Entenmann, Notre Dame, G, So., Political Science
Kyle Gallagher, Notre Dame, FO, Gr., Master of Science Management
Ryan Hallenbeck, Notre Dame, SSDM, Sr., Finance
Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame, A, So., Finance
Jack Kielty, Notre Dame, D, Gr., Master of Nonprofit Administration
Kyle Thornton, Notre Dame, Gr., Master of Science Management
Brendan Curry**, Syracuse, M, Sr., Marketing Management
Tucker Dordevic, Syracuse, M, Sr., Comm Rhet Studies
Brett Kennedy***, Syracuse, LSM, Gr., Info Security Management
Drake Porter**, Syracuse, G, Gr., Intercol Ath Adv
Stephen Rehfuss***, Syracuse, A, Gr., Intercol Ath Adv
Jamie Trimboli***, Syracuse, M, Gr., Info Security Management
Jared Conners, Virginia, D, Sr., Commerce
Payton Cormier, Virginia, A, So., American Studies
Cole Kastner, Virginia, D, Fr., Undeclared
Kyle Kology***, Virginia, D, Sr., Commerce
Petey LaSalla**, Virginia, M, Jr., American Studies
Ian Laviano**, Virginia, A, Sr., Psychology
Matt Moore***, Virginia, A, Sr., Foreign Affairs
Alex Rode**, Virginia, G, Sr., Youth and Social Innovation
Cade Saustad**, Virginia, A, So., Economics
Connor Schellenberger, Virginia, A, R-Fr., Undeclared
*denotes number of All-ACC Academic Team honors