University of North Carolina Athletics
Sankey Named Tewaaraton Nominee
April 25, 2014 | Men's Lacrosse
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2014 - The Tewaaraton Foundation has announced the 2014 Tewaaraton
Award men's and women's nominees, presented by Panama Jack. Twenty-seven women and 28 men
were selected as nominees, from which the 14th annual Tewaaraton Award 10 finalists (five women, five men) will be selected and honored May 29, 2014, in Washington, D.C.
Among the 28 men's nominees is North Carolina junior attackman Joey Sankey of Warminster, Pa. Sankey leads the Tar Heels in goals, assists and points this season and was named to the All-ACC Team earlier this week. That marked the second straight year he has been named All-ACC.
The men's award nominees include players from 18 schools, including 2013 finalists Tom Schreiber
(Princeton) and Lyle Thompson (Albany), as well as representatives from 14 of the top 20 teams in the
April 21 USILA Coaches Poll.
Men's nominees are as follows:
Niko Amato, Maryland - Sr., G
Wesley Berg, Denver - Jr., A
Connor Buczek, Cornell - Jr., M
Mike Chanenchuk, Maryland - Sr., M
Deemer Class, Duke - Soph., M
Mark Cockerton, Virginia - Sr., A
Joe Fletcher, Loyola - Sr., D
John Glesener, Army - Jr., A
Myles Jones, Duke - Soph., M
Matt Kavanagh, Notre Dame - Soph., A
Jesse King, Ohio State - Jr., M
John LoCascio, Villanova - Sr., LSM/D
Kevin Massa, Bryant - Jr., F/O
Kieran McArdle, St. John's - Sr., A
Ben McIntosh, Drexel - Sr., M
Scott McWilliams, Virginia - Sr., D
Jeremy Noble, Denver - Sr., M
Nikko Pontrello, Loyola - Jr., A
Kevin Rice, Syracuse - Jr., A
Joey Sankey, North Carolina - Jr., A
Tom Schreiber, Princeton - Sr., M
Randy Staats, Syracuse - Jr., A/M
Wells Stanwick, Hopkins - Jr., A
Lyle Thompson, Albany - Jr., A
Miles Thompson, Albany - Sr., A
Gunnar Waldt, Bryant - Soph., G
Justin Ward, Loyola - Sr., A
Jordan Wolf, Duke - Sr., A
Five men's and five women's finalists will be announced May 8 and invited to the Tewaaraton Award
Ceremony. The original men's and women's watch lists were announced Feb. 27, with additions made
March 20 and April 10, and were ultimately comprised of 66 men's players and 58 women's players.
The selection committees are comprised of 11 men's and 11 women's current and former coaches.
"We congratulate these elite student-athletes on their remarkable accomplishments thus far this season," said Jeff Harvey, chairman of the Tewaaraton Foundation. "With the help of our selection committees, we look forward to announcing this year's finalists next month."
For more information on the Tewaaraton Award, please visit www.tewaaraton.com. Like and follow The
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