University of Massachusets Athletics
Connolly Named Preseason Honorable Mention All-American
December 11, 2007 | Men's Lacrosse
Dec. 11, 2007
AMHERST, Mass. - UMass junior forward Jim Connolly has been named an Inside Lacrosse/Face-Off Magazine Preseason All-American. Connolly was named to the honorable mention list. He was also named to the preseason All-ECAC team.
In 2006, Connolly was named First Team All-ECAC and was named to All-New England First Team. He is a starting attackman is a gifted scorer and creator, who surpassed his goal total of last year (22) with 29 in 2007. He was named the ECAC Offensive Player of the Week three times, on March 12, April 16 and April 30. Led team lead in points (37), goals (29) and game-winning goals (4) in 2007. Connolly was ranked tied for second in ECAC in goals (29) and tied for seventh in total points (37). Tied for first in game-winning goals. Had a point in 13 of 14 games in 2007 and 25 of 32 games in his career at UMass. Five hat tricks in 2007 including four in last six games
Preseason First-Team All-Americans
Nick O'Hara
| Preseason Second-Team All-Americans | |||
| A | Brendan Cannon | Jr | Georgetown |
| A | Mike Leveille | Sr | Syracuse |
| A | Steven Boyle | So | Johns Hopkins |
| A | Will Yeatman | So | Notre Dame |
| M | Dan Groot | Jr | Maryland |
| M | John Glynn | Sr | Cornell |
| M | Mark Kovler | Jr | Princeton |
| M | Nick Tintle | Sr | North Carolina |
| FO | Taylor Clagett | Sr | Notre Dame |
| DM | Mike Ward | Sr | Duke |
| LSM | Michael Timms | Jr | Virginia |
| D | Sean Dougherty | Sr | Notre Dame |
| D | Jordan DiNola | Sr | Navy |
| D | Ken Clausen | So | Virginia |
| D | Tim Kaiser | Sr | North Carolina |
| G | Joey Kemp | Sr | Notre Dame |
| Preseason Third-Team All-Americans | |||
| A | Ari Sussman | So | Dartmouth |
| A | Corey Small | Jr | Albany |
| A | Brandon Corp | Jr | Colgate |
| A | Bart Wagner | Jr | North Carolina |
| M | Andrew Brancaccio | So | Georgetown |
| M | Peter Lamade | Sr | Virginia |
| M | Mike Podgajny | Sr | Notre Dame |
| M | Terry Kimener | Sr | UMBC |
| FO | Chris Eck | Sr | Colgate |
| DM | Kevin Unterstein | Sr | Hofstra |
| LSM | Steve Grossi | Jr | Drexel |
| D | Chris Peyser | Jr | Princeton |
| D | Matt Drenan | So | Johns Hopkins |
| D | Matt Moyer | Jr | Cornell |
| D | Chris O'Dougherty | Jr | Rutgers |
| G | Daniel Loftus | Sr | Duke |
| Preseason All-Americans: Honorable Mention | |||
| A | Andrew Chapman | Sr | Drexel |
| A | Austin Winter | So | Bucknell |
| A | Chris MacDonald | Sr | Villanova |
| A | Craig Andrzejewski | Jr | Penn |
| A | Daryl Veltman | Sr | Hobart |
| A | Gavin Petracca | So | North Carolina |
| A | Cam Howard | Sr | Delaware |
| A | Jim Connolly | Jr | UMass |
| A | Kevin Huntley | Sr | Johns Hopkins |
| A | Max Ritz | Sr | Maryland |
| A | Nick Mirabito | Sr | Navy |
| A | Ryan Hoff | Jr | Notre Dame |
| A | Thomas Muldoon | So | Brown |
| A | Garrett Billings | Jr | Virginia |
| M | Basil Daratsos | So | Navy |
| M | Brian Vetter | Sr | Towson |
| M | Ben Hunt | Jr | North Carolina |
| M | Dan Hardy | Jr | Syracuse |
| M | Griffin Nevitt | Jr | Air Force |
| M | Ilija Gajic | So | Denver |
| M | Jeremy Sieverts | Jr | Maryland |
| M | Justin Pennington | So | Rutgers |
| M | Kevin Buchanan | Sr | Ohio State |
| M | Matt Lalli | Sr | Colgate |
| M | Mike Kimmel | So | Johns Hopkins |
| M | Mike Unterstein | Sr | Hofstra |
| M | Ned Crotty | Sr | Duke |
| M | Steven Brooks | Sr | Syracuse |
| M | Brad Ross | Sr | Duke |
| FO | Greg Duboff | Sr | Yale |
| DM | Danny Nathan | Sr | Cornell |
| DM | Geoff Leone | Jr | Navy |
| DM | Josh Funk | Sr | Ohio State |
| DM | Andrew Miller | Jr | Johns Hopkins |
| LSM | Barney Ehrmann | So | Georgetown |
| LSM | Brian Farrell | So | Maryland |
| LSM | Matt Bocklet | Sr | Johns Hopkins |
| LSM | Ricky Pages | Sr | Ohio State |
| LSM | Charlie Kolkin | Jr | Princeton |
| D | Billy Haire | Jr | Bucknell |
| D | Bobby Atwell | Jr | UMBC |
| D | Brett McGlensey | Sr | Sacred Heart |
| D | Craig McDonald | Sr | Albany |
| D | Evan Crowther-Washburn | Sr | Delaware |
| D | Jay Larson | Sr | Army |
| D | Matt Kelly | Jr | Virginia |
| D | Ross Zimmerman | Sr | Notre Dame |
| D | Joe Cinosky | Sr | Maryland |
| G | Adam Fullerton | Sr | Army |
| G | Brett Queener | Sr | Albany |
| G | Brian Phipps | So | Maryland |
| G | Miles Kass | Sr | Georgetown |
| G | Drew Adams | Jr | Penn State |
| G | Nick Sciubba | Jr | Bucknell |
