Grugan Named ECAC Player of the Year
from press release
CENTERVILLE, Mass. – Senior attackman Casey Grugan
(Ridley Park, Pa./Ridley HS) has been selected the Eastern College
Athletic Conference (ECAC) Metro/South Region Player of the Year,
the conference announced Wednesday.
Grugan is one of five Cavaliers to receive ECAC Metro/South Region
All-Stars, joining sophomore defenseman John McSorley (Ridley Park,
Pa./Ridley HS), junior defenseman Steve Heaps (Street, Md./North
Harford HS), junior midfielder Paul Skulski (Glen Mills, Pa./Garnet
Valley HS) and junior face-off specialist Mike Gurenlian
(Springfield, Pa./Springfield Delco HS).
One day removed from being named Cabrini's first ever U.S.
Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association First Team All-American,
Grugan adds yet another piece of individual hardware to his already
crowded mantle. He also earned the Colonial States Athletic
Conference (CSAC) Player of the Year honor for the third straight
season in 2010.
Grugan walks away from the Cavaliers as the programs all-time
leader in career points (334), and ranks second in career goals
(206) and career assists (128). He owns the program's single-season
records for points (97) and assists (44), and lists third for goals
(65).
Grugan tallied at least one point in the final 76 games of his
collegiate career with the Blue & White. He also set the NCAA
Division III mark for consecutive contests with at least one goal,
surpassing the 33-year-old mark and leaving behind his own
milestone at 73 games.
In all games played through May 23, Grugan lists third and fourth
nationally in goals per game (3.42) and points per game (5.11),
respectively. Grugan topped Stevenson University's senior Steve
Kazimer and junior Jimmy Dailey, also USILA First Team
All-Americans at attack, for ECAC Player of the Year
distinction.
McSorley joins Grugan as an ECAC Metro/South Region First Team
All-Star, starting each of the Cavaliers' 19 games this season at
close defense. He led the team with 25 caused turnovers and ranked
third with 49 groundballs. McSorley earned USILA Honorable Mention
All-America distinction on Tuesday.
Heaps was named an ECAC Metro/South Region Second Team All-Star,
also playing and starting in all 19 contests with McSorley on the
Cabrini backline. He listed second on the Blue & White with 63
groundballs, ranking tied for eighth all-time on the program's
single-season charts.
Skulski recorded a career-best 58 points on 35 goals and 23 assists
en route to ECAC Metro/South Region Second Team All-Star honors.
He'll begin his final season with the Cavaliers in 2011 ranked
seventh in program history in career points (153).
Heaps and Skulski joined McSorley in garnering USILA Honorable
Mention All-America laurels.
Gurenlian, an ECAC Metro/South Region Third Team All-Star, served
as Cabrini's catalyst in the draw circle throughout 2010, ranking
sixth nationally in face-off win percentage (.679) through May 23.
He ranks third in the Cavaliers' program history with 260 career
face-off victories.
