Men’s Lacrosse Lands Five on NEILA All-Academic Team

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. — Five student-athletes from the Dartmouth men's lacrosse team have been selected to the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) All-Academic Team, as announced by the organization on Friday.

The five Dartmouth honorees were fifth-year Peter Rizzotti and seniors Andrew Johnston, Jackson McGinley, Mitchell Myers and Tommy Rogan.

Nominees must have senior or graduate-student standing, a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale and be an impact player for their team.

A Second-Team NEILA All-New England selection, Rizzotti played a key role for the Big Green, having led the team in caused turnovers (23) while adding 27 ground balls and scoring two goals. He ended his time at Dartmouth as the program's leader in caused turnovers in a career (64) and season (27 in 2019). Rizzotti, a native of Sudbury, Massachusetts, earned a degree in history.

Johnston, a history major from Potomac, Maryland, appeared in all 12 games for the Big Green this spring. He finished the season with eight caused turnovers and 17 ground balls. Johnston had six ground balls in the win over Siena and had four caused turnovers and two ground balls in the victory against Hampton.

A short-stick defensive midfielder from Lake Oswego, Oregon, McGinley appeared in 10 games this spring, providing four caused turnovers and two ground balls. He tallied two ground balls and one caused turnover in the Big Green's season-opening victory over Merrimack.

Myers, a history major from Huntington Beach, California, wrapped up his Big Green career as a Second-Team All-Ivy honoree as a face-off specialist. He finished the regular season second in the league in faceoff percentage (56.1), while leading the conference in ground balls (83) and ground balls per game (6.92).

An attack from Merrick, New York, Rogan appeared in all 12 games for the Big Green this spring with seven starts. He tallied 11 goals and eight assists in addition to 16 ground balls and three caused turnovers. Rogan scored two goals and assisted three in the season-opening win over Merrimack, then later scored twice with one assist in the Ivy League victory over Harvard.

Members of the teams are nominated by head coaches in Divisions I, II and III, and are student-athletes who have excelled both in the classroom and on the field over the course of their men's lacrosse career.

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