NCAA Player Impact Ratings

In an earlier post, I covered a mathematical system, developed by Dr. Martin Feldman, for assessing the impact lacrosse players have on the game. My earlier post can be seen here.

In this post, I list the NorCal NCAA players in DI and DII who performed in the top bracket created by Dr. Feldman, the author of "Player Impact Ratings". To make Dr. Feldman's list, DI players had to participate in at least ten games. Players whose Impact Rating number would have made this list, but who did not participate in ten games are not included. To give just one example, Giancarlo Sangiacomo's Impact Rating would easily have made the top defender list, but he did not play in the requisite ten games.

NCAA DI:
Attack: Parker Brown (Brown), Alex Capretta (Princeton), Billy Mattimore (Bucknell)
Midfield: Rob Emery (UVA), Roy Lang (Cornell), John Glesener (Army)*
Defense: none in top 200
Goalie: none in top 200

NCAA DII:
Attack: Austin Pridham (Colo. Mesa), Casey Hock (Queens), Gabe Garcia (Colo. Mesa)
Midfield: none in top 200
Defense: Brian Raaka (Dominican U)
Goalie: none in top 40

NCAA DIII:
Attack: Jack Bodine Haverford)
Midfield: Nick Alimam (Kenyon), David Lee (Williams)
Defense: none in top group
Goalie: Nick Massa Kenyon

You can find the rankings for all NCAA players whose complete stats were reported by the respective colleges here.

Taking all positions into account, NorCal's highest rated NCAA DI Impact Player was Parker Brown of Brown University. For NCAA DII, Brian Raaka of Dominican University was NorCal's highest rated Impact Player, and for NCAA DIII, Nick Aliman of Kenyon College.

Congrats to the players who repped NorCal Lacrosse so well!
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* John Glesener played his Youth Lacrosse for the Scorpions and played his Freshman year at De La Salle, before moving to West Genesee, New York.

2 NorCal laxers make Academic All Ivy-League

Parker Brown and Roy Lang were named to the Ivy League's All-Academic team yesterday. Most of us know these two for their amazing Lacrosse exploits, but it is a significant accomplishment to be stellar academically while playing a NCAA DI sport. In addition, these two players have been named to All-Ivy Lacrosse teams for their on-field performance. To me, these guys epitomize the scholar-athletes that the Ivy league seeks.  A sound mind in a sound body is the way this dualityt is sometimes put. I believe these two are role models for all NorCal players and I feel lucky to have watched them play! Thank you for setting such a high standard to which younger laxers can aspire.

All -Ivy

SPRING ACADEMIC ALL-IVY ANNOUNCED

Providence, RI – The Ivy League released its list of student-athletes selected for 2012 spring Academic All-Ivy. Recipients needed to be starters or significant reserves on an officially recognized varsity team with a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average.

Parker Brown

Parker Brown, Sr., Men's Lacrosse, Public Policy & American Institutions (San Francisco)
Honorable Mention All-Ivy; co-captain; 113 career points, including 63 career goals; led team with 40 points in 2012, including a team-high 20 assists; NEILA Scholar-Athlete.

Roy Lang

Roy Lang, Sr., Men’s Lacrosse, American Studies & History (Mill Valley, Calif.)

Third-team All-America; first-team All-Ivy; finished with 22 points on 16 goals and six assists, while recording 23 groundballs and seven caused turnovers.

Alcatraz Outlaws Alumni game

Each year, the Alcatraz Outlaws bring together the current team(s) and the alumni to have a little pickup game. It's great fun, and as you'll see, it's a great event for players,  parents, siblings, and coaches. Here are a few pictures of today's event:

Alumni:

Alex Capretta - Princeton grad

Connor Hunt - Cornell Undergrad

Carson Mead - news pending

Food:

Food by the truckload!

GOOD food, by the way!

The squad:

This year's players listen to Alums' advice
Speakers: Parker Brown, Jack Bodine, Alex Capretta, Rob Emery, Bobby Gray

The Outlaws with Alcatraz in the background

Players after the scrimmage

Parents, Fans & Future Outlaws:

Future Outlaw 

Parents and other fans

More of the crowd

From what I hear, a great time was had by all. Go Outlaws!

You can see the complete rosters of both Alcatraz Outlaw teams at:

http://norcallacrosse.blogspot.com/2012/03/alcatraz-outlaws-announce-2-rosters.html

2012 season stats for NorCal NCAA DI players

Here is a compilation of season statistics for all NorCal NCAA DI players for the 2012 season. If I have forgotten any DI players from NorCal, please send a comment.

Please note that I have included John Glesener, who played his Youth Lacrosse with the Diablo Scopions (and played for DLS as a Freshman). I also include Billy Baird, who played his Youth Lacrosse with the Lamorinda Lightning. Nineteen NorCal guys playing DI Lacrosse. A very few years ago, who'd have believed it!

NorCal DI category leaders are:
Goals: Rob Emery, 24, Alex Capretta 23, Parker Brown 20
Assists: Parker Brown 20, John Glesener 17, Alex Capretta 11
Points: Parker Brown 40, Alex Capretta 34, John Glesener 33
Ground Balls: Rob Emery 27, Roy Lang 23, Parker Brown 21
Caused Turnovers: Kevin Downs 8, Billy Baird 6, Giancarlo Sangiacomo 3

2 NorCal players make All-Ivy

Two former NorCal players – both two-time HS All-Americans – made the All-Ivy team released today. Parker Brown – formerly of UHS – was named All-Ivy as an Honorable Mention Attackman, while Roy Lang – formerly of SI – was named to the 1st team All-Ivy team as a midfielder. Congrats to both of these scholar-athletes for their on-field performance!

While not from NorCal, Greg Mahoney of Yale was named as a 1st team Midfielder. Mr. Mahoney is a Western Lacrosse player who hails from Mercer Island Washington. These three constitute all the Western United States members of the 2012 All-Ivy teams.

Alex Capretta named Ivy League Player of the Week

Alex Capretta, SI alum and former HS AA, has been named the Ivy League player of the week for his five-goal performance in a victory over Cornell that provided Princeton with the outright Men's Lacrosse regular season title for the Ivy League. A nice article about Alex can be read on the Princeton Tigers athletic site:

http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=205421869

Congratulations!
 I believe, though I do not know for a fact, that Alex Capretta is only the second NorCal player to win an Ivy League "Player of the Week" award. Parker Brown, former UHS standout and 2X HS AA, has won the award twice. If you have additions to this list that can be corroborated, send me a message.

NorCal lacrosse & the Ivy League Tournament

Alex Capretta

In an earlier post, I've written about the NorCal pipeline to the Ivy League. Without spending much time on that, the summary is that every Ivy League school has at least one NorCal guy playing or committed to it.  And they're contributors, sometimes HUGE contributors. This weeks final regular season games, setting the field and the seedings for the Ivy League Tournament, proved that point.

• The Princeton v Cornell regular season ender would determine the #1 and #2 seeds in the Ivy tournament, Recall that the winner of the Ivy tournament – not the regular season champ – gets the automatic bid to the big dance. In that game, Princeton prevailed 14-8, with Alex Capretta, former SI HS AA, had five goals for the Tigers. But, Roy Lang, former SI HS AA and 1st team NCAA AA, scored  one for the Big Red and was named to the Tewaaraton candidates list. Connor Hunt, former DLS HS AA, also plays for the Big Red.

• The Harvard v Yale regular season ender would determine whether Yale would be the #3 seed or the #4 seed in the tourney – and whether Harvard would be in the tourney – or not. Yale prevailed, 10-8, and secured the third seed. Harvard was out! Yale recruit JW McGovern, SI HS AA '12, was rooting for the Bulldogs, while Spencer Evans, SI '13, was rooting for the Crimson.

• Both Dartmouth and Brown had a chance to be the #4 seed if Harvard lost. Brown prevailed, defeating Dartmouth 10-8, securing the fourth seed in the Ivy tourney. In this game, Parker Brown, former UHS HS AA, had 2 goal and 1 assist, while Thomas Mattimore, former SI HS AA, had 1 goal and 1 assist. Two Dartmouth recruits, Jack McCormick, DLS '13, and Wiley Osborne, Menlo '13, were rooting for the Big Green! Brown Attackman, Tim Jacob, former Bellarmine HS AA, saw action in this game.

UPenn was not in the hunt for the tourney this year, but Nick Richards, former DLS AA, saw plenty of action this year.

Quite a testament to the athletic – and academic – prowess of all these guys!

SI alum Alex Capretta nets 2 against Brown

Former SI All-American Alex Capretta, has been on a roll for Princeton this year. A starter for the Tigers in all eight of their games, Capretta ranks third in points for Princeton with 17 and is tied for second in assists for the highly-rated squad. Princeton overwhelmed the Brown Bears, 13-2. Former NorCal HS All-Americans Parker Brown and Tim Jacob both played in this game for the Bears, but were held without points by the stingy Tiger defense.

UHS alum Parker Brown goes 1 & 2 in win over St. Joseph's

Parker Brown

Former NorCal standout and UHS alum, Parker Brown, continued his heady pace in the Bears' recent win over St. Joseph's, 11-3. Parker and a goal and 2 assists in this game. You can see the Box Score at:
http://www.brownbears.com/sports/m-lacros/2011-12/files/Brown-SJ_Lax.htm

UHS alum Parker Brown scores 4 in Brown defeat

UHS alum Parker Brown scored four goals in yesterday's 12-7 losing cause against the 6th ranked UMass team. Parker is having another outstanding season for the Bears. You can read the article at:
http://www.brownbears.com/sports/m-lacros/2011-12/releases/201203038wdcml