May 24, 2009

Center Valley, Pa.--Navy senior defenseman Andy Tormey was named to 2009 Men's Lacrosse Lowe's Senior CLASS Award First Team and Colgate senior attackman Brandon Corp was named to the Second Team, it was announced Saturday in between the 2009 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Semifinal Games in Foxborough, Mass.

Joining Tormey on the five-man first team were 2009 Men's Lacrosse Lowe's Senior CLASS Award winner Max Seibald of Cornell, along with Matt Abbott of Syracuse, Jordan Burke of Brown and Michael Colleluori of Hofstra. Joel Dalgarno of Ohio State, Danny Glading of Virginia, Ryan Hoff of Notre Dame and Grant Zimmerman of North Carolina joined Corp on the second unit.

The award, chosen by a nationwide vote of coaches, media and fans, is presented annually to college lacrosse's outstanding NCAA Division I senior student-athlete. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award has grown into the nation's premier tribute to college seniors. The award identifies personal qualities that define a complete student-athlete, with criteria including excellence in the classroom, in character and community service, as well as in competition on the field.

Tormey earned All-American honors in his senior season after leading a young defense that juggled four different starting lineups. The Mids' not only anchored a defense that is ranked seventh in the nation (7.69 GPG), he played an instrumental role among the Mids' No. 1-ranked man-down unit that surrendered just six goals on 40 attempts (.850). The 85.0-percent success rate is tied as the 12th best in NCAA history and best since the 2005 St. John's squad squelched 86.2 percent of its opponents extra-man opportunities. Tormey led the Midshipmen to their fifth Patriot League Tournament title in Navy's six-year membership of the conference. He was named to the Patriot League All-Tournament Team after two stellar defensive performances against Colgate and Bucknell. Tormey paced the Mids in caused turnovers, forcing the opposition to cough up the ball 32 times.

Corp graduates as the only Raider in school history to be named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year for three straight seasons. A three time all-Patriot League selection, he is also the first Raider to be named a nominee for the Tewaraaton Trophy, which honors the top lacrosse player in the United States. He posted a personal-best 63 points this season, finishing with 35 goals and 28 assists to finish third in the nation in scoring averaging 4.20 points per game. Corp closed out his career with 194 points off 127 goals and 64 assists, both his points and goals rank second all-time in Colgate history, first in the division I era, while his 64 assists are tied for sixth.