thanks to Olivia Coiro, Assistant Director of Athletic Communication – Lynn University for this press release   BOCA RATON, Fla.- On the eve of his first post-season appearance in program history with the Lynn University lacrosse team, head coach Brian Kingsbury has been named the 2015 Sunshine State Conference Coach of the Year as announced by the conference office on Thursday afternoon. Additionally, seven members of the 2015 squad earned All-SSC honors with Anthony Rainone and Shaun McDonald becoming the first members in program history to earn Second Team accolades.  

  Since the league formed in 2014, Kingsbury becomes just the second SSC Coach of the Year following the biggest turn around in conference history. After finishing just 1-10 overall and 0-5 in the league during its inaugural season, Kingsbury coached Lynn to an 8-6 regular season record and 2-3 league slate while clinching the #4 seed in the conference tournament. Rainone, a junior attack from Lynnbrook, N.Y., set program records in goals (40), points (52) and hat tricks (10) for a single season. He set a conference record for consecutive hat tricks when he began 2015 by logging at least three goals in his first ten games as a Fighting Knight. He currently ranks 18^th in the country for goals per game (2.62). McDonald was selected as the first Defensive Player of the Week in program history earlier in the season. The Cicero, N.Y., product becomes the first defensemen to earn post-season honors for the Blue & White, where he caused a team-high 16 turnovers and snagged 14 ground balls.  

                            

  For the second consecutive year the Fighting Knights have two or more members on the All-Freshman team; Austin Jerhoff, Sam Turner, Mark Snellman, Jacob Van Leenen and Caleb Cerf all received recognition. Jerhoff, a native of Calgary, Canada, was second on the team in goals scored with 32 while dishing out 17 assists for 49 points. The redshirt freshman attack had six hat tricks and 11 multi-goal games. Turner, Lynn’s second attack on the All-Freshman Team, scored 11 goals, five of which were against conference opponents.  

                                 

  Snellman, a midfielder from Norwalk, Conn., was fifth on the team in goals with 14 but scored a program-record six man-up goals and dished out five assists for 19 points. Also a midfielder, Van Leenen tallied seven goals and seven assists for 14 points while getting 10 groundballs and causing five turnovers.  

                                 

  Long-stick midfielder Cerf matched McDonald for a team-best 16 caused turnovers. He ranks second on the team in ground balls with 51 and tallied two goals and six assists for eight points.  

  The Fighting Knights take on top-seed Tampa at 8 pm on Friday, April 24, in the first round of the SSC Tournament. Fans can watch the game live, free of charge, at LynnFightingKnights.com. Don’t forget to ‘Like’ us on Facebook and follow @Lynn_Knights on Twitter and Instagram. ### Olivia Coiro  Assistant Director of Athletic Communication Lynn University 3601 North Military Trail Boca Raton, FL 33431 O: +1 561-237-7279 M: +1 561-221-5009 lynnfightingknights.com