JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --- Following a share of the regular season Atlantic Sun Championship and the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Men's Lacrosse Championship, the Jacksonville Dolphins are well represented in the league's postseason honors, collecting 15 honors.

Faceoff specialist Drew Rippeon was named Specialist of the Year following a breakout junior season. He led the ASUN in faceoff percentage at 60.8% --- the only ASUN player over 60% and 13th best nationally.

He was also sixth nationally in ground balls per game, averaging 7.92 per contest. Rippeon was also one of six Dolphins named to the All-ASUN First Team.

Freshman midfielder Zane Czeschin was another of JU's first teamers. He won the league's Freshman of the Year honors and a place on the All-Freshman team after a standout rookie campaign.

Czeschin led all ASUN freshmen with 41 points, scoring 32 goals and providing nine assists. The Dolphins have claimed Freshman of the Year in back-to-back seasons after attackman Daylin John-Hill earned the award a season ago.

On the coaching front, head coach John Galloway was named the league's Coach of the Year. The 2018 and 2022 Southern Conference Coach of the Year, this is Galloway's first ASUN Coach of the Year recognition after leading JU to the top seed in the conference tournament.

Joining Rippeon and Czeschin on the All-ASUN First Team were senior attackman Jack Taylor, senior midfielder Breyden Harrison, senior defenseman Aaron Toguri and graduate student goalie Ryan Della Rocco. This is JU's most players on the All-Conference First Team since putting seven players on the All-Southern Conference First Team in 2022.

Taylor is one of the best offensive players in the country, ranking fifth nationally and first in the ASUN with 5.0 points per game. This is his second-straight season on the All-ASUN First Team. He became JU's first Premier Lacrosse League draft pick since 2023, going 31st overall to the Denver Outlaws.

Harrison has asserted himself as one of the best short-stick defensive midfielders in the country. This is his second-consecutive year as the lone SSDM on the All-ASUN First Team. He tallied 31 ground balls and caused five turnovers in the regular season.

Toguri is among the best defensemen in Jacksonville history. Like Taylor and Harrison, he has been named to the All-ASUN First Team in back-to-back seasons. He collected 31 ground balls and 26 caused turnovers this season.

Della Rocco is having an All-American season for the Dolphins in the cage. He leads the country in Goals Against Average at 7.63 while ranking in the top 10 for save percentage at 58.4%. He leads the ASUN in every major goalkeeping stat and is a two-time ASUN Defensive Player of the Week honoree this season.

Two Dolphins were named to the All-ASUN Second Team: senior attackman Nicky Brown and sophomore long-stick midfielder Lucas Fraser.

Brown has earned second-team All-ASUN honors in back-to-back seasons. He tallied 43 points in the regular season (22 G, 21 A), including a program-record 11 points (4G, 7A) against Air Force on March 28.

Fraser is one of the most disruptive long-stick midfielders in the country, tallying 30 ground balls and 25 caused turnovers. He more than doubled his offensive production from his freshman season, scoring four goals and providing one assist this year.

JU's rookie class was well represented on the All-Freshman team as Czeschin, defenseman Josh Hedderich, midfielder Grant Maloney and midfielder Kai Smith were all named to the squad. Four All-Freshman honorees is the most in a single season in program history.

Hedderich started the last 12 games of the season at close defense, collecting 19 ground balls and causing six turnovers. Maloney played every game this season as part of JU's short-stick defensive midfielder group, collecting five ground balls and five caused turnovers. Smith played every game in Jacksonville's offensive midfield, scoring five goals and providing one assist. 

Top-seeded Jacksonville starts its quest for an ASUN crown Friday, May 1 against the #4 Mercer Bears. Opening faceoff is slated for 3 PM.

The full list of All-ASUN honorees can be viewed HERE. Jacksonville had six All-Academic honorees, with that full list available HERE.