DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Feb. 4, 2021) – Mercy College men's lacrosse junior Brady Kearnan (Courtice, Ontario/Newberry College) and graduate student Tommy McPartland (Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale) have been named to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA)/Warrior and New Balance Preseason All-American Division II Second Team. Junior Jack Gibbons (North Bellmore, N.Y./Mepham), graduate student Antonio Rey (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) and senior Sean Rigley (Pleasant Hill, Calif./Onondaga CC) were tabbed Honorable Mention. The five selections are a school record.
Kearnan was named Second Team All-American by Inside Lacrosse after appearing in six games in 2020, finishing with 17 goals, 11 assists and 28 points. He ranked second on the team in points, goals and assists. The one-time ECC Offensive Player of the Week had a season-high eight points on six goals and two assists in the win over Georgian Court last year.
McPartland is a three-time All-ECC performer having been named First Team All-ECC in 2019, Second Team All-ECC in 2018 and Third Team All-ECC in 2017. The graduate student also was tabbed ECC and ECAC Rookie of the Year as a freshman. Last season, he was named ECC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and had five goals, seven assists and 12 points. He had a season-high two goals and three assists at Le Moyne.
Gibbons was tabbed USILA and Inside Lacrosse Preseason Second Team All-American last year and was ECC Offensive Player of the Week once in 2020. Last season, Gibbons had eight goals, six assists and 14 points, posting a season-high five points on three goals and two assists at American International. In 2019, Gibbons was named Second Team All-ECC and was tabbed ECC Rookie of the Week three times.
Rey appeared in six games last year and was named ECC Defensive Player of the Week twice. He also was tabbed to the USILA Division II Team of the Week twice and led the ECC in ground balls (54) and faceoffs won (96). Rey currently holds the school record for career ground balls and faceoffs won. Rey has appeared in 58 games in four seasons, has 204 ground balls and has a .570 faceoff percentage.
Rigley appeared in all six games last season and finished his first season as a Maverick with 13 ground balls and six caused turnovers. He recorded a season-high six ground balls with two caused turnovers against Pace.
