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LANCASTER, PA – Steve Welsh (Sr., Lewes, DE/Cape Henelopen) was named the Player of the Year as Franklin & Marshall College placed three athletes on the 2005 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III South Men’s Lacrosse All-Star Team. In addition to Welsh, midfielder Matt Capone (Sr., Scarsdale, NY/Scarsdale) and long-stick defenseman Ed Schellhorn (Sr., Wilton, CT/Wilton) also earned All-ECAC honors as the selections mark the most Franklin & Marshall men’s lacrosse players ever named to the ECAC All-Star team. The first player in Franklin & Marshall history to earn ECAC Player of the Year honors, Welsh was named to the STX/United State Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association All-America honorable mention team earlier this week. A two-time All-Centennial Conference and All-ECAC selection with first team honors in 2004 and 2005, Welsh was named the Centennial Conference Player of the Year as he became the first F&M player to earn the honor. The team and Centennial Conference’s leading scorer with 20 goals and 45 assists for 65 points, Welsh concludes his career with 84 goals and 112 assists 196 points as he ranks second in assists and fifth in points in school history. In Centennial Conference games, he tallied 11 goals and 28 assists for 39 points this year in eight games as he led the Diplomats to a 5-3 record, fourth place in the conference standings and a playoff berth. A selection to the prestigious United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association/STX North-South All-Star Game at SUNY-Cortland in Cortland, New York on June 11, Welsh tied for the team lead in game winning goals with teammates Colin Hanley (Sr., Davidsonville, MD/DeMatha) and Cyrus Adams (So., Nashville, TN/Montgomery Bell) as he netted the deciding scores against Muhlenberg College and Ursinus College. An STX/USILA All-America honorable mention selection and an alternate pick to the North/South game, Capone led the Centennial Conference for a third straight year by winning 207-of-286 (72.37%) face-offs to raise his career total to 706-for-918 (76.90%). A three-time All-CC first team selection with honors in 2003, 2004 and 2005, he won 120-of-169 face-offs (71.0%) with one goal in Centennial Conference games this year. The NCAA all-division record holder in face-off winning percentage after recording an 86.4 percentage in 2003, he concludes his career with three goals and one assist for four points as he scored two goals this season and led the team in ground balls with 81. A 2005 All-Centennial Conference second team selection, Schellhorn collected 30 ground balls and was instrumental in Franklin & Marshall ranking among the conference’s best defensive units as F&M allowed 7.69 goals per game. In addition, he scored a man-down goal this year against McDaniel College in a 12-7 win at Williamson Field on April 27 to clinch a play-off berth. Historically, he is the second Schellhorn to earn All-ECAC recognition in men's lacrosse for Franklin & Marshall as his brother Chris Schellhorn '02 earned first team recognition in 2002. The honor caps off a career in which the trio helped the Diplomats to the 2002 Eastern College Athletic Conference Championship as freshmen for the program's first post-season title since claiming the Middle Atlantic Conference championship in 1990. As sophomores, the Diplomats concluded the 2003 season with a 12-4 record, 6-2 in Centennial Conference play, as Franklin & Marshall finished fifth in the nation, ranked #9 in the final USILA Division III national poll and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship Tournament. In the tournament, F&M advanced to the quarterfinals before being defeated by eventual national champion Salisbury University. The NCAA playoff berth marked the third in program history (1988, 1990, and 1995) as the team recorded the program's best record since the 1988 team went 13-3 and advanced to the "Final Four". Welsh, Capone and Schellhorn conclude their careers with a 39-21 record following back-to-back 9-5 records in 2004 and 2005. 2005 ECAC Division III South Men’s Lacrosse All-Star Team
A - Steve Welsh, Sr., Franklin & Marshall University
A - Chase Stewart, Jr., Gettysburg College
A - Jon Spivey, Sr., Washington College
M - Kevin Rayer, Jr., Cabrini College
M - Matt Capone, Sr., Franklin & Marshall College
M - Chris Renzi, Jr., Gettysburg College
M - Steve Hoffman, Jr., McDaniel College
D - Nick Terlizzo, Jr., Cabrini College
D - Ed Schellhorn, Sr., Franklin & Marshall
D - Matt Smith, Sr., Gettysburg College
D - Kyle Mitten, Sr., Washington College
G - Pat Vaughan, So., Gettysburg College Player of the Year – Steve Welsh, Franklin & Marshall
Goaltender of the Year – Pat Vaughan, Gettysburg
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