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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA Ben Rubeor has been named the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year as announced today by commissioner John D. Swofford.
Rubeor headlines six Cavaliers named to the conference’s all-academic squad. He graduated in May with a degree in English. He is a three-time ACC All-Academic team selection and was named a second-team Academic All-American by ESPN The Magazine this season.
A finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy as the nation’s top player this season, Rubeor was a second-team All-American after leading the team with 38 goals. He finished his career ranked fifth in UVa history with 136 goals and sixth in total points (212). He also was named All-ACC for the third year in a row this season.
Rubeor is joined on the all-academic squad by teammates Adam Ghitelman, Danny Glading, Peter Lamade, Tim Shaw and Mike Timms.
Ghitelman started 10 games in goal as a freshman for Virginia this season and recently led the United States Under-19 team to a world championship and was named the tournament’s top goaltender.
Along with Rubeor, Glading is one of seven players to earn All-Academic and All-Conference honors this season. He led the team in scoring with 65 points and in assists with 35.
Lamade used his final season of eligibility at UVa after receiving his degree from Duke in 2007. A starter in the midfield for the Cavaliers this season he scored eight goals and added 19 assists. He finished his career as one of only five midfielders in ACC history with at least 50 career goals and 50 career assists.
This marks the second year in a row Shaw and Timms have been named to the all-academic squad. Shaw started 10 games on defense this season, while Timms earned honorable mention All-American recognition as a longstick midfielder for the second year in a row. Shaw received his degree in history in May, while Timms graduated with a degree in economics. Timms has a year of eligibility remaining and will use it this coming season while being enrolled in a graduate program in the McIntire School of Commerce.
Duke led the way for the second year in a row with 15 players, followed by Virginia with six, Maryland with five and North Carolina with four.
To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during his/her academic career.