Shellenberger Named First Team Academic All-American
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Former Virginia men’s lacrosse attackman Connor Shellenberger has been named a First Team Academic All-American by the College Sports Communicators (CSC), the organization announced Wednesday (July 17).
Shellenberger is one of two Division I men’s lacrosse players to earn first-team honors in the at-large category and one of four overall. Including lacrosse, the men’s Division I at-large category consists of nine different sports: fencing, gymnastics, ice hockey, rifle, skiing, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.
Shellenberger is only the third Cavalier in program history to garner such distinction and first since 2008, when Ben Rubeor nabbed his second consecutive honor.
The 2024 USILA Lt. Col. JI Turnbull Outstanding Attackman of the Year, Shellenberger guided the Hoos to Championship Weekend for the third time of his career. He was also one of five Tewaraaton Award finalists in 2023, which is bestowed to the nation’s top player. This year, Shellenberger led the ACC and finished second nationally in total assists (52). He also scored 32 goals, putting him fourth overall in total points (84) among all DI players. Shellenberger garnered his third career NCAA All-Tournament Team honor after recording 13 points in three tournament games, including when he delivered the game-winning goal in double overtime against Johns Hopkins in this year’s quarterfinals. Shellenberger was selected second overall by the New York Atlas in this year’s Premier League Lacrosse Draft and competed in the PLL All-Star Game as a rookie.
In the classroom, Shellenberger was named a 2024 USILA Scholar All-American and in 2023 was crowned the ACC Men’s Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
CSC Academic All-Americans were previously nominated for All-District distinction. Academic All-Americans were determined by a vote among registered CSC members. To qualify for nomination, an undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale). A graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as both an undergraduate and graduate student unless they are in their first semester as a grad student and have not established graduate GPA. Eligible nominees must have participated in 70 of their team’s total competitions that included team scoring.