Souders named a Senior CLASS Award first team All-American
5/24/2014 6:48:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
Complete Senior CLASS Award Release
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Lehigh men's lacrosse senior Ty Souders received yet another honor on Saturday, being named a first team Senior CLASS Award All-American. Souders joined four others on the first team, including Tom Schreiber of Princeton who won the award. The two-time All-American defenseman was the only Patriot Leaguer on the first team as Loyola's Joe Fletcher and Justin Ward were on the second team.
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Souders was recently named a USILA Scholar-Athlete and named to the South team for the USILA North-South Senior All-Star Game which will be played on Monday at 10 a.m. at M&T Bank Stadium.
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Souders becomes Lehigh's second first team Senior CLASS All-American in four years following Jonathan Stumpf in 2011.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.Â
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On the field, Souders recorded a career-high 44 groundballs and 14 caused turnovers this season as the quarterback of the nation's third-ranked defense. He finished his career with 139 groundballs and 56 caused turnovers, starting every game since stepping foot on campus.
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The Macungie, Pa. native earned All-America recognition as a sophomore and junior while garnering All-Patriot League honors each of the last three seasons. He had 29 groundballs and eight caused turnovers as a freshman, 31 and 15 as a sophomore and 35 and 19 as a junior.
Souders was named a second team preseason All-American in the Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook. He was also selected 22nd overall by the Denver Outlaws in January's Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft.
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In the classroom, Souders has accumulated a 3.54 GPA as a Finance major. He's been named to the end-of-year Patriot League Academic Honor Roll on multiple occasions while making the Dean's List each of the last two semesters. Souders has garnered the Faculty Athletics Council Award every semester (for a GPA over 3.2). He's been one of only 11 players in the league named to the Academic All-Patriot League Team, earning a spot on the team each of the last three seasons.
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The Emmaus High School graduate has work experience in his field at Solebury Capital Group as an Equity Capital Markets Summer Analyst. He worked there this past summer, performing a case study analyzing gross spreads for all IPO's from 2008-2013, using data pulled from Dealogic in order to determine the effect on bank proceeds when an advisor was on the deal. Souders was responsible for updating various databases, daily market summaries and drafting internal memos. He contributed to the breakdown of pitch books into a consolidated summary for clients, specifically created biography pages on research analysts.
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Souders was voted team captain for 2014 and was a game captain as a junior. He's been part of Lehigh's Leadership Legacies Program where he participates in biweekly workshops to become a more effective team leader. As part of the program, he studies conflict resolution, communication and group dynamics. Souders is a tremendous influence for his younger teammates in all areas. He is also a founder/coach of Souders Defensive Fundamentals, teaching hour-long private lessons for high school defensemen who want to improve their fundamental and overall lacrosse knowledge. Souders organizes lesson plans and schedules facilities to the satisfaction of athletes and their parents.
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Lehigh men's lacrosse is very active in the local community and Souders has helped pave the way. He recently volunteered at the Bethlehem Boys and Girls Club and Calypso Elementary Homework Club on Wednesday afternoons during the fall semester, doing various activities with the youngsters, including help with homework and athletics. Souders has been involved with Make a Wish, MS Society, selling t-shirts and collecting change while helping raise over $2,000 for various charities. Souders and the Mountain Hawks host a yearly "Community Night" in the fall as local youngsters converge at Lehigh for a one-hour clinic with the players and coaches.
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Souders has been involved with C.O.A.C.H. at Lehigh (Community Outreach by Athletes who Care about Helping), a service program that operates in accord with the National Consortium for Academics and Sports to help (along with parents, teachers and coaches) middle and high school student-athletes and their peers, make informed choices regarding their education, drug and alcohol issues and other factors which may affect reaching their full potential. Souders and other Lehigh student-athletes talk about substance abuse, time management, academic motivation and other concerns of younger students and student-athletes.
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The C.O.A.C.H. program handles numerous presentations to student groups in settings ranging from team meetings to school assemblies to sports banquets. They also run sports clinics with an educational theme, group outings to Lehigh athletic events and more. One special event is an annual Adopt-A-Family around the holidays. Each Lehigh Athletics team adopts an underprivileged family; they then raise money throughout the semester to purchase holiday presents for their adopted family. The event wraps up with an event where all the student-athletes present the gifts to the families. The Mountain Hawks raise nearly $30,000 annually.
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The Mountain Hawks reached their third straight Patriot League Championship Game in 2014, finishing 13-5. Lehigh was within one win of tying the school record of 14 victories (set in 2012) and are now 39-13 over the last three seasons. The Mountain Hawks defeated Navy and Army in the Patriot League Tournament, including a thrilling last-second win over the Black Knights in the semifinals.
Like Lehigh men's lacrosse on Facebook and follow on Twitter for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
Senior CLASS Award First Team All-Americans
Troy Dennis, Detroit
John LoCascio, VillanovaÂ
Stephen O'Hara, Notre DameÂ
Tom Schreiber, Princeton
Ty Souders, Lehigh
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Senior CLASS Award Second-Team All-Americans
Michael Ehrhardt, MarylandÂ
Rob Emery, Virginia
Joe Fletcher, Loyola (Maryland)Â
Joe Meurer, Ohio State
Justin Ward, Loyola (Maryland)
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Lehigh men's lacrosse senior Ty Souders received yet another honor on Saturday, being named a first team Senior CLASS Award All-American. Souders joined four others on the first team, including Tom Schreiber of Princeton who won the award. The two-time All-American defenseman was the only Patriot Leaguer on the first team as Loyola's Joe Fletcher and Justin Ward were on the second team.
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Souders was recently named a USILA Scholar-Athlete and named to the South team for the USILA North-South Senior All-Star Game which will be played on Monday at 10 a.m. at M&T Bank Stadium.
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Souders becomes Lehigh's second first team Senior CLASS All-American in four years following Jonathan Stumpf in 2011.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.Â
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On the field, Souders recorded a career-high 44 groundballs and 14 caused turnovers this season as the quarterback of the nation's third-ranked defense. He finished his career with 139 groundballs and 56 caused turnovers, starting every game since stepping foot on campus.
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The Macungie, Pa. native earned All-America recognition as a sophomore and junior while garnering All-Patriot League honors each of the last three seasons. He had 29 groundballs and eight caused turnovers as a freshman, 31 and 15 as a sophomore and 35 and 19 as a junior.
Souders was named a second team preseason All-American in the Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook. He was also selected 22nd overall by the Denver Outlaws in January's Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft.
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In the classroom, Souders has accumulated a 3.54 GPA as a Finance major. He's been named to the end-of-year Patriot League Academic Honor Roll on multiple occasions while making the Dean's List each of the last two semesters. Souders has garnered the Faculty Athletics Council Award every semester (for a GPA over 3.2). He's been one of only 11 players in the league named to the Academic All-Patriot League Team, earning a spot on the team each of the last three seasons.
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The Emmaus High School graduate has work experience in his field at Solebury Capital Group as an Equity Capital Markets Summer Analyst. He worked there this past summer, performing a case study analyzing gross spreads for all IPO's from 2008-2013, using data pulled from Dealogic in order to determine the effect on bank proceeds when an advisor was on the deal. Souders was responsible for updating various databases, daily market summaries and drafting internal memos. He contributed to the breakdown of pitch books into a consolidated summary for clients, specifically created biography pages on research analysts.
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Souders was voted team captain for 2014 and was a game captain as a junior. He's been part of Lehigh's Leadership Legacies Program where he participates in biweekly workshops to become a more effective team leader. As part of the program, he studies conflict resolution, communication and group dynamics. Souders is a tremendous influence for his younger teammates in all areas. He is also a founder/coach of Souders Defensive Fundamentals, teaching hour-long private lessons for high school defensemen who want to improve their fundamental and overall lacrosse knowledge. Souders organizes lesson plans and schedules facilities to the satisfaction of athletes and their parents.
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Lehigh men's lacrosse is very active in the local community and Souders has helped pave the way. He recently volunteered at the Bethlehem Boys and Girls Club and Calypso Elementary Homework Club on Wednesday afternoons during the fall semester, doing various activities with the youngsters, including help with homework and athletics. Souders has been involved with Make a Wish, MS Society, selling t-shirts and collecting change while helping raise over $2,000 for various charities. Souders and the Mountain Hawks host a yearly "Community Night" in the fall as local youngsters converge at Lehigh for a one-hour clinic with the players and coaches.
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Souders has been involved with C.O.A.C.H. at Lehigh (Community Outreach by Athletes who Care about Helping), a service program that operates in accord with the National Consortium for Academics and Sports to help (along with parents, teachers and coaches) middle and high school student-athletes and their peers, make informed choices regarding their education, drug and alcohol issues and other factors which may affect reaching their full potential. Souders and other Lehigh student-athletes talk about substance abuse, time management, academic motivation and other concerns of younger students and student-athletes.
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The C.O.A.C.H. program handles numerous presentations to student groups in settings ranging from team meetings to school assemblies to sports banquets. They also run sports clinics with an educational theme, group outings to Lehigh athletic events and more. One special event is an annual Adopt-A-Family around the holidays. Each Lehigh Athletics team adopts an underprivileged family; they then raise money throughout the semester to purchase holiday presents for their adopted family. The event wraps up with an event where all the student-athletes present the gifts to the families. The Mountain Hawks raise nearly $30,000 annually.
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The Mountain Hawks reached their third straight Patriot League Championship Game in 2014, finishing 13-5. Lehigh was within one win of tying the school record of 14 victories (set in 2012) and are now 39-13 over the last three seasons. The Mountain Hawks defeated Navy and Army in the Patriot League Tournament, including a thrilling last-second win over the Black Knights in the semifinals.
Like Lehigh men's lacrosse on Facebook and follow on Twitter for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
Senior CLASS Award First Team All-Americans
Troy Dennis, Detroit
John LoCascio, VillanovaÂ
Stephen O'Hara, Notre DameÂ
Tom Schreiber, Princeton
Ty Souders, Lehigh
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Senior CLASS Award Second-Team All-Americans
Michael Ehrhardt, MarylandÂ
Rob Emery, Virginia
Joe Fletcher, Loyola (Maryland)Â
Joe Meurer, Ohio State
Justin Ward, Loyola (Maryland)
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