HADLEY, Mass. – Tufts senior Jack Boyden was selected as the 2023 NESCAC Player of the Year, Amherst first-year Bob Gross was named the NESCAC Rookie of the Year, and Tufts Head Coach Casey D'Annolfo garnered Coach of the Year honors as voted on by the conference coaches.
 
Boyden, a two-time All-NESCAC First Team selection, has scored 49 goals to go with a NESCAC-leading 70 assists for the Jumbos. The attack leads the NESCAC in points per game (7.44) and owns the top three individual scoring performances in the league this season, totaling 13 points versus Amherst and Stevens and registering an 11-point effort against Middlebury. The Jumbos claimed the No. 1 seed in the NESCAC Championship with an unbeaten mark of 10-0 and carry a 16-0 record into the NESCAC Semifinals which will be played at Tufts on May 6. Boyden is the seventh Jumbo to be named NESCAC Player of the Year and 2023 marks the ninth time since 2001 a Tufts player has been honored.
 
Gross has 74 points on 41 goals, including seven with an extra player, and 33 assists in his first season at Amherst. Gross ranks 10th in assists and fifth in points per game (4.93) among the conference leaders. Amherst earned the No. 4 seed and posted an 18-16 win over No. 5 Bowdoin in the quarterfinals. Gross netted six goals in the game, including the go-ahead marker with 1:35 remaining in the contest. Gross is the fourth Amherst player to be selected as NESCAC Rookie of the Year. The Mammoths will face top-seeded Tufts in the NESCAC Semifinals.
 
D'Annolfo was voted the NESCAC Coach of the Year by his peers for the first time in his seven years at the helm of the Jumbos. D'Annolfo is the second Tufts coach to garner the Coach of the Year accolade joining Mike Daly who won the award three times. D'Annolfo directed the Jumbos, the four-time defending NESCAC Champion, to the No. 1 seed for the eighth time in program history with a perfect 10-0 record this season. Tufts is the only unbeaten team in Division III (16-0) and the Jumbos' unbeaten regular-season record marked the sixth time since 2001 a team has gone unbeaten in NESCAC play. D'Annolfo owns a career record of 98-14, including a 48-7 mark in conference play, on the Tufts sideline.

2023 NESCAC Men's Lacrosse Awards
Player of the Year: Jack Boyden, Tufts
Rookie of the Year: Bob Gross, Amherst
Coach of the Year: Casey D'Annolfo, Tufts

All-NESCAC First Team
Pos-Name	School	Yr	Hometown	Previous Honors
A - Jack Boyden	Tufts	Sr.	Toronto, Ontario	2022 1st Team
A - Will Byrne	Bowdoin	Jr.	Darien, Conn.	2022 ROY, 2022 2nd Team
A - Tanyr Krummenacher	Amherst	Sr.	Saline, Mich.
M - Tom Conley	Middlebury	Sr.	Mamaroneck, N.Y.
M - DJ Dixon	Wesleyan	Jr.	Troy, Mich.
M - Charlie Tagliaferri	Tufts	So.	Danville, Calif.
D - Sam Cragin	Williams	Jr.	Darien, Conn.
D - Luke Simpson	Middlebury	Sr.	Ridgewood, N.J.	2022 2nd Team
D - Joey Waldbaum	Tufts	So.	Denver, Colo.
G - Matthew Freitas	Williams	Sr.	Weymouth, Mass.
LSM - Michael Ayers	Tufts	So.	Hamilton, Mass.
SSM - Zack Goorno	Bowdoin	Jr.	Concord, Mass.	2022 1st Team
FOM - Mason Kohn	Tufts	Sr.	San Diego, Calif.
All-NESCAC Second Team
Pos-Name	School	Yr	Hometown	Previous Honors
A - Kurt Bruun	Tufts	Sr.	Chevy Chase, Md.
A - Patrick Fitzgerald	Bowdoin	So.	Chevy Chase, Md.
A - Russell Thorndike	Middlebury	So.	Brookline, Mass.
M - Bayard DeMallie	Amherst	Sr.	Ridgewood, N.J.	2022 2nd Team
M  - Harrison Ike	Trinity	Sr.	Allentown, Pa.	2021 2nd Team
M  - Tim Sommer	Hamilton	Sr.	Mamaroneck, N.Y.	2022 2nd Team
D - Kyle Adelmann	Tufts	Sr.	San Mateo, Calif.	2022 2nd Team
D - Nolan Collins	Wesleyan	Sr.	Hanson, Mass.	2022 2nd Team
D - Lawson Laverty	Amherst	So.	Round Hill, Va.
D - Jayme Wilde	Hamilton	So.	Upton, Mass.	2022 2nd Team
G - Will Rice	Conn. College	Jr.	New Rochelle, N.Y.
LSM - Ian Di Pietro	Williams	Sr.	New York, N.Y.
SSM - Joe Murtha	Tufts	Sr.	Wilton, Conn.
FOM - Ethan Barnard	Bowdoin	Jr.	Boxford, Mass.	2022 1st Team