Garden City, N.Y. – Devan Crimi and Gregory Puskuldjian are among the five finalists nominated for Division II Preseason Lacrosse Players of the Year according to Lacrosse Magazine. The seniors return to their respective teams for their final year of lacrosse in a Panther uniform with hopes to make it back to the National Championship stage. Crimi was nominated last year while Puskuldjian appears on the ballot for the first time in his career.
Crimi had another impressive season in 2012 that included First-Team All-Conference, All-Region and All-American to name a few. Helping the Panthers to an 18-3 overall record and made an NCAA final four appearance. She started all 21 contests at attack and led the team in points (101), goals (69), assists (32) while picking up 25 ground balls and causing 18 turnovers. She currently sits fifth all-time in Adelphi's record books with 245 total points.
Puskuldjian, a USILA Second-Team All-American last season, was the Panther's go-to face-off guy. He led his team and the country in faceoff win percentage (.672) after winning 154 faceoffs out of 229 attempts. He also added three goals and scooped up a team leading 100 ground balls while his 5.88 ground balls per game ranked in 11th in all of Division II.
You can cast your votes for Crimi and Puskuldjian by following this link. Voting ends December 20 at 5pm.
