USILA Division III All-Americans | USILA Scholar All-Americans

PERRY, N.Y. – Seniors John Odierna and #J.C. Ward# of the Gettysburg College men's lacrosse team were named to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Division III All-America Team, it was announced Tuesday.

Both players earned honorable recognition to become All-Americans for the first time.

In addition, Odierna was also named a USILA Scholar All-American, an award given to seniors who garner USILA All-America status and achieve a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.

Odierna, a defenseman, gained All-Centennial Conference (CC) First Team honors earlier this month after leading the conference's top-ranked defense. The Bullets posted a CC-best 6.97 goals-against average, were second with 10.11 caused turnovers per game, and held all but three opponents to under 10 goals. Starting all 19 games, he led the team with 31 caused turnovers and was fifth with 40 ground balls while handing out three assists and scoring his first collegiate goal in the team's CC semifinal victory over Haverford College.

For his career, Odierna played in 62 games and made 46 starts, including the 2009 NCAA Division III national championship game. He finished with 103 ground balls, 68 caused turnovers, four assists, and one goal.

A midfielder, Ward was also a First Team All-Centennial Conference performer this season. He posted career-highs in nearly every statistical category and led the team in assists (17) while finishing second in goals (26) and points (43). Among the Centennial Conference leaders, Ward was sixth in assists per game (0.89). Starting all 19 games, he notched three hat tricks and scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime against Cabrini College, ranked 15th at the time.

Ward finished his career with 62 points on 35 goals and 27 assists to go with 27 ground balls over 45 games and 19 starts.

Gettysburg, currently ranked No. 12 by USILA, closed out its season 12-7 (6-2 CC) and advanced to the championship game of the Centennial Conference tournament before earning an at-large berth in the NCAA Division III tournament.