Record Three Scots Earn All-America Honors, Two to Play in Senior All-Star Game

A record three College of Wooster men's lacrosse Fighting Scots earned United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association All-America honors this spring. Senior defender Casey Steffen, the program's second two-time All-American, was joined on the honorable mention All-America squad by junior midfielder Will Fink and sophomore attacker Lane Kellogg. Additionally, Steffen and senior attacker Vinny DiLeo were selected to play in the USILA Div. III Senior All-Star Game on the South Team, which is being led by Wooster head coach Eric Seideman and assistant coach Joseph Pille.

Steffen, who joins Steve Davidow as a two-time All-American, ranks third within Div. III with 3.61 caused turnovers per game, and it is the senior's second time ranking in the top three nationally. Last year, Steffen became the program's first All-American since 2010 and first defender in program history to earn All-America laurels. The three-time first-team All-North Coast Athletic Conference performer was named to the NCAC All-Decade Team for 2014-23, qualifying by virtue of being the 2023 NCAC Defensive Player of the Year. That year, Steffen set a new Div. III record with 5.06 caused turnovers per game and broke the NCAC and Wooster single-season records with 86 caused turnovers. Steffen's 65 caused turnovers in 2024 brought his career total to 195, the fourth-most in Div. III history since the NCAA started officially tracking the statistic in 2010. Steffen graduated as the NCAC and program's all-time leader in caused turnovers, while his 211 groundballs are the sixth-most in program history since that became an official statistic in 1999. Steffen led Wooster to a top-four national ranking in opponent clearing percentage (67.2 percent) and helped the team to a top-10 national ranking at 13.39 caused turnovers per game this spring.

Fink's honor is the perfect capper to a career year, which saw the junior debut on the all-conference team as a first-team midfielder. His 40 goals doubled the then-career-high 20 scored as a sophomore, and the junior hit 50 points for the first time to bring his career total just north of 100. The 40 goals were fueled by a career-high five in an 11-9 win at Allegheny College, while Fink logged five four-goal games, four of which came in NCAC play. Fink's 40 goals were the eighth-most within the NCAC, while he finished just outside the top-10 league-wide in points this spring.

Kellogg challenged for Wooster's single-season scoring record this spring, with the sophomore's 49 goals ranking as the fourth-most. He logged the program's seventh 75-point season, backing the 49 goals up with a team-leading 26 assists. Kellogg ranked fourth within the NCAC in goals and second in assists. His 75 points were third within the conference. On the national scene, Kellogg ranked 79th nationally with 4.17 points per game. Kellogg's signature game was a nine-point showing at Hiram College, where the sophomore passed out five assists and scored four goals. He followed that up with five goals and three assists in a 17-11 win over Oberlin College. He was named the NCAC Athlete of the Week following the wins over Hiram and Oberlin.

DiLeo graduated as a two-time All-NCAC performer and executed a career that goes down as one of the top offensive ones in program history. DiLeo joined Jim Applegate as the only players in program history with at least 100 career goals and 100 career assists. His 226 career points are third all-time as are his 103 career assists, while DiLeo's 123 goals are the fifth-most in the program annals. DiLeo's best season was 2023, as the then-junior logged career-highs in points (70), goals (42), and assists (28). DiLeo added 131 groundballs and 47 caused turnovers to his career line.

Wooster now has 10 all-time All-Americans, with four coming in the last two years. Wooster never had multiple All-Americans in a season prior to this year.

The USILA Senior All-Star Game takes place on Friday, May 24 at 4 p.m. at Widener University in Pennsylvania.