WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army senior defenseman Craig Massie was honored with a pair of All-America awards over the weekend. He was named to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Scholar All-America Team on Sunday after landing first-team recognition on the Lowe’s All-Senior All-America squad, Saturday afternoon.
Named a Patriot League Second-Team All-Conference honoree for the second straight season, Massie started all 15 games for the Black Knight defense that finished sixth in the nation in scoring defense with a 7.13 goals against average. He was named the Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week on Apr. 14 after leading the Black Knights to a 9-6 upset of archrival Navy (Apr. 19). He also finished seventh on the team with 21 ground balls.
Selected a Patriot League Second-Team All-Conference honoree last spring, Massie owns a 3.19 grade point average as a Life Science major with a Systems Engineering tract. Also a two-time Patriot League Honor Roll recipient, he has made the Dean’s List for six of his seven semesters at the Academy thus far.
A member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Massie serves as a Section Leader, Academic Officer and Squad Leader within the Corps of Cadets. He is also a Close Quarters Combat Training Sergeant responsible for training over 2,000 Cadets combat moves.
A former Congressional Intern for Representative Paul Gillmor from the 5th District of Ohio, Massie was responsible for doing research, providing Capitol Tours and dealing with constituent concerns. He also interned in a Microbiology Research Laboratory at Stony Brook University for three years, helping to develop a new kit which aids in the administering of drugs to patients through an epidural without harming their spinal cord.
Massie also spent three summers as a mate on a charter fishing boat that fished the Long Island Sound.
Massie was one of 10 finalists for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in the Men’s Lacrosse division. Each finalist was chosen from a list of 20 candidates based on personal qualities that define a complete student-athlete. The four primary areas of criteria included classroom, community, character and competition. Syracuse All-American Mike Leveille was named the winner of the award last Saturday during the semifinals of the NCAA Division I Lacrosse Championship.
To qualify for the USILA Scholar All-America Team, student-athletes must be a senior with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better. They must also be an All-American player, be invited to play in the North-South Senior All-Star game, or earn All-Conference recognition from their league. A total of 59 players from all three divisions were named to the team. Massie was one of 13 Division I honorees, along with eight from Division II and 38 from Division III.
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