Player of the Year
Steve Pontrello
St. Augustine Prep, senior midfielder
Was a two-way player who scored 50 goals and had 37 assists in 2012. Scored 195 career goals. Helped Hermits finish No. 1 in final Elite 11 rankings of season. Will play next year at the University of North Carolina.
Attack
Pat McMenamin
St. Augustine Prep, senior
Scored 31 goals for the Hermits, giving him back-to-back 30 goal seasons. Will play at Wagner University in Staten Island, N.Y., next spring.
Mike Frankenfield
Lower Cape May Regional, senior
Led the Caper Tigers with 50 goals in 2012. Finished his high school career as the Caper Tigers' all-time leader with 131 goals. Will play at Wagner University next season.
Kent Sagun
Absegami, senior
The top scoring threat on a well-balanced team. Helped Absegami improve from 7-11 in 2011 to 13-6 this season.
Dylan Jinks
Southern Regional, freshman
Developed quickly into the Rams' top scorer, finishing season with 52 goals. Added 30 assists for 82 points overall.
Tyler Lipositz
Southern Regional, junior
Scored 31 goals with 41 assists to help lead the Rams to a 17-4 record.
Midfield
Mike Sutton
St. Augustine Prep, junior
Led the Hermits with 55 goals. Already committed to play for Penn State University.
Kyle Stanford
Middle Township, senior
Led the state in ground balls with 215, according to coach Tom Griffin. Was selected to play in the season-ending New Jersey Senior All Star game at Madison High School.
Chris Kaczmarski
Mainland Regional, senior
Second consecutive year as a first-team Press All-Star. Finished career with more than 100 goals.
Chris Baumgartel
Egg Harbor Township, junior
Scored 18 goals with 15 assists and took most of the Eagles' faceoffs with a win percentage of better than .600. Helped lead the Eagles to their first Cape-Atlantic League championship.
Defense
Bryan Phillips
St. Augustine Prep, senior
An imposing 6-foot-3 defender for the Hermits. Will play at Drexel University next season.
Nick Jinks
Southern Regional, junior
Anchored the Rams' defense and was one of four team captains. That defense carried the Rams to second place in the Shore Conference A South.
Joe McNamee
Mainland Regional, senior
Anchored the defense on a team that finished one win shy of its first Cape-Atlantic American League title.
Goaltender
Joe Gigantiello
St. Augustine, senior
Stopped 145 of 271 shots faced in 2012 and allowed a little more than seven goals per game in a tough independent schedule. Will play at Denver next season.
