April 25, 2006

Constantine Receives 1st-Team Honors in CCLA

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Senior captain Jim Constantine (Birmingham, Mich./Seaholm) was the only Wolverine to be recognized on the All-CCLA 1st Team, announced today by the conference.  Junior attackman Evan Fox (Monsey, N.Y./Suffern) was named to the 2nd-Team, and seven Wolverines made the Honorable Mention Team.  Constantine is leading the Maize and Blue in both goals (40) and points (57).  He is currently second in the conference in total points and fourth in points per game (3.80).  Both statistics are far ahead of the next highest scoring midfielder in the CCLA, Michigan's Riley Kearns (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Brother Rice), who received Honorable Mention honors.

Fox, who was Michigan's leading scorer in 2005, has missed several games this season due to injuries he continues to battle.  He has totaled 26 goals and 13 assists for a 3.00 points per game average, slightly off his 3.52 points per game pace last year that earned him a team-high 74 total points.

Kearns, a freshman, is currently second on the team in scoring.  He has played mostly midfield this season, but has also seen the field at attack.  He set a pair of Michigan records against Eastern Michigan this season with 8 assists and 14 total points.

Also receiving Honorable Mention honors were midfielders Mark Hammitt (Madison, N.J./Delbarton-Boston College), Bobby Morales (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Brother Rice) and Eric Rimmke (Portage, Mich./Portage Northern), faceoff specialist Brekan Kohlitz (St. Clair Shores, Mich./Harper Woods Notre Dame), defenseman Nick Uhler (Bradford Woods, Penn./North Allegheny), and goalie Ryan Kaufman (Olney, Md./Magruder).

Hammit, a sophomore transfer from Boston College, is currently 23rd in the CCLA in points per game (2.27) and 5th among midfielders.  Morales, another sophomore midfielder, is fifth on the team with 17 goals and sixth in total points with 23.  Rimmke, a senior captain and Michigan's top defensive midfielder, is the only returning starter from last year's defensive unit that graduated four All-Americans and five All-CCLA honorees.

Kohlitz, another sophomore, is Michigan's top faceoff midfielder this season.  He has won 192 out of 263 faceoffs for a .730 win percentage, and he leads the team with 110 ground balls.  He replaced the graduated Trevor Broad who had a .638 win percentage as a senior and was honored as a 2nd-Team All-American.

Sophomore defenseman Nick Uhler is one of three defenseman who stepped into starting roles this season after the graduation of all three starters from last year.  Kaufman replaced 1st-Team All-American Dan Webber in the goal this season.  He has managed a .620 save percentage and a 6.91 goals allowed per game average.

This year's All-CCLA teams feature the fewest number of Wolverines since the conference was formed.

Contact: Joe Hennessy (734) 276-8493 - jjhennes@umich.edu