Czyz Becomes Florida Southern's First USILA First Team All-American

LAKELAND, Fla. – Junior Jacob Czyz of the Florida Southern College men's lacrosse team became the first United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association First Team All-America selection in FSC history. He was also named the Face Off Player of the Year, another first in program history. He represents the 12^th FSC USILA All-American in program history but the first to ascend to the highest team.      
 
He joins the elite company of D.J. Lubs (2010-14), Dane Sorensen (2012-15), Austen Lison (2016-19), Jeff Atlas (2019-22), Kevin Horwitz (2018-22), Craig Connor (2019-23), Sean Nolan (2019-23), Jay Minor (2022-23), Nick Shannon (2020-24), Kaleb Cook (2023-24) and Jack Frazee (2021-24). Lubs was a two-time Honorable Mention honoree in 2013 and 2014, Sorensen was Third Team in 2015, Lison was Third Team in 2017, both Atlas and Horwitz were Third Team in 2022, Connor earned Third Team, Minor was Second Team and Shannon and Nolan picked up Honorable Mention accolades in 2023, while Shannon earned Second Team, Cook was Third Team and Frazee earned Honorable Mention last season.
 
Czyz appeared in 12 of the Mocs' 14 games this season while ranking in the top-10 nationally in both face-off winning percentage (7th/.678) and ground balls per game (8th/7.83). He scored a career-high eight goals on the season, surpassing his previous career total of six goals coming into 2025. He tallied a career-best two goals on the road at Lynn that capped off a streak of four-straight games in which he had a goal. He also scored his first career game-winning goal versus Colorado Mesa in a 15-8 victory. He finished with double-digit ground balls in three contests with a season-best 14 coming versus Wingate. He won double-digit face offs in every game in which he appeared with a season-best 19 wins coming versus Wingate as he went 19-of-25 (.760) versus the Bulldogs. His highest winning percentage came at Belmont Abbey where he went 17-of-20 (.850).
 
A total of 14 student-athletes were honored from the Sunshine State Conference including five on the First Team, four on the Second Team, one on the Third Team and four on the Honorable Mention list. Tampa led with eight selections including four First Team honorees while Saint Leo finished with two selections including one Second Team honoree. Florida Southern (1^st), Palm Beach Atlantic (2^nd), Rollins (HM) and Embry-Riddle (HM) each had one honoree.