July 6, 2010
Quinzani earns ACC Scholar Athlete award
by PR Wire Report/
Max Quinzani (Duxbury, Mass.), was named ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year. (photo: Getty Images)
Duke University’s Max Quinzani has been voted the 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Lacrosse Scholar Athlete of the Year to headline All-ACC Academic Team.
Quinzani, a senior history major, is a four-time All-ACC Academic Team selection. He helped lead Duke to its first NCAA championship in men's lacrosse with a 6-5 win over Notre Dame. In 2010, Quinzani tallied a school-record 68 goals, which also ranked as the eighth-most in NCAA lacrosse history. A three-time USILA All-America pick and three-time ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American, he was named a second-team All-American in 2010 and earned a spot on the NCAA All-Tournament team. Quinzani is the first Blue Devil lacrosse player in program history to earn first-team Academic All-America recognition.
The Duxbury, Mass., native finished his career as the second-leading scorer in NCAA history with 199 career goals. Quinzani, who scored the game-winning goal with 12 seconds left in Duke's NCAA semifinal win over Virginia, also set a NCAA record by registering a point in 66 consecutive games. In 78 career games, he scored 199 goals with 37 assists and was a three-time selection as first team All-Atlantic Coast Conference. Quinzani was selected as the No. 3 pick by the Boston Cannons in the 2010 Major League Lacrosse Draft.
Duke’s Parker McKee (Old Greenwich, Conn.), C.J. Costabile (New Fairfield, Conn), Sam Payton (Cos Cob, Conn.), Tom Montelli (Weston, Conn.), Robert Rotanz (Westport, Conn.), Dan Theoridis (Norwalk, Conn.) were also named to the ACC All-Academic Team.
The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards were established in September 2007 to be awarded annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in their respective sports. Candidates for the award must have maintained a 3.0 grade point average for their career as well as a 3.0 for each of the last two semesters.
To be eligible for consideration for the All-ACC Academic team, a student-athlete, regardless of classification, must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during his academic career.
