LSA All-America

[nun4you]

I was just wondering why there was only one all-america from the LSA, and a 2nd team middie at that...

[benji]

Hmm ....

View the All-Americans by Conference:

Attack:

1st
RMLC
RMLC
PNCLL
RMLC

2nd
RMLC
PCLL
WCLL
SELC

3rd
UMLL
CCLA
SELC
PCLL
WCLL

Midfield:

1st
RMLC
RMLC
PNCLL
RMLC

2nd
RMLC
RMLC
UMLL
PNCLL

3rd
SELC
GRLC
GRLC
UMLL
LSA

Defense:

1st
WCLL
CCLA
SELC
RMLC

2nd
PNCLL
UMLL
RMLC
PCLL

3rd
WCLL
WCLL
PCLL
UMLL
RMLC

FS:

PNCLL
UMLL
UMLL

DS:

WCLL
RMLC
GRLC

G:

CCLA
PCLL
WCLL
RMLC


Not counting honorable mentions, Totals by Conference:

CCLA: 3
GRLC: 3
LSA: 1
PNCLL: 5
PCLL: 5
RMLC: 14
SELC: 4
UMLL: 7
WCLL: 7

And now Poll Voters by Conference (unofficial):

CCLA: 3
GRLC: 2
LSA: 4
PNCLL: 4
PCLL: 5
RMLC: 5
SELC: 5
UMLL: 4
WCLL: 8

Teams in National Tournament by Conference:

CCLA: 1
GRLC: 1
LSA: 1
PNCLL: 1
PCLL: 2
RMLC: 3
SELC: 2
UMLL: 1
WCLL: 4

So I guess it's some function of voters in conference, teams attending tournament, and number of teams in top 25 (which I didn't include).

Interesting though, conferences with 5 voters yielded 2-3 teams attending nationals, more than 5 sent 4, and less than four voters all sent 1 team ... food for thought.

Either way, it seems that; conference strength + exposure + poll & tourney appearances = increased all-american #'s ... maybe...

Not to get all brainiac-like on you though ...

[nun4you]

I remember Karl posting that all 6 of the nominated players would be at least honorable mention. The reason for six players being that we have one team ranked in the top 25 (two teams would have warranted 9 selections). Did the format for selecting players change this year as apposed to how it's been in the past? If it is still the same process then what happened to the other 5 AA spots that should have gone to LSA players?

[benji]

I remember Karl posting that all 6 of the nominated players would be at least honorable mention. The reason for six players being that we have one team ranked in the top 25 (two teams would have warranted 9 selections). Did the format for selecting players change this year as apposed to how it's been in the past? If it is still the same process then what happened to the other 5 AA spots that should have gone to LSA players?

Maybe Karl could chime in on that one; I'm not really sure what the whole process entails. Either way it seems the LSA was a little short-changed.

[Ben Clark]

And now Poll Voters by Conference (unofficial):

CCLA: 3
GRLC: 2
LSA: 4
PNCLL: 4
PCLL: 5
RMLC: 5
SELC: 5
UMLL: 4
WCLL: 8

Just to be clear - poll voters don't vote on the All-America awards.

[byualum]

RMLC had three teams in the tourney - BYU, CSU and CU.

[benji]

And now Poll Voters by Conference (unofficial):

CCLA: 3
GRLC: 2
LSA: 4
PNCLL: 4
PCLL: 5
RMLC: 5
SELC: 5
UMLL: 4
WCLL: 8

Just to be clear - poll voters don't vote on the All-America awards.

I'm aware. The point of the statistic was an attempt to draw a possible connection between #voters influencing #teams in the tournament, which influences #All-American recognitions.

It was just a thought.

[Karl Lynch]

Apparently, I missed something, because a change was made that you don't get AA HM unless you appear on two ballots.