BABSON PARK, Mass.—After advancing to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals for the first time in program history, Babson College had a program record eight players named to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) All-America team on Wednesday afternoon. 

Senior Bennett Smith (Lake Oswego, Ore.) and sophomore Andrew Almquist (Wakefield, Mass.) both landed on the second team, while graduate students Joey Allen (Philadelphia, Pa.), Mason Dorr (Concord, Mass.) and Beau Burns (Washington, D.C.), senior Tyee Ambrosh (Danvers, Mass.) and juniors Bruno Batty (Jamaica Plain, Mass.) and Ryan St. Onge (Avon, Conn.) all earned honorable mention recognition. Smith and Almquist join Chi Chi Price '23 as the only players in school history to be named second-team All-Americans by the USILA. 

Smith put together the best season of his career as a season producing career highs in goals (29), points (62), ground balls (40) and caused turnovers (10) while totaling a team-high 33 assists in 21 games. Selected as the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) player of the Year earlier this month, Smith produced a point in every contest and finished with seven goals and 10 assists for 17 points in five postseason outings. 

Smith became just the third player in Babson history to surpass 100 assists this spring, and ranks third all-time in helpers (108), sixth in points (189) and 17th in goals (81) to go along with 128 ground balls and 28 caused turnovers in 79 career games. 

Almquist put together one of the best seasons by a Babson goalkeeper in program history this spring going 18-3 with a 8.94 goals against average and a .590 save percentage in 21 starts. He set single-season program records for wins, saves (258) and minutes played (1200:43), and ranked 20th in Division III in save percentage and 32nd nationally in goals against average. Additionally, Almquist made at least 13 saves in 11 contests and finished the year with 48 ground balls and seven caused turnovers. 

In 40 career games over his first two seasons, Almquist owns a 9.23 goals against average and a .594 save percentage to go along with 298 stops. 

Allen, who came to Babson from Washington & Lee, earned USILA All-America honorable mention laurels for the second year in a row after leading the team in scoring with 47 goals and 26 assists for 73 points, which is tied for fifth on the program's single-season scoring list. He scored at least three times in nine contests, which included a season-high five goals in both matchups versus RIT, and ranked 12th in Division III with a team-high 10 man-up tallies. 

Allen, who totaled 73 goals and 39 assists for 112 points over four seasons at Washington & Lee, concluded his career with 120 goals, 65 assists and 185 points in 75 career games over five seasons. 

A transfer from Bowdoin, Burns had one of the best seasons in school history winning a program-best 72.4 percent of his face-offs (212-of-293) while scooping up 146 ground balls over 18 games. He ranked second on the Beavers' single-season list in ground balls and third in face-off wins in addition to ranking seventh in Division III in face-off winning percentage and 32nd nationally in ground balls per game (8.11). 

In 71 career games between Babson and Bowdoin, Burns won 60.9 percent of his face-offs (522-of-857) and collected 282 ground balls. 

After missing half of the 2025 campaign due to injury, Ambrosh became just the second short-stick defensive middie to earn All-America honors in program history after finishing with career highs of 35 ground balls and 22 caused turnovers in 20 games this spring. The team leader in forced turnovers, he finished with two or more in seven contests in addition to providing two goals and two assists for four points. 

Ambrosh appeared in 68 games for Babson over four seasons, totaling 71 ground balls and 43 caused turnovers, which are tied for 14th on the program's all-time list.

After having just four long poles earn All-America honors in the history of the program, Batty, Dorr and St. Onge were all recognized after helping the Beavers finish with their lowest goals against average since 2015 this spring. Batty, who joined John Antaya '21 as the only long-stick midfielder to earn All-America laurels in Babson history, set new career highs with 29 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers, St. Onge also picked up a career-best 29 ground balls and forced 15 turnovers, and Dorr, who transferred from Vermont, led all defensemen with 44 ground balls and 20 caused turnovers in 19 contests. 

In addition to holding opponents to just 8.71 goals per game, Batty, Dorr and St. Onge helped the Green and White rank 10th in Division III in clearing percentage (89.6). 

Babson, which set a new school record for wins, captured its fourth straight NEWMAC championship and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time in school history before falling to RIT to end the year at 18-3.