MARLBOROUGH, Mass.— Senior Bennett Smith (Lake Oswego, Ore.), sophomore Andrew Almquist (Wakefield, Mass.) and head coach Rocky Batty and his coaching staff received major awards highlighting No. 3 Babson College's 10 all-conference selections when the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) released its men's lacrosse postseason award winners on Thursday afternoon.

Smith was named Athlete of the Year, Almquist was tabbed Defensive Player of the Year, and they were joined on the All-NEWMAC First Team by graduate students Joey Allen (Philadelphia, Pa.), Beau Burns (Washington, D.C.) and Mason Dorr (Concord, Mass.), senior Tyee Ambrosh (Danvers, Mass.), and juniors Ryan St. Onge (Avon, Conn.) and Bruno Batty (Jamaica Plain, Mass.), while graduate student Patrick McAleavey (Trumbull, Conn.) and junior Seamus Rooney (Bay Shore, N.Y.) were voted onto the Second Team.

Smith and Rooney were named to the All-Conference team for the third time in their respective careers, and the others are all first-time honorees. The All-NEWMAC team is chosen in a vote by the league's eight head coaches.

Batty and assistants Devin Newell and Kyle Laforge were votes as the NEWMAC Coaching Staff of the Year for the third time in four years after leading the Beavers to their third regular season title in as many years and their fourth consecutive tournament championship and fifth in the last six seasons. The Green and White went unbeaten in league play and are now ranked third in Division III by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA), the highest ranking in program history. The 10 All-Conference selections for the Beavers are also a program best.

Smith earned his third post-season recognition after playing in all 18 games and finishing second on the team in scoring with 53 points on 25 goals and 28 assists. He ranks third in the NEWMAC in assists and is in the top six in points. A standout middie at both ends of the field, he also registered 10 caused turnovers and 36 ground balls. He registered at least one point in all 18 games and at least three points 13 times. His 28 assists are tied for 13th-best on Babson's single-season assist list.

A four-year veteran, Smith has started 67 of his 77 career games and accumulated 77 goals and 103 assists for 180 points. He is the third player in program history to record more than 100 points and first since 2013, and his 180 points rank sixth on the program's all-time scoring list.

Almquist has enjoyed one of the best goalie seasons in program history. The starter in all 18 games, he has registered a 16-2 record and leads the NEWMAC with an 8.29 goals against average and a .613 save percentage with a league-topping 225 saves. He is ranked seventh in Division III in save percentage and 15th in goals against average. He recorded double-digit saves in 13 games, including 20 stops against then-fourth-ranked RIT on February 28 and 19 against top-ranked Tufts on April 14. He set the program record with his 16th victory this spring and his 225 saves rank second-most all-time. He also provided a highlight-film performance with his first career goal in the NEWMAC championship game against MIT last Saturday.

Including his reserve duty in 19 games as a rookie a year ago, Almquist has 265 career saves and owns an 8.69 goals against average with .613 save percentage, and his 17 wins are tied for eighth-most in program history.

Allen leads the team in scoring in his first season with the Beavers after transferring from Washington & Lee. He has produced 64 points on 40 goals and 24 assists in 17 games, which rank in the top five in the NEWMAC in all three offensive categories. He has scored 10 man-up goals, which leads the conference and ranks 10th in Division III. He has produced at least two goals and three points in his last seven games and 13 outings overall and tallied a season-high eight points (5g, 3a) in a win over then-fourth-ranked RIT on February 28. He is the 14th player in program history to score 40 goals in a season and his 64 points rank eighth on the program's single-season scoring list.

Burns has recorded one of the top seasons in program history at the face-off X. Playing in 15 games, he has won 74.1 percent of his face-offs (169-of-228), including 83.6 percent against NEWMAC opponents (61-of-73), and has collected a team-high 124 ground balls. He leads the conference and ranks sixth in Division III in face-off winning percentage and tops the NEWMAC and ranks 31st in Division III in ground balls. He is currently the program's all-time single-season leader in face-off winning percentage, his 169 wins are seventh-most in a season all-time, and his 124 ground balls are third-most on the program's single-season chart.

Dorr, St. Onge, Ambrosh and Batty are key players for a Babson defense that leads the NEWMAC and ranks 18th in Division III allowing 8.06 goals per game, including just 5.86 goals per game against conference opponents. The Beavers limited all nine NEWMAC opponents to nine goals or fewer, including the conference tournament, and held 13 of their 18 foes overall to single-digit scoring.

Dorr has played defense in 16 games since transferring from the University of Vermont and moved into the starting lineup the last 11 contests, while St. Onge has seen action on defense in 17 games, including 15 as a starter. Dorr is second on the team with 18 caused turnovers and third with 41 ground balls while St. Onge is third with 15 caused turnovers and seventh with 26 ground balls. Ambrosh has played in 17 games as a short-stick defensive midfielder and Batty has seen action in all 18 games as a long-stick defensive middie; Ambrosh leads the team with 19 caused turnovers to go along with 31 ground balls while Batty has registered nine caused turnovers and 26 ground balls.

Ambrosh is a four-year veteran of 65 career games who has recorded 40 caused turnovers and 67 ground balls to go along with four goals and two assists; his 40 caused turnovers has him ranked tied for 15th on the program's all-time list. St. Onge has played in 52 games on defense with four starts and has tallied 35 caused turnovers, which are 18th in the program's all-time list, and 52 ground balls in addition to scoring a pair of goals. Batty has appeared in 55 games, collecting 28 caused turnovers and 58 ground balls while scoring six goals and adding one assist.

McAleavey has started all 18 games this season as an offensive midfielder after transferring from Providence College. He is sixth on the team with 30 points on 26 goals and four assists, and he is third on the squad in goals. He has scored at least one goal in his last seven outings and 16 games overall, including a season-high four goals for a team-high five points against MIT in last Saturday's NEWMAC championship game.

Rooney, a 2024 NEWMC Co-Rookie of the Year, had another outstanding season for the Beavers to earn his third straight post-season honor. He started 13 of his 14 games at attack and is fifth on the team in scoring with 25 goals and nine assists for 34 points. He was second on the team with five man-up goals and has scored at least one goal in his last 12 games and 13 of 14 overall, including four goals in wins over Springfield and UMass Boston.

An All-New England third team selection in 2025, Rooney has started 46 of his 48 career games and has produced 139 points on 91 goals and 48 assists. He is tied for 14th on the program's career points list and ranks 13th on the program's career goals chart.

Babson (16-2), ranked third in Division III by the USILA and eighth by USA Lacrosse Magazine, is hosting an NCAA tournament regional this weekend and will meet Massachusetts Maritime (15-2) or Husson (12-4) in a second-round game on Saturday at 12 p.m. at MacDowell Field.