LOUDONVILLE, NY – The Siena Men's Lacrosse team pulled another heavy haul of All-MAAC awards when the conference office announced the head coaches' selections on Tuesday morning.

A year after earning a program-record 13 All-MAAC awards including four major awards, the Saints followed that up with 12 more All-MAAC honors including another four major award winners and a program-record seven All-MAAC First Team selections. 

For the second year in a row, Siena (11-4) earned a share of the MAAC Regular Season Championship with Marist after sporting identical 7-1 conference records.

Siena earned the right to host both the MAAC Semifinals and MAAC Championship through a head-to-head victory against the Red Foxes earlier this season to secure the top seed and home-field advantage at Hickey Field. 

Among the major award winners, sophomore Logan Banek earned his second consecutive MAAC Face Off Specialist of the Year Award, graduate student defenseman Riley Hegarty was named the MAAC Defensive Player of the Year, senior attack Caden Olmstead was selected as the MAAC Co-Offensive Player of the Year and first-year head coach Tim Cox was named the unanimous MAAC Coach of the Year.  

Banek was also named an All-MAAC First Team selection. The New Hartford, NY native is the national leader among Division I men's lacrosse players in faceoff winning percentage (.695) and is ranked seventh in the country in ground balls per game with 7.58 per game. 

The five-time MAAC Face Off Specialist of the Week gained steamed as the season wore on, claiming five of the final eight MAAC weekly awards in the category since the week of March 9.

Banek became the only repeat winner in program history as the MAAC Face Off Specialist of the Year and is the third overall winner.

Casey Dowd accomplished the feat in 2014. 

Hegarty spearheaded a Siena defense that ranks 26^th in the nation in goals allowed per game (10.33), 10^th in ground balls per game (35.27), and 25^th in caused turnovers per game (8.47).

The local product out of Latham, NY and graduate of Shaker High School caused 19 turnovers and had 33 ground balls and added three goals and four assists in transition.

Hegarty was a transfer from Stony Brook this past season.  He becomes the fifth MAAC Defensive Player of the Year in program history and first to accomplish it since Tom Morr in 2012.

Hegarty was also named to the All-MAAC First Team on defense. 

Olmstead became the second straight Saint to be named the MAAC Offensive Player of the Year and doubled as a MAAC First Team selection after Pratt Reynolds did the same last season.

The Binghamton, NY native becomes the eighth MAAC Offensive Player of the Year and seventh different player to do so in program history.

Olmstead has tallied a team-high 35 goals to go along with 12 assists and 28 ground balls and ranks 50^th in the nation in goals per game (2.33).

He became the 34^th member of the 100-point club in Siena history after a four-point game in a win against Canisius on March 28 and was the named MAAC Offensive Player of the Week back on March 23. 

Coach Cox was named the unanimous MAAC Coach of the Year after serving for the previous seven seasons as the late head coach Liam Gleason's right-hand man and offensive coordinator.

After coach Gleason's passing on December 3, 2025, Cox took the post. Among the noteworthy accomplishments included a seven-game winning streak from March 3-April 11, a 15-11 win over then RV/RV Sacred Heart and consistent rankings in both the USILA Coaches and KANE Inside Lacrosse Polls throughout the season. 

Cox becomes the fifth different Saints head coach to win the award. Gleason was named the MAAC Coach of the Year in 2025. 

Brian Brecht was a three-time winner, John Svec won twice and Bob Gula was the other winner in 1998. 

Additional MAAC First Team selections were awarded to junior Patrick Radomski, who shifted from midfield to attack this season, and took his game to the next level.

The Massapequa, NY native was named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List as well as Inside Lacrosse's Mid-Season Media All-American Honorable Mention List, the USILA Team of the Week on Feb. 25 and was a three-time MAAC Offensive Player of the Week.

Before departing to injury, Radomski had led the MAAC in points with 51 after nine games into the season. 

Senior attack Travis Fry was also named to the All-MAAC First Team for the first time in his career. Fry had been an All-MAAC Second Team selection in 2025.

Fry became the 35^th member in program history to reach the 100-point mark.

Fry, a product of Akron, NY, has totaled 22 goals and 14 assists.

Another first time All-MAAC First Team selection was senior long stick midfielder R.J. Ihlefeld, who leads the team in caused turnovers with 20 (ranks fifth in the MAAC) and is second on the team in ground balls with 55 (ranks ninth in the MAAC).

Ihlefeld, a native of Fairfield, CT, was an All-MAAC Second Team selection last season. 

Senior Liam Lennon, who was named a Preseason All-MAAC Team selection, also earned his first All-MAAC end-of-season honors as a defensive midfielder.

Lennon, a Huntington, NY native, totaled 21 ground balls and caused eight turnovers and added a goal and four assists. 

The lone MAAC Second Team nod went to Conor Hufnagel, who ranked second in the MAAC in points per game among qualifiers (3.62), ninth in the MAAC in goals per game (2.15) and fifth in assists per game (1.46).

The graduate student from Yorktown, NY also eclipsed the 100-point career mark and earned a MAAC Offensive Player of the Week award on April 20.