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Men's Lacrosse Scores Four USA Lacrosse All-Americans

TJ Malone, Grant Haus, Jack Fracyon, and Alex Ross each received an All-American nod

SPARKS, Md. - The Penn State men's lacrosse team scored four USA Lacrosse All-Americans as announced by the association on Thursday morning. TJ Malone, Grant Haus, Jack Fracyon, and Alex Ross each received an All-American nod.
 
TJ Malone secured his second USA Lacrosse All-American honor as he was given a Second Team All-America selection following by named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and given a First Team All-Big Ten nod. The West Chester, Pa. native led the Big Ten in points with a career-high 61 off 32 goals and 29 assists during the regular season. He currently sits fourth all time in goals and points at 150 goals and 248 points in his career so far.
 
This season alone, Malone has racked up nine five points plus games and 11 multi-goal games. He led the Nittany Lions during the regular season in points, assists and was tied for first in game-winning goals. Malone was named a 2024 Tewaaraton Award Top 25 nominee earlier this season as this is the second time in his career. He captured USILA Team of the Week honors twice this season and Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week twice as well.
 
Grant Haus captured his second USA Lacrosse All-American nod as he was awarded a Third Team All-American selection. Haus receives the honor after being named to the All-Big Ten Second Team. Haus tallied two goals and one assist while causing one turnover and scooped four ground balls during the regular season.
 
Haus scored goals at Ohio State and against Michigan this season. On the year, Haus has two goals, and one assist while causing three turnovers and scooping 25 ground balls.
 
Jack Fracyon was given an USA Lacrosse Honorable Mention selection after being named the Big Ten's Specialist of the Year for a second straight year. Fracyon had an amazing third season as he was also a First Team All-Big Ten pick. He led the Big Ten in save percentage in the regular season at .589.
 
He also led the Big Ten is saves per game stopping 13.88 shots per game. He was named Big Ten Specialist of the Week twice this season as well as USA Lacrosse Magazine Division I Player of the Week on two occasions. He recorded a career-high 19 saves against Michigan on April 13 and has held opponents to under 10 goals in 11 games this season. He's started in every game this season recording a record of 11-4 which is tied for a career-high in wins in a season. 
 
Alex Ross also was given an USA Lacrosse Honorable Mention nod after leading the Nittany Lions in caused turnovers with 13 while also scooping 29 ground balls. Ross was also named to the All-Big Ten Second Team. During the season, he was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week once for his play against Navy.
 
The Nittany Lions return to action on Sunday, May 12 when they travel to face No. 7/6 Georgetown at 2:30 p.m. in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
 
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Players Mentioned

Jack Fracyon

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Grant Haus

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TJ Malone

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Alex Ross

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Players Mentioned

Jack Fracyon

#50 Jack Fracyon

6' 1"
Sophomore
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Grant Haus

#2 Grant Haus

6' 1"
Senior
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TJ Malone

#7 TJ Malone

5' 11"
Graduate Student
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Alex Ross

#6 Alex Ross

6' 1"
Freshman
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