Coquitlam's Colton Dow and James Delaney of Port Coquitlam are good, all-around field lacrosse players.
As of this week, they're also All-Americans.
The attackman Dow of Coquitlam was named a Div. 1 All-America honourable mention by the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) after a standout sophomore season at Simon Fraser University.
A Heritage Woods secondary school grad and former Burnaby Mountain Selects player, Dow was selected last season to the Pacific Northwest Collegiate Lacrosse League (PNCLL) All-Conference first team after receiving honourable mention status the previous campaign.
Dow finished the 2011 season with a staggering 56 goals and 55 assists for 111 points in 18 games.
His 3.05 assists per game ranked him second in the enitre MCLA, while his 6.17 points per outing left him third in the league. Dow's 55 assists set an SFU single-season record, along with becoming the second player in school history to rack up 100 or more points in a season and the seventh player at SFU to post over 50 goals.
Meanwhile, Delaney is another Burnaby Mountain Selects grad who was chosen to the 2011 United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) All-American team as an NCAA Div. 2 honourable mention.
The award caps a memorable year for Delaney, who was also selected to the East Coast Confernce (ECC) second team and is currently competing for England at the FIL World Indoor Championships in Prague, Czech Republic.
A sophomore at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Penn. and St. Thomas More Collegiate grad, Delaney had a dynamite season for the Griffins. He finished second on the squad in goals with 22, first in assists with 15 and second in points with 37.
Delaney's 2.64 points per game ranked him 45th nationally among NCAA Div. 2 players.
Other 2011 SFU league award winners included Coquitlam attackman Calvin Craig, a Gleneagle secondary school grad, who was named the to the MCLS Div. 1 second All-American team.
Craig also captured PNCLL Div. 1 Offensive Player of the Year honours as well the Freshman on the Year award.
PoCo's Luke Genereux, meanwhile, was selected an MCLA Div. 1 third-team All-American at his defender position.
He was also a PNCLL Div. 1 All-Conference first team star.
