UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State men's lacrosse team placed three members on the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Preseason All-America teams as the association announced on Friday afternoon. TJ Malone, Matt Traynor, and Jack Fracyon each earned a spot on the second-team.
Malone, who earned Preseason All-America Second-Team honors, is coming off a career season in 2023, returns to the Nittany Lion offense after a 73-point season off 39 goals and 34 assists. Through 52 games of his career, he's scored 110 goals and 65 assists while scooping 82 ground balls.
Six of his goals in 2023 came in the NCAA semifinals against Duke. Malone was named a 2023 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, USILA Scholar All-American, Inside Lacrosse All-American, USILA All-American and USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American. He was also named to the 2023 First Team All-Big Ten and a top 25 Tewaaraton Award Finalist. He was also named to the USA Lacrosse Preseason All-American Second Team earlier this month.
Traynor was named to a Preseason Second-Team All-America selection. During the regular season he tallied 32 goals and seven assists for 39 points. Traynor recorded two five goal games while tallying eight multi-goal games. He set career-highs in season goals, points, assists, multi-goal games, ground balls, and caused turnovers in a season.
He was also named to the USA Lacrosse and Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American Second Team earlier this year.
Jack Fracyon secured a Second-Team Preseason All-America slot after leading the Big Ten in goals against average and save percentage in the regular season allowing just 10.89 goals per game and led the Big Ten stopping 13.88 shots per game. He also led the nation in saves a year ago with 222 saves. He was named a USA Lacrosse Magazine Second-Team All-American, Inside Lacrosse Second-Team All-American, Big Ten Specialist of the Year, and named to the All-Big Ten First Team all last season.
Fracyon was also named Big Ten Specialist of the Week once last season as well as USA Lacrosse Magazine Division I Player of the Week on March 14 of last year. He started in every game last season recording a record of 11-4 which was a career-high in wins in a season.
He was also named to the USA Lacrosse and Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American Second Team earlier this month.
Penn State kicks-off its 2024 campaign on Saturday, Feb. 3 when they host Colgate at noon.
