Three members of the Chestnut Hill College men's lacrosse team were among the 56 lacrosse student athletes recognized by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association as USILA Division II Scholar All-Americans in an announcement by the organization.
Graduate Student Mick Kilgallon and Seniors Evan Farlow and Sam Slater were the three Griffins' recognized by the USILA, capping off their stellar careers at Chestnut Hill.  All three are first time honorees, bringing the Griffins total to 20 players earning USILA Scholar All-American honors.
A USILA Scholar All-American must be nominated by his coach and be a student with a senior year of academic standing and a cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of at least a 3.0. He will have behaved in a manner that has brought credit to himself, his institution, and to college lacrosse both on and off the field. He must also be either a USILA All-American, a member of a North/South Team, or an outstanding league or conference player.
All three Griffins were recently named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All District Men's At-Large Team Farlow and Slater were both inducted in Chi Alpha Sigma, the national college athlete honor society in the fall of 2024
Kilgallon, a midfielder was also named to the Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area Men's Lacrosse team. At his former school, Misericordia University, Kilgallon  was named to the MAC Freedom Academic honor roll three times and the MAC Freedom all-Academic Team once. He is currently pursuing a master's degree in cyber security.
The graduate student midfielder led the Griffins this season with 26 goals and 44 points  while ranking second on the team with 16 assists. He scored at least one goal in all 12 of his starts. Kilgallon earned honorable mention all-America honors from the USILA in addition to being named to the USILA third team all-north Region as a midfielder.  He was also named to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference First Team all-CACC.
Farlow graduated in May with a bachelor's degree in business administration and management.  In addition to the above accolades, he has earned Deans list honors four times and CHC Athletic Academic honor Roll accolades five times during his career at Chestnut Hill.
Farlow has played in every game and was a solid defender for the Griffins all-season long, leading the team with 32 ground balls and fifth on the team with ten caused turnovers. He also scored a goal and three assists on the season. In his four seasons, Farlow has recorded 24 caused turnovers to rank among the Griffins' top 20 all-time leaders.
Slater graduated this past May with a bachelor's degree in psychology major. He has earned Dean's List and CHC Athletic Academic Honor Roll accolades in every semester at Chestnut Hill. He was named to the Philly-SIDA Academic all area Men's lacrosse team in 2024.
Slater has started all 13 games this season and  is second on the team 24 goals, 42 points and 30 ground balls. Slater also led the team with 18 assists. He earned CACC player of the week honors earlier this month after his nine point (six goals, three assists) performance against Holy Family University. Slater has scored multiple goals seven times this season. In his four seasons, Slater ranks ninth on the Griffins all-time list with 78 goals and 132 points.
