St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's Lacrosse athlete Ryan Mello was named the East Coast Conference Goalkeeper of the Year and a First Team All-Conference selection on Saturday for the second consecutive season.

Mello, posted a 6-8 record with a 9.54 goals-against average and a .635 save percentage in 14 starts for the Spartans. Ryan faced 364 total shots on goal for the season and finished his senior season ranked first in the ECC in total saves with 231, which was 74 more than the conference's runner up. His save per game total of 16.5 was tops in the ECC and second in all of Division II. Mello finished second in the nation in save percentage too, after stopping 63.5 percent of the shots he faced.

For his collegiate career at St. Thomas Aquinas (2016-2019), Mello made 680 total saves while patrolling the Spartan crease. That includes his milestone 500th save, coming this past season against Felician University on March 20th.

As a result of his outstanding play in the cage during the regular season, Mello (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) was named the ECC Defensive player of the Week for March 25th.

2019 ECC Men's Lacrosse All-Conference
First Team
A - Bobby Chillianis, Mercy
A - Jake Gillis, LIU Post
A - William Snelders, LIU Post
M - Ryan MacSpadyen, Mercy
M - Tommy McPartland, Mercy
M - Alex Russell, LIU Post
D - Ryan Blume, LIU Post
D - Max Littleton, Mercy
D - PJ Usak, LIU Post
LS - Anthony DeCeglia, Mercy
SSDM - Luke Baron, Mercy
FO - Connor Farrell, LIU Post
GK - Ryan Mello, St. Thomas Aquinas 

Second Team
A - Joseph Duchnowski, NYIT
A - Hunter Lemieux, Roberts Wesleyan
A - Dominic Scorcia, Mercy
M - Jack Gibbons, Mercy
M - Mike Kadnar, LIU Post
M - Michael Trainor, NYIT
D - Frank Callan, NYIT
D - Nick DeLuca, NYIT
D - Jack Kipnes, Mercy
LS - Mike Durkin, Molloy
SSDM - Austin Fitzpatrick, NYIT
SSDM - Steven Frank, LIU Post
FO - Sam Schubach, Roberts Wesleyan
GK - Ryan Gibbons, Mercy 

Offensive Player of the Year: Ryan MacSpadyen, Sr., M, Mercy
Defensive Player of the Year: Max Littleton, Sr., D, Mercy
Goalkeeper of the Year: Ryan Mello, Sr., St. Thomas Aquinas
Rookie of the Year: Jake Gillis, Fr., A,  LIU Post
Coach of the Year: Jordan Levine, Mercy