NEWARK, DE -- Senior men’s lacrosse faceoff specialist Alex Smith was named the University of Delaware 2006-07 Outstanding Senior Male Athlete of the Year at the annual UD Men’s Intercollegiate Athletics Awards luncheon Thursday at the Bob Carpenter Center Lounge.

Smith (Timonium, MD/Boy’s Latin), a faceoff specialist who is a two-time All-American and a candidate for the Tewaaraton Trophy as the top men’s player in college lacrosse, earned Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year honors earlier this month and was also named the CAA Tournament Outstanding Player after leading the Blue Hens to the CAA Tournament title. He led the NCAA in faceoff percentage in 2005 and 2006, and leads again this year with a .737 winning percentage.

Smith, who has scored five goals and added two assists this season, leads Division I with a school-record 160 groundballs this season and already holds the NCAA records for faceoffs won in a season ( 292 in 2007) and career (1,008).

Smith has led the 15th-ranked Blue Hens to a 12-5 record this season with Delaware headed to Annapolis, MD this Sunday to take on No. 13 UMBC in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals. Delaware won its NCAA first round game with a 14-8 win over defending national champion and No. 2 seed University of Virginia last Sunday.

Smith was among several Blue Hen student-athletes who were honored at the luncheon for their performances on the playing field, in the classroom and in the community over the past season. The Outstanding Senior Male Athlete of the Year Award is selected from a vote of the head coaches of Delaware’s 11 men’s intercollegiate sports.

BASEBALL: Sophomore infielder Alex Buchholz (Millersville, MD/Old Mill) earned the Pape Lukk Award as the UD Alumni Association Team Most Valuable Player for baseball. Buchholz, who has started all 48 games so far for the Blue Hens this spring, currently leads the team with a .394 batting average, 82 hits, 25 doubles, 52 runs batted in, and 141 total bases. He is a strong candidate for All-CAA honors this season after earning first team All-CAA, CAA Rookie of the Year, and Freshman All-American honors in 2006 when he batted .378 with 18 home runs and 64 RBI.

BASKETBALL: Junior forward Herb Courtney (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) earned the Colonel C.B. Shaffer Award as the UD Alumni Association Team Most Valuable Player Award for men’s basketball. Courtney, a second team All-CAA selection, led the Blue Hens and ranked fourth in the conference with 18.1 points per game, and also led the Blue Hens with 8.0 rebounds per game, good for second in the league. Courtney, who scored in double figures in all but three games and reached the 20-point mark 13 times, led the league with 10 double-doubles.

CROSS COUNTRY: Junior Kyle Schmid (Lutherville, MD/Towson) earned the Alumni Association Cross Country Most Valuable Player Award. Schmid won the first Delaware Invitational in the fall with a time of 26:12.98, and finished a team-best 20th in the Colonial Athletic Association Championships with a time of 25:57.35. Schmid also was the fastest Blue Hen at the NCAA Regionals and finished 57th at the IC4A Championships. He also competed as a top long distance runner for the UD men’s indoor and outdoor track and field teams during the season.

FOOTBALL: Senior linebacker KeiAndre Hepburn (Fort Lauderdale, FL/Chaminade-Madonna) was named the UD Alumni Association Most Valuable Player for football. Hepburn, a four-year standout, led the Blue Hens with 59 solo tackles, 35 assisted tackles, and 95 total tackles last season while recording six tackles for losses. A key member of Delaware’s 2003 NCAA I-AA national championship squad, he concluded his career as one of Delaware’s top 20 all-time tacklers with 253.

GOLF: Senior Joe McLister (Leesburg, VA/Loudoun County) earned the John J. DeLuca/Scotty Duncan Alumni Association MVP Award for golf for the fourth straight year. McLister, a second team All-CAA selection, led the Blue Hens with a 73.69 stroke average and led Delaware in eight tournaments. He won three tournaments in his career and holds school records for most rounds in the 60’s in a season (5) and career (9), lowest 36-hole total (136), lowest 54-hole total (206), lowest stroke average in a season (72.85), and lowest stroke average in a career (74.66).

INDOOR/OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Senior Jared Wasser (North Potomac, MD/Wootton) earned the Alumni Association MVP Awards for both men’s indoor and outdoor track and field. During the indoor season, Wasser finished in third place in the shot put in Delaware’s Thomson Invitational and 16th in the shot put at the IC4A Regional Championships. He finished second in both the shot put and the hammer throw at the CAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, while in the shot put he placed ninth at the Penn Relays, won the Delaware Open, and was 17th at the IC4A Regional Championships. He captured seven meet titles during his two-year career at Delaware after transferring from Robert Morris. He ranks No. 2 all-time at Delaware in both the indoor shot put (54-3 1/4) and outdoor shot put (53 1/4).

LACROSSE: Senior attackman Adam Zuder-Havens (Corning, NY/Corning East) was named the Alumni Association MVP for men’s lacrosse. Zuder-Havens, who was named the Inside Lacrosse National Player of the Week on May 7, was a first team All-CAA selection and was also selected to the CAA All-Tournament Team. A two-year standout at Delaware after playing two seasons at Herkimer (NY) Junior College, he currently leads the Blue Hens with 33 goals, 11 assists and 44 points this year. He scored three or more goals six times during the season, including a career-high four goals twice.

SOCCER: Senior defender Anthony Talarico (Blackwood, NJ/Bishop Eustace) earned the UD Alumni Association MVP Award for the second consecutive year for men’s soccer. Talarico, who appeared in 12 games while starting 11 in the Blue Hen backfield, ranked second on the team with three goals and seven points. He led the Blue Hens to their highest win total (6) in six years under first-year head coach Ian Hennessy.

SWIMMING & DIVING: Junior Andrew Zinn (Wilmington, DE/McKean - at right) earned the Jack and Hugh Dougherty Alumni Association Team MVP Award for men’s swimming. Zinn, who was named the CAA Swimmer of the Week twice during the season, won the 50 freestyle at the Loyola Invitational. He finished fourth in the 100 freestyle and eighth in the 50 freestyle, and was a member of the 200 freestyle relay team that finished sixth while setting a school record in the event (1:24.50) at the CAA Championships. He also set school records in the 50 freestyle (20.65) and 800 freestyle relay (6:53.59) this past season.

TENNIS: Freshman Sam Barrer (Reading, PA/Exeter) was named the Alexander J. Taylor Alumni Association MVP Award for men’s tennis. Barrer, who along with Camilo Perez was named the CAA Doubles Team of the Week on April 3, went 15-11 in singles during his first year with the Blue Hens. Barrer also went 17-9 while playing with four partners in doubles, including a 5-4 mark at No. 1 doubles with Nolan Greenberg. His 15 singles wins and 17 doubles wins were both team-highs.

Senior men’s soccer player Matt Haney (Newark, DE/St. Elizabeth) was the recipient of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Medal of Merit presented to the senior male student-athlete letterwinner with the highest grade point index. A four-year starter and co-captain each of his last three seasons, Haney carries a cumulative 3.96 GPA as a biology major at Delaware. Haney was named to the NSCAA Scholar-Athlete All-East Team this season and earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors for three consecutive years, an unprecedented feat in UD athletics history.

Delaware junior swimmer Adam Blomberg (Kennewick, WA/Kamiakin) was the winner of the UD swimming and diving team’s Thomas Baranello Award for academic and athletic achievement. Blomberg, a physics major with a 3.7 grade point average, set three school relay records this season and was named the CAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men’s swimming.

Delaware sophomore swimmer John Ohlhaver (Catonsville, MD/Western) was the winner of the Chuck Ganci Award as the team’s Most Improved swimmer. Ohlhaver set school records in the 100 backstroke (52.10) and 200 backstroke (1:53.49) events and was sixth in the 100 backstroke and 11th in the 200 backstroke at the CAA Championships.

Delaware junior tennis player Jason Hanschmann (Palatine, IL/Palatine) received the Lee J. Hyncik Award as the UD men’s tennis junior with the highest grade point index. Hanschmann, a philosophy major with a 3.4 gpa, posted a singles record of 3-0 in singles action this season.

Senior men’s basketball guard Chris Prothro (Atlanta, GA/Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy) was the winner of the Dr. Janice Jordan Award presented by UD Student Services for Athletes to a student-athlete who has made outstanding progress academically while at Delaware. A four-year member of the basketball squad, Prothro is a consumer studies major.

Senior golfer Tyler Kupper (Weston, CT/Weston) received the Outstanding Contributor Award presented by the UD Student Services for Athletes department. Kupper, a two-year letterwinner for the golf team, served as president of the UD Student Athlete Advisory Council, was the CAA student-athlete representative to the NCAA, and helped organize several community service projects during his career. He is a sport management major at Delaware.

Tom Coder received the ECAC Appreciation Award presented by the UD athletics department for overall contributions to the program. Coder, a former freshman football coach at Delaware, is the UD Admissions Office liaison to the Blue Hens athletics department.