By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Concordia University Irvine junior attacker Jeremy Barnes was named the Peach Belt Conference / Rocky Mountain Division Attacker of the Year, the league announced Thursday, along with the league’s other major award winners and the divisional All-PBC rosters.

The Golden Eagles swept each of the four positional awards, with junior Max Texter earning Midfielder of the Year honors, graduate student Jake Cloutier earning the Defensive Player of the Year, and senior Daniel Yang claiming the division’s Goalkeeper of the Year award. Dominican University of California's Chase Pacenta was named the Freshman of the Year. Colorado Mesa head coach Troy Moyer won the division’s Coach of the Year award.

The league's five head coaches nominate and vote for the All-PBC Rocky Mountain Division teams and awards. Coaches are not permitted to vote for their players.

A Las Vegas, Nevada product, Barnes recorded a point in every game this season and finished 2025 with 21 goals and 20 assists, leading Concordia in assists and points. He finished the season with 15 goals and 13 assists in his last six games. Barnes led the division with 1.54 assists per game and ranked fourth in points per game (3.15). He had two game-winning goals in 2025, including an overtime winner against nationally ranked Rollins.

Texter, an Irvine, California native, scored 19 goals and seven assists during the 2025 campaign. He finished the regular season ninth among divisional scorers with 1.75 goals per game, scoring 14 goals in eight divisional games. Texter had five multi-goal games this season, including a career-best five goals and six points at Westminster.

Cloutier, from Simi Valley, California, helped the Golden Eagles limit opponents to nine goals or less in their final seven games while posting a 6-1 record in the season-ending push. On the season, he recorded 27 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers. A team captain, he led a defense that allowed opponents to score just 28% of their man-up chances.

Yang, from San Diego, California, posted a division-leading 8.15 goals-against average in 2025, allowing only 72 goals in 12 games (530 minutes). He also had a 54.7 save percentage that was second best in the division, with 87 saves. He was even more stingy in eight divisional games with a 6.46 goals-against average and a 62.1 save percentage.  He was 6-3 in net this season, including a 5-2 record in divisional play.

Pacenta, a midfielder from Littleton, Colorado, scored 26 goals, had 10 assists, and 18 groundballs in his redshirt freshman campaign with the Penguins. He was second among divisional goal scorers with 2.36 goals per game, third in points per game (3.27), and led the division with 9.00 shots per game. Pacenta also ranked fourth in divisional goal scoring, averaging 2.25 goals per game in eight outings.

In his third season at Colorado Mesa, Moyer marshalled the Mavericks to the Rocky Mountain Division regular-season title in 2025, the program’s fifth consecutive regular-season title. Ranked nationally the entire season, the Mavericks finished the regular season with a 10-3 record, including a 7-1 divisional mark.  Colorado Mesa led the division in goals scored (124), goal differential (+7.8), and allowed the fewest goals (62) – ranking among Division II’s top 12 in each category.

The 2025 All-PBC/Rocky Mountain Division rosters recognize twenty-seven student-athletes representing all five Rocky Mountain Division institutions. Concordia had eight student-athletes named to the teams—all first-team selections—and Colorado Mesa also had eight selections, with five first-team honorees.   

2025 First Team All-Peach Belt Conference / Rocky Mountain Division: Men’s Lacrosse
Player	School	Pos.	Ht.	Yr.	Hometown
Daniel Yang	Concordia	GK	5-10	Sr.	San Diego, Calif.
Jeremy Barnes	Concordia	A	5-10	Jr.	Las Vegas, Nev.
JJ Brummett	Colorado Mesa	A	6-3	Sr.	Glen Rock, Pa.
Chad McFadden	Concordia	A	5-10	Gr.	Trabuco Canyon, Calif.
Max Texter	Concordia	M	5-10	Jr.	Irvine, Calif.
Dillon Pless	Colorado Mesa	M	6-2	Jr.	Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Matt Carresi	Concordia	M	5-10	Jr.	Rossmoor, Calif.
Jake Cloutier	Concordia	D	6-0	Gr.	Simi Valley, Calif.
Caden Hathaway	Colorado Mesa	D	6-3	Sr.	Dallas, Texas
Brady Porter	Colorado Mesa	D	6-0	RSo.	Parker, Colo.
Deuce Kirschke	Colorado Mesa	SSD	5-10	Jr.	Lone Tree, Colo.
Ben Weber	Westminster	LSM	6-2	Fr,	Littleton, Colo.
Colin O’Connor	Concordia	LSM	6-3	Gr.	Carlsbad, Calif.
Cade Poe	Concordia	FO	5-7	Gr.	Los Alamitos, Calif.

 

2025 Second Team All-Peach Belt Conference / Rocky Mountain Division: Men’s Lacrosse
Player	School	Pos.	Ht.	Yr.	Hometown
Shaden Shields	Colorado Mesa	GK	6-1	So.	Naples, Fla.
Sean Gragnola	Westminster	A	6-1	Sr.	Portland, Ore.
Connor Jensen	Colorado Mesa	A	5-10	RSo.	Brentwood, Tenn.
Luke Sillstrop	Westminster	A	5-11	Jr.	Encinitas, Calif.
Camden Rossi	Westminster	M	6-3	Jr,	Salt Lake City, Utah
Chase Pacenta	Dominican	M	6-0	RFr.	Surrey, B.C.
Jason Eide	Dominican	M	5-9	Gr.	Pleasant Hill, Calif.
Keller Hopkins	Westminster	D	5-10	Jr,	Park City, Utah
George Phelps	Westminster	D	6-5	So.	Tacoma, Wash.
Hunter Bennett	Adams State	D	5-9	Jr.	Anoka, Minn.
Cale Gunter	Westminster	SSD	5-10	So.	Issaquah, Wash.
Ryan Pless	Colorado Mesa	LSM	5-10	RSo.	Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Jack Fairbanks	Westminster	FO	5-7	Sr.	Evergreen, Colo.