The Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IMLCA) revealed its All-Region honors on Tuesday, June 17, and 15 NCAC student-athletes across four institutions earned spots on the Region 5 team. Additionally, Ohio Wesleyan was tabbed the IMLCA Region 5 Coaching Staff of the Year.
 
Ohio Wesleyan and Denison highlighted the NCAC with both programs registering four student-athletes on the first team. Leading the Battling Bishops were sophomore attackman Henry Ross (Snoqualmie, WA/Mount Si) and senior defenseman Wes Silver (Newton, MA/Newton North), who were named the 2025 NCAC Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, along with senior midfielder Joey Wiseman (Powell, OH/Olentangy Liberty) and senior long-stick midfielder Anthony Fresolone (Marblehead, MA/Kimball Union Academy (NH)). The Big Red were represented on the first team by senior midfielder Jack Hines (Charlotte, NC/Episcopal), sophomore defenseman Charlie Haight (Portland, OR/Middlesex) and juniors Andrew Albert (Weston, CT/The Hill School (PA)) and AJ Boxler (Westport, MA/Tabor Academy), with Albert starting in goal and Boxler contributing at short-stick defensive midfield.
 
Denison earned three of the league’s six second-team nods, highlighted by junior faceoff specialist Grant Larson (Charlotte, NC/Charlotte County Day School), the 2025 NCAC Specialist of the Year. Larson was joined on the second team by senior attackman Tommy Quinson (Rye Brook, NY/Brunswick School) and senior midfielder Collin Murphy (Sudbury, MA/Lincoln-Sudbury Regional). Additionally, Ohio Wesleyan sophomore attackman Wade Beckstrom (Devon, PA/Conestoga), Oberlin sophomore defenseman Colin Taylor (Baltimore, MD/Friends School of Baltimore), and Kenyon junior goalkeeper Adam Hall (Grand Rapids, MI/East Grand Rapids) also received IMLCA Second-Team All-Region certificates. Kenyon senior Thomas Nelson (Minneapolis, MN/The Blake School) garnered an honorable mention nod as a faceoff specialist.
 
The Ohio Wesleyan staff, led by Head Coach Mike Plantholt in his 15th season at the helm and assistants Doug Gorski, Justin Inacio, and Matt Rice, guided the team to a 15-4 overall record, with three of their losses coming against NCAA tournament teams, and a perfect 8-0 run in NCAC play. The Battling Bishops claimed both the NCAC title and their first NCAC Tournament crown since 2015, marking their third in program history to secure an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse Tournament.