Three Rockhurst players and head coach Kevin Kelley earned major postseason honors for the 2026 Great Lakes Valley Conference Men's Lacrosse season, the league office announced on Thursday.
 
Brock Ollila was named the Goalkeeper of the Year, Carson Bradshaw was selected Specialist of the year, Mitchell Halsted was tabbed Freshman of the Year, and Kelley was voted Co-Coach of the Year. In total, 42 student-athletes claimed All-Conference honors, while six were chosen as GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship honorees for the sport and William Jewell was the team sportsmanship award winner.

The All-Conference awards are nominated and voted on by league coaches, who, per GLVC Bylaws, are not permitted to vote for their own players.

Rockhurst led all GLVC programs with five first-team choices, while Lewis and Maryville followed with four selections.

Specialist of the Year: Carson Bradshaw, Senior, Rockhurst

• Claims second Specialist of the Year award for Rockhurst with the first won by Zach Bodeau in 2019.
• Led the league in faceoff wins (76) in GLVC games, ground balls (49) and ground balls per game (9.8) and fourth in face-off win percentage (.667).
• Led league in overall face-off wins (196) and grounds balls (107) and ground balls per game (8.23).
• Added seven goals, three caused turnovers, and two assists for the year
• Played all 15 games for the Flyers, starting 10.
• Named to All-GLVC First Team for the first time after being named as Honorable Mention in 2024 and 2025.
  • One of four unanimous All-GLVC First Team Selections

 
Goalkeeper of the Year: Brock Ollila, Senior, Rockhurst

• Garners second-straight Goalkeeper of the Year honor.
  • Third keeper to go back-to-back, joining Kyle Little from Montevallo in 2018-19, and Riah Rathe from Lewis in 2023-24.
• Finished top of the league contests for goal allowed per game (7.57) and save percentage (.644)
  • Third in total saves (67) and saves per game (13.4)
• Led the league in overall games for save percentage (.639)
  • Second in total saves (184) and saves per game (14.15)
• Started all 14 games for the Hawks.
• Named GLVC Defensive Player of the Week on Apr. 13.
• Claims spot on All-GLVC First Team for the second straight season.
  • One of four unanimous All-GLVC First Team Selections

Freshman of the Year: Mitchell Halsted, Defender, Rockhurst

• Claims third-straight Freshman of the Year honor for Rockhurst after Jonah McConnell won Co-Freshman of the Year in 2024 and Nolan Hartl won in 2025.
• Was top-10 in GLVC matches for goals per game (1.60), points per game (2.40), and shots per game (6.40)
• Caused four turnovers and scooped seven ground balls in five GLVC matches.
• Had 11 caused turnovers and 19 ground balls in all 14 games played
• Started all 14 matches for Rockhurst
• Named to All-GLVC Second Team.

 
Co-Coach of the Year: Kevin Kelley, Rockhurst

• Secures second Coach of the Year accolade.
• In his 13th season, led Rockhurst to an 10-4 overall record and 4-1 mark in GLVC action, earning a share of the Regular Season Championship and the third seed in the GLVC Tournament.
• Led team to top per-game averages in conference matches for shooting percentage (.285), turnovers per game (14.8), faceoff percentage (.645), save percentage (.648), and goals against average (7.6).
• Managed squad to league-best numbers in multiple categories for the entire season, including shooting percentage (.310), man-up scoring percentage (.535), turnovers per game (14.86), save percentage (.632), and goals against average (8.35).
• Guided Bradshaw, Ollila and Halsted to major honors, as well as 10 players to All-GLVC recognition, including five on the First Team with Bradshaw, Ollila, and Avery Moody also being selected unanimously.

Joining Ollila and Bradshaw on the First Team from RU are junior attacker Jonah McConnell, sophomore midfielder Nolan Hartl and senior short-stick midfielder Avery Moody.

Two Hawks received Second Team All-GLVC honors: junior attacker Linus Toward and freshman defender Mitchell Halsted. In addition, Rockhurst earned three honorable mention selections: junior midfielder Adam Husaby, junior short-stick midfielder Leo Piscitiello, and senior midfielder Lars Yarkosky.
 
The league also recognized six student-athletes for the James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award. Avery Moody is Rockhurst's team recipient. The honorees are now eligible to become one of their school's two Spalding Sportsmanship Award winners, which will be announced in May.