SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Fighting Irish lacrosse team cleaned up the ACC awards, as Pat Kavanagh was named Offensive Player of the Year, Liam Entenmann claimed Defensive Player of the Year and Goalie of the Year, and Baumer Family Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach Kevin Corrigan was named the Coach of the Year.
Entenmann has now earned ACC Defensive Player of the Year and Goalie of the Year for the second straight season. The goalie became just the second player in ACC history to earn multiple ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors, joining former Notre Dame great Matt Landis. Entenmann picks up Notre Dame’s sixth ACC Defensive Player of the Year award, which marks the most for any program since it was created during the 2012 season.
Pat Kavanagh is the second Fighting Irish player in program history to earn ACC Offensive Player of the Year, as former standout Bryan Costabile took home the award in 2019. Kavanagh leads Notre Dame in points on the season with 53, coming off 19 goals and 34 assists. The graduate student recently set the program record for career points, as he currently has 274 in his illustrious career.
The ACC Coach of the Year award marks the first in Corrigan’s historic tenure at Notre Dame. The head coach has now earned seven conference coach of the year honors over his career, with the previous six coming from other leagues. Corrigan led the Irish to the outright regular season ACC title in 2024, going undefeated with a mark of 4-0. This season marks the fourth time the Irish have claimed at least a share of the ACC regular season title under Corrigan and the second time winning it outright.
Entenmann and Kavanagh were one of seven Irish players on the All-ACC team, being joined by Chris Kavanagh (A), Eric Dobson (M), Will Donovan (LSM), Ben Ramsey (SSDM) and Will Lynch (FO).
The seven Irish honorees are tied for the most All-ACC selections of any team in conference history, as Notre Dame also had seven representatives last season. Of the 19 total All-ACC Team members, Donovan, Lynch and Ramsey are the only representatives at their positions.
UP NEXT
The Irish travel to Charlotte this weekend to play in the ACC Tournament as the top-seed in the tournament at American Legion Memorial Stadium. Notre Dame will play Virginia in the semifinals at 5 p.m. ET on Friday, May 3 and the game will air on ACCN.
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