December 11, 2011
ALL-NORTHEAST
St. John's defender Lade is honored

St. John's senior defender Connor Lade has earned first team All-Northeast Region honors as announced by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Lade, who earned second team All-Northeast Region honors in 2010, became the Red Storm’s 54th All-Region selection and first two-time All-Region honoree since Matt Groenwald (2004-05).

Lade, who recently signed with the Red Bulls under the Homegrown Player rule, started all 23 games for St. John’s (14-7-2) and was the only player to play all 2,170 minutes, playing every minute for the second consecutive season. A second team All-Big East selection, the captain helped anchor a defensive unit that posted 11 shutouts.

The defender also earned Big East Tournament Most Outstanding Defensive Player honors and was named to the All-Tournament Team after helping lead St. John’s to its conference-record ninth Big East Tournament crown.

The two-time all-conference selection and two-time Big East All-Tournament team honoree totaled one goal and four assists in his St. John’s career. He started 86 of a possible 87 games for the Red Storm.

Lade helped lead St. John’s to three NCAA Division I tournament appearances (2008, 2009, 2011), two Big East ournament titles (2009, 2011), one College Cup (2008), one Big East regular season crown (2008) and a 52-19-16 (.690) overall record.