Muhlenberg picked up two major honors on the 2024 All-Centennial Conference men's lacrosse team.

The quartet of head coach Jake Plunket, associate head coach Alex Stone and assistant coaches Zach Higgins and Dave Lamont was named coaching staff of the year, and freshman midfielder Jack Bill was named rookie of the year.

Bill also made the All-CC first team, where he was joined by senior attack Wyatt Malia, junior defensive middie Matthew Hochegger and junior defenseman Brendan Lavarra. Senior goalie Stephen Krug made the second team. 

The four first-team selections are a program record, topping the three the Mules had in 2022. That was also the only other time Muhlenberg put five players on the All-CC first and second teams.

The coaching staff led the Mules to their best CC record ever, 6-2, despite graduating five of the top six scorers from last year's squad and losing their All-America defenseman to injury for a good portion of the season. Muhlenberg reached the semifinals of the CC playoffs, went 10-8 overall against a challenging schedule, and earned votes in the Division III national poll and an NCAA regional ranking.

One of the newcomers who helped make the success possible was Bill, who finished with a team-leading 40 goals, one shy of the school record. He tied for second in the CC with 23 goals in league games, including the overtime winner in a 12-11 victory at nationally ranked Gettysburg. Bill is the third Mule - all since 2019 - to be named CC rookie of the year and only the second Mule freshman named to the All-CC first team. 

Malia, the 2021 CC rookie of the year, closed out his career by earning All-CC honors for the third time. He led Muhlenberg with 59 points (fourth in the CC and the third-highest single-season total in program history) while also ranking in the top 10 in the CC in goals (38) and assists (21). Malia scored at least one goal in every game and ended up as the program's second all-time leading scorer with 154 points on 98 goals and 56 assists.

Hochegger is the first Muhlenberg defensive midfielder ever to earn All-CC honors. In his first season as a starter, he tied for third on the team in both ground balls (49) and second in caused turnovers (16). Hochegger was fourth among CC players (not including faceoff specialists) with 27 ground balls in CC games and also contributed a goal and two assists to the offense.

Lavarra also emerged in his first season as a starter, setting a school record with a CC-leading 41 caused turnovers. He tied for third on the Mules with 49 ground balls to lead a defense that was the third-stingiest in the CC with only 73 goals allowed in league games. Lavarra caused 6 turnovers in Muhlenberg's playoff game against nationally ranked Dickinson and 5 in two other games.

Yet another first-year starter, Krug came on strong at the end of the season to give the Mules an All-CC goalie for the fifth consecutive season. He compiled an 8.04 goals-against average and .612 save percentage in Muhlenberg's seven-game winning streak at the end of the regular season. In CC play, Krug ranked second with a .562 save percentage and third with a 9.00 goals-against average.