2024 USILA All-Americans

[Gatsby]

First Team
A-Connor Shellenberger, Virginia
A-Brennan O'Neill, Duke
A-Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame
M-Shane Knobloch, Rutgers
M-Evan Plunkett, Army
M-Graham Bundy Jr., Georgetown
M-Andrew McAdorey, Duke
SSDM-Ben Ramsey, Notre Dame
SSDM-Beau Pederson, Michigan
SSDM-Dylan Hess, Georgetown
LSM-Jake Piseno, Albany
FO-Will Coletti, Army
D-Ajax Zappitello, Maryland
D-Kenny Brower, Duke
D-Brendan Lavelle, Penn
D-Scott Smith, Hopkins
G-Liam Entenmann, Notre Dame

Second Team
A-CJ Kirst, Cornell
A-Matt Brandau, Yale
A-TJ Malone, Penn State
M-Jake Stevens, Syracuse
M-Mikey Weisshaar, Towson
M-Eric Dobson, Notre Dame
SSDM-Grant Haus, Penn State
SSDM-Aidan Maguire, Duke
SSDM-Chase Yager, Virginia
LSM-Stephen Zupicich, Villanova
LSM-Will Donovan, Notre Dame
FO-Justin Wietfeldt, Michigan
FO-Luke Wierman, Maryland
D-Cole Kastner, Virginia
D-Shawn Lyght, Notre Dame
D-AJ Pilate, Army
G-Emmet Carroll, Penn
G-Jack Fracyon, Penn State

Third Team
A-Payton Cormier, Virginia
A-Joey Spallina, Syracuse
A-Sam King, Harvard
M-Griffin Schutz, Virginia
M-Alexander Vardaro, Georgetown
M-Matt Collison, John Hopkins
SSDM-Jackson Peters, Navy
SSDM-Brett Martin, John Hopkins
LSM-Tyler Carpenter, Duke
FO-Alec Stathakis, Denver
D-Mason Woodward, Marquette
D-Billy Dwan, Syracuse
D-Jimmy Freehill, Denver
G-Chayse Ierlan, John Hopkins

Honorable Mention
A-Louis Perfetto, Boston University
A-Chris Kavanagh, Notre Dame
A-Michael Boehm, Michigan
A-Brayden Mayea, High Point
A-Coulter Mackesy, Princeton
A-Josh Zawada, Duke
A-Jacob Angelus, John Hopkins
A-Owen Duffy, North Carolina
A-Ross Scott, Rutgers
A-Dyson Williams, Duke
A-Scott Cole, Lehigh
A-Owen Hiltz, Syracuse
A-Nick DeMaio, Towson
A-Garrett Degnon, John Hopkins
A-Jake Taylor, Notre Dame
A-Levi Anderson, St. Joseph;s
A-Ryan Bell, Providence
A-Aidan Carroll, Georgetown
A-Dalton Young, Richmond
M-Devon McLane, Notre Dame
M-Hunter Drouin, Colgate
M-Jacob Morin, Army
M-Mac Costin, Penn State
M-Eric Spanos, Maryland
M-Sam English, Syracuse
M-Hugh Kelleher, Cornell
M-Lance Madonna, Richmond
SSDM-Casey Wilson, Denver
SSDM-Marquez White, Princeton
SSDM-Connor Cmiel, Ohio State
LSM-Roy Meyer, Boston University
LSM-Ben Wayer, Virginia
LSM-AJ Mercurio, Denver
LSM-Max Yates, Colgate
FO-Will Lynch, Notre Dame
FO-Jake Naso, Duke
FO-Machado Rodriguez, Yale
FO-Brady Wambach, North Carolina
FO-Nate Laliberte, Bryant
FO-Mason Kohn, Syracuse
D-Jackson Bonitz, Navy
D-Richard Checo, Lehigh
D-Marcus Hudgins, Ohio State
D-Colin Mulshine, Princeton
D-Ty Banks, Georgetown
D-Colby Barsz, Towson
D-Alex Ross, Penn State
D-Levi Verch, St. Joseph's
D-Chris Conlin, Notre Dame
D-Patrick Morrison, Boston University
G-Michael Gianforcaro, Princeton
G-Will Mark, Syracuse
G-Anderson Moore, Georgetown
G-Kevin Ellington, Delaware

[GaitsRightHand]

Lt. Raymond J. Enners Outstanding Player of the Year: Ajax Zappitello, Maryland
Lt. Col. JI Turnbull Outstanding Attackman: Connor Shellenberger, Virginia
Lt. j.g. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Outstanding Midfielder: Shane Knobloch, Rutgers,
William C. Schmeisser Defensive Player of the Year: Jake Piseno, Albany
Ensign C. Markland Kelly Jr. Outstanding Goalie, Liam Entenmann: Notre Dame

[AreaLax]

Maryland defender Ajax Zappitello has been named the USILA's Lt. Raymond J. Enners Outstanding Player of the Year. He was the lone unanimous vote-getter for the USILA's voting.

[wgdsr]

really loading up on ssdm's lately. i'm not against it, those guys are thankless heroes.

[10stone5]

Maryland defender Ajax Zappitello has been named the USILA's Lt. Raymond J. Enners Outstanding Player of the Year. He was the lone unanimous vote-getter for the USILA's voting.

Very unusual.
But a good call.

Adler could just as well have been the Player of the Year as a defenseman, also.

[coda]

list seems pretty lazy, outside of Zap winning

[lorin]

list seems pretty lazy, outside of Zap winning

How in the world is O'Neil first team.

[BetweenTheLines]

Excited to see Lyght get the respect he deserves. Dobson on 2nd team is... interesting.

[Laxguy703]

Not a great list but not bad.

The only things that stood out to me were:
- Ben Wayer got snubbed. He’s at worst a 2nd Team AA. 92 GB’s, 27 Caused Turnovers, and 13 points is an insane state line. Especially with the tough schedule UVA played.
- I would swap Mclane with Dobson on the 2nd team. He’s been way more productive and you can’t use the excuse of Mclane goes against a shorty because Dobson has also gotten the shorty a lot this year due to Faison’s dodging ability.
- Brandau should be a first teamer over O’Neill or Kav. Pretty self explanatory but O’Neill had some stinkers this year. Great player but his name definitely carried him to the 1st team.

[coda]

Excited to see Lyght get the respect he deserves. Dobson on 2nd team is... interesting.

If you are not regularly getting a long pole, you probably should not be an All-American.

[Suitcase]

Agreed. Middie of the year last year did not get that long pole though. Schutz did.

[coda]

Agreed. Middie of the year last year did not get that long pole though. Schutz did.

I dont remember who got it last year, but this year Knoblach certainly did. Where a team choses to put a long pole is the truest form of respect or disrespect an opposing coach can show.

[faircornell]

The list represents an enormous amount of talent.

[coda]

I'm really surprised to not see Emmet Carroll of Penn (G) somewhere on the list, but the list is am enormous amount of talent.

2nd team

[faircornell]

I'm really surprised to not see Emmet Carroll of Penn (G) somewhere on the list, but the list is am enormous amount of talent.

2nd team

Thanks ! On my phone, read too fast... was just going to correct this.

[wgdsr]

Agreed. Middie of the year last year did not get that long pole though. Schutz did.

he actually got the pole plenty, just not all the time. teams also more than rarely shorted dickson or cormier and double poled the midfield.

[1766]

Agreed. Middie of the year last year did not get that long pole though. Schutz did.

I dont remember who got it last year, but this year Knoblach certainly did. Where a team choses to put a long pole is the truest form of respect or disrespect an opposing coach can show.

Teams often poled Knobloch and Kurdyla shorting the third attackman. Definitely a trend in college lacrosse. Poling Knobloch was irrelevant. There wasn't anyone in college who could guard him with any real consistency.

Kurdyla will be special himself. One might argue he has more natural gifts than Knobloch. Will he develop in the same way is what will be interesting to watch.

[Lax3]

O'Neill gets in on reputation over Brandau who actually did it on the field.

[Lacrossefan25]

Knobloch and Dobson are the only two midfields who consistently dodged and beat the pole covering them

[af.health]

O'Neill gets in on reputation over Brandau who actually did it on the field.

Exactly, this is starting to drive me crazy. they care about media hype more than the actual results on the field.