Virginia Has Six Selected as USA Lacrosse Preseason All-Americans
Virginia men's lacrosse was represented with six players selected as USA Lacrosse Division I Men's Preseason All-Americans for the 2024 season, which were announced by USA Lacrosse Magazine on Wednesday. UVA was had the second-most preseason All-Americans of any Division I program, trailing only the reigning national champions Notre Dame with seven.
Senior attackman Connor Shellenberger was named a preseason First-Team All-American, one of four attackmen to make the First Team. Shellenberger has been named a USA Lacrosse All-American every season of his career so far, earning a First-Team nod in 2021.
Senior defenseman Cole Kastner was named to the Second Team and graduate attackman Payton Cormier and junior midfielder Griffin Schutz were selected to the Third Team. Junior midfielder Noah Chizmar and graduate midfielder Chase Yager (Harvard transfer) were All-American honorable mentions.
USA LACROSSE DIVISION I MEN’S PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS
FIRST TEAM
A – Brennan O’Neill, Duke
A – Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame
A – Connor Shellenberger, Virginia
A – CJ Kirst, Cornell
M – Eric Dobson, Notre Dame
M – Graham Bundy Jr., Georgetown
M – Shane Knobloch, Rutgers
D – Kenny Brower, Duke
D – Ajax Zappitello, Maryland
D – AJ Pilate, Army
LSM – Roy Meyer, Boston University
SSDM – Beau Pederson, Michigan
SSDM – Ben Ramsey, Notre Dame
FO – Jake Naso, Duke
G – Liam Entenmann, Notre Dame
SECOND TEAM
A – Coulter Mackesy, Princeton
A – Matt Brandau, Yale
A – TJ Malone, Penn State
M – Jake Stevens, Syracuse
M – Matt Traynor, Penn State
M – Alexander Vardaro, Georgetown
D – Cole Kastner, Virginia
D – Mason Woodward, Marquette
D – Jackson Bonitz, Navy
LSM – Jake Piseno, UAlbany
SSDM – Brett Martin, Johns Hopkins
SSDM – Grant Haus, Penn State
FO – Justin Wietfeldt, Michigan
G – Jack Fracyon, Penn State
THIRD TEAM
A – Joey Spallina, Syracuse
A – Michael Boehm, Michigan
A – Payton Cormier, Virginia
M – Matt Collison, Johns Hopkins
M – Griffin Schutz, Virginia
M – Jacob Morin, Army
D – Jack Posey, Penn State
D – Scott Smith, Johns Hopkins
D – Brendan Lavelle, Penn
LSM – Tyler Carpenter, Duke
SSDM – Dylan Hess, Georgetown
SSDM – Patrick Hackler, Yale
FO – Luke Wierman, Maryland
G – Matt Knote, UMass
HONORABLE MENTION
A – Chris Lyons, Yale
A – JP Ward, Delaware
A – Ross Scott, Rutgers
A – Chris Kavanagh, Notre Dame
A – Reese Burek, Army
A – Dyson Williams, Duke
A – Dalton Young, Richmond
A – Braden Erksa, Maryland
A – Vince D’Alto, Boston University
A – Scott Cole, Lehigh
A – Mike Robinson, Delaware
A – Dylan Pallonetti, Stony Brook
A – Josh Zawada, Duke
A – Adam Poitras, Loyola
A – Russell Melendez, Johns Hopkins
M – Evan Plunkett, Army
M – Levi Anderson, Saint Joseph’s
M – Thomas Greenblatt, Ohio State
M – Michael Chabra, Providence
M – Lance Madonna, Richmond
M – Max Hewitt, Navy
M – Christian Ronda, Michigan
M – Sam English, Syracuse
M – Evan James, Loyola
M – Hugh Kelleher, Cornell
D – Paul Barton, North Carolina
D – Jackson Canfield, Maryland
D – Mitchell Dunham, Mount St. Mary’s
D – Reid Colwell, Villanova
D – Jack DiBenedetto, Denver
D – Patrick Morrison, Boston University
D – Bobby Van Buren, Ohio State
D – Pace Billings, Princeton
D – Jack Follows, Cornell
LSM – AJ Mercurio, Denver
LSM – Jack Stuzin, Yale
LSM – Will Donovan, Notre Dame
LSM – Richard Checo, Lehigh
LSM – Nick Alviti, Maryland
SSDM – Pat Murphy, Vermont
SSDM – Noah Chizmar, Virginia
SSDM – Chase Yager, Virginia
SSDM – Jackson Peters, Navy
SSDM – Jake Titus, Syracuse
SSDM – Tucker Garrity, Jacksonville
FO – Will Coletti, Army
FO – Tommy Burke, Ohio State
FO – Alec Stathakis, Denver
FO – Will Lynch, Notre Dame
G – Logan McNaney, Maryland
G – Michael Gianforcaro, Princeton
G – Will Mark, Syracuse
G – Chayse Ierlan, Johns Hopkins
Virginia opens the 2024 men's lacrosse season on Saturday, February 10th, when the Cavaliers host Michigan at Klockner Stadium.
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