Nine Cavaliers Headline USA Lacrosse Magazine’s Preseason All-America List
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Nine Virginia men’s lacrosse players were named 2023 Preseason All-Americans, according to USA Lacrosse Magazine, the organization announced Tuesday (Jan. 10). UVA’s nine honorees led all Division-I programs nationally.
2022 Tewaaraton Award finalist Connor Shellenberger represented the Hoos on the first team, while defenseman Cole Kastner nabbed second-team accolades.
Payton Cormier (A), Griffin Schutz (A), Jeff Conner (M), Thomas McConvey (M), Grayson Sallade (SSDM), Cade Saustad (D) and Petey LaSalla were named to the honorable mention list.
Virginia was tabbed No. 1 in USA Lacrosse Magazine’s preseason poll on Jan. 3.
The following All-Americans were determined through USA Lacrosse Magazine staff consideration with input from NCAA coaches.
FIRST TEAM
A —Matt Brandau, Yale
A — Brennan O’Neill, Duke
A — Connor Shellenberger, Virginia
M — Graham Bundy Jr., Georgetown
M — Matt Campbell, Villanova
M — Sam Handley, Penn
SSDM — Payton Rezanka, Loyola
FO — Luke Wierman, Maryland
LSM — Ethan Rall, Rutgers
D — Gavin Adler, Cornell
D — Will Bowen, Georgetown
D — Brett Makar, Maryland
G — Liam Entenmann, Notre Dame
SECOND TEAM
A —Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame
A — CJ Kirst, Cornell
A — Jack Myers, Ohio State
M — Shane Knobloch, Rutgers
M — Kyle Long, Maryland
M — Jake Stevens, Princeton
SSDM — Connor Maher, North Carolina
FO — Zach Cole, Saint Joseph’s
LSM — Tyler Carpenter, Duke
D — Owen Grant, Delaware
D — Cole Kastner, Virginia
D — Ajax Zappitello, Maryland
G — Logan McNaney, Maryland
THIRD TEAM
A —Tucker Dordevic, Georgetown
A — Devon McLane, Brown
A — Ross Scott, Rutgers
M — Eric Dobson, Notre Dame
M — Sam English, Princeton
M — Patrick Skalniak, Navy
SSDM — Piper Bond, Penn
FO — Mike Sisselberger, Lehigh
LSM — Roy Meyer, Boston U.
D — Jackson Bonitz, Navy
D — Kenny Brower, Duke
D — Chris Fake, Notre Dame
G — Connor Theriault, Brown
HONORABLE MENTION
A — Payton Cormier, Virginia
A — Vince D’Alto, Boston U.
A — Dylan Gergar, Penn
A — Leo Johnson, Yale
A — Owen Murphy, Maryland
A — Mike Robinson, Delaware
A — Griffin Schutz, Virginia
A — JJ Sillstrop, Denver
A — Alex Slusher, Princeton
A — Dylan Watson, Jacksonville
M — Aiden Blake, Cornell
M — Jeff Conner, Virginia
M — Hugh Kelleher, Cornell
M — Andrew McAdorey, Duke
M — Thomas McConvey, Virginia
M — Declan McDermott, Georgetown
M — Brad Sharp, Yale
M — Brian Tevlin, Notre Dame
SSDM — Chet Comizio, Villanova
SSDM — Beau Pederson, Princeton
SSDM — Grayson Sallade, Virginia
SSDM — Chase Yager, Harvard
SSDM — Trevor Yeboah-Kodie, Brown
FO — James Reilly, Georgetown
FO — Petey LaSalla, Virginia
LSM — Pace Billings, Princeton
LSM — Greg Campisi, Harvard
LSM — BJ Farrare, Penn
LSM — John Geppert, Maryland
LSM — Alex Mazzone, Johns Hopkins
D — Jack DiBenedetto, Denver
D — Marcus Hudgins, Ohio State
D — Brendan Lavelle, Penn
D — Cade Saustad, Virginia
D — Bobby Van Buren, Ohio State
D — Cam Wyers, Loyola
G — Matt Garber, Boston U.
G — Will Mark, Syracuse