Inside Lacrosse 2022 Preseason Media All-American Men’s Team

by Bailey Kennedy Jan 20, 2022

Inside Lacrosse Announced its 2022 Preseason Media Men’s All-Americans this week with Georgetown leading the way with the most first-team All-Americans from one with three. Those three players are Midfielder Graham Bundy, Transfer defensemen from North Carolina Will Bowen, and Goalie Owen McElroy. On top of leading schools with three 1st team selections, Georgetown had four other players listed on the All-American list with Zach Geddes, Gibson Smith being 2nd team selections, and TJ Haley and Dylan being honorable mentions.

But the team that led the way with 8 selections was Maryland who had Roman Puglise and Brett Makar as 1st team selections and added Logan Wisnauskas, Kyle Long, and Cornell transfer Jonathan Donville as 2nd team selections. Maryland rounded out with three honorable mentions in Anthony DeMaio, Logan McNaney, and Villanova transfer Owen Prybylski.

Of the 79 players selected as either 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or honorable mention 8 of those 73 players did not play a single college lacrosse game last year with the Ivy League not playing last year due to COVID precautions. Of those 8 players, just 2 were honorable mentions, and Sam Handley (UPenn) was a 1st team All-American selection. 

The ACC led all conferences with 26 selections followed by the Big Ten with 13, and Big East with 11. The Colonial Athletic Conference (CAA) had 6 players selected to the All-American list. With Delaware Defender Owen Grant being named to the 2nd team. Delaware added to more via an honorable mention in Mike Robinson and Tye Kurtz. Drexel had 2 honorable mentions of their own in George Grippo and Sean Quinn. Towson also had defender Koby Smith selected as an honorable mention. 

You can read the whole Inside Lacrosse article here.

1st Team

A Chris Gray, North Carolina 

A Connor Shellenberger, Virginia 

A Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame 

M Sam Handley, UPenn 

M Jack Hannah, Denver 

M Graham Bundy, Georgetown 

FO Mike Sisselbberger, Lehigh 

SSDM Connor Maher, North Carolina 

SSDM Roman Puglise, Maryland 

LSM Ryan McNulty, Loyola 

D Will Bowen, Georgetown 

D Brett Makar, Maryland 

D Marcus Hudgins, Army 

G Owen McElroy, Georgetown

2nd Team

A Logan Wisnauskas, Maryland

A Matt Moore, Virginia 

A Brendan Nichtern, Army 

M Nakeie Montgomery, Duke

M Kyle Long, Maryland 

M Jonathan Donville, Maryland

FO Petey LaSalla, Virginia 

SSDM Zach Geddes, Georgetown

SSDM Ryan Hallenbeck, Notre Dame

LSM Tyler Carpenter, Duke 

D Gibson Smith, Georgetown

D Owen Grant, Delaware 

D Chris Fake, Yale 

G Liam Entenmann, Notre Dame

3rd Team

A Brennan O’Neill, Duke 

A Matt Brandau, Yale 

A Asher Nolting, High Point 

M Tucker Dordevic, Syracuse

M Matt Campbell, Villanova 

M Thomas McConvey, Vermont

FO Zach Cole, St. Joseph’s 

SSDM Grayson Sallade, Virginia

SSDM Jake Stevens, Princeton

LSM Ethan Rall, Rutgers 

D George Baughan, Princeton

D Arden Cohen, Notre Dame

D Cam Wyers, Loyola 

G Colin Kirst, Rutgers

Honorable Mention

A Owen Hiltz, Syracuse 

A Ryan Lanchbury, Richmond

A Marc O’Rourke, Bryant 

A Mike Robinson, Delaware 

A John Piatelli, Cornell 

A Kevin Lindley, Loyola 

A TJ Haley, Georgetown 

A Connor DeSimone, Johns Hopkins

M Brendan Curry, Syracuse 

M Dylan Hess, Georgetown 

M Wheaton Jackoboice, Notre Dame

M Anthony DeMaio, Maryland

M David Sprock, Rutgers

M Tye Kurtz, Delaware 

M Alex Simmons, Denver

FO Tommy Burke, Vermont

FO Bailey Savio, Loyola 

FO Jake Naso, Duke 

FO Alec Stathakis, Denver

FO Zac Tucci, North Carolina

SSDM George Grippo, Drexel

SSDM Payton Rezanka, Loyola

SSDM Brennan Kamish, Rutgers

LSM Matt Wright, North Carolina

LSM Teddy Leggett, Lehigh

LSM BJ Farrare, UPenn 

LSM Brett Kennedy, Syracuse

D Cade Saustad, Virginia

D Kenny Brower, Duke 

D Koby Smith, Towson 

D Jason Reynolds, Notre Dame

D Owen Prybylski, Maryland

D Sean Quinn, Drexel 

G Mike Adler, Duke 

G Will Mark, LIU 

G Logan McNaney, Maryland

G Collin Krieg, North Carolina