Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 7/22/12
From Press Release
A panel of lacrosse experts and coaches selected 40 of the nation’s top high school lacrosse players to compete in the 2012 ESPNHS Warrior 40 Competition.
The third annual Warrior 40 Competition, operated by ESPNHS, will be held at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo., August 13-15. The Warrior 40 Competition focuses on improving the skills and knowledge of the nation’s elite high school lacrosse players.
The selected Warrior 40 athletes will travel to Colorado to receive advanced one-on-one lacrosse instruction and learn life skills lessons from past and present Major League Lacrosse athletes.
Date Time (MTN) Event Location
Tue, Aug. 14 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Warrior 40 Practice and Skills Competition Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (Commerce City, Colo.)
Wed, Aug. 15 10 a.m. – noon Warrior 40 Final Competition Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (Commerce City, Colo.)
2012 Warrior 40 Roster:
Athlete City State Grad. Yr. Position Verbal College Commitment
Justin Anderson Las Vegas NV 2014 M North Carolina
Pete Aplet Arvada CO 2013 A Denver
Brian Balkam St James NY 2013 G North Carolina
J.T. Blubaugh Galena OH 2013 A/M Ohio State
Jeremy Bosher Kamloops BC Canada 2014 M (undecided)
Connor Cannizzaro Cazenovia NY 2013 A Maryland
Sean Coleman Doylestown La Salle PA 2013 M (Harvard)
Wilkins Dismuke Lone Tree CO 2013 A Johns Hopkins
Brian Dunne Melville NY 2013 D Duke
Kieran Eissler Henderson NV 2013 M Johns Hopkins
Jordan Evans Syracuse NY 2013 A Syracuse
Nick Fields Potomac MD 2013 LSM Johns Hopkins
Danny Fowler Wantagh NY 2013 G Duke
Bear Goldstein Dallas TX 2013 D Princeton
Justin Guterding Garden City NY 2013 A Duke
Tate Jozokos Wolfeboro NH 2013 M North Carolina
Jake Kennedy Rancho Santa Fe CA 2013 G Bucknell
Ian King Cincinnati OH 2013 A Michigan
Peyton Klawinski Memphis TN 2013 M North Carolina
Jack Lambert Cross River NY 2013 D North Carolina
Steven Larson Paradise Valley AZ 2013 M/A/FO UMBC
Devon Lewis Windermere FL 2013 M Georgetown
Ryan Lukacovic Syosset NY 2013 A Virginia
Colin MacIlvennie Maple Valley WA 2014 M Maryland
Dylan Maltz Ashburn VA 2013 A Syracuse
Hayes McGinley Bentleyville OH 2013 M Syracuse
Daniel Morris Dallas TX 2013 G Maryland
Austin Pifani Roslyn Abington High PA 2013 D North Carolina
Mac Pons Bel Air MD 2013 D Maryland
Ethan Powley Bristow VA 2013 LSM Duke
Matt Rambo Glenside La Salle PA 2013 A Maryland
Will Reynolds Morristown NJ 2013 D Princeton
Tim Rotanz Wading River NY 2013 A Maryland
Matt Ryan Ipswich MA 2013 LSM Harvard
Jake Seau San Diego CA 2014 M Duke
Austin Shanks Courtice ONT Canada 2013 A Michigan
Garrett Van de Ven Plano TX 2013 M Duke
Brian Wegner Lone Tree CO 2013 LSM/D Denver
Zed Williams Silver Creek NY 2013 M (undecided)
Jake Woodring Eden Prairie MN 2013 M Denver
Past players in the competition include Loyola’s Jeff Chase, University of North Carolina’s Joey Sankey and Jimmy Bitter, Johns Hopkins’ Wells Stanwick, University of Virginia’s Ryan Tucker, Maryland’s Goran Murray, Harvard’s Jake Gambitsky, Notre Dame’s Connor Doyle, Duke’s Brian Dailey and Albany’s Lyle Thompson.
