Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 2/10/22
From Press Release
The Tewaaraton Foundation has announced the 2022 Tewaaraton Award men’s Watch List. The list includes the top players across all three divisions of NCAA lacrosse and highlight the early contenders for the 2022 Tewaaraton Award.
The Tewaaraton Award annually honors the top male and female college lacrosse player in the United States. The selection committees are made up of premier collegiate coaches and are appointed annually by The Tewaaraton Foundation.
The men’s watch list candidates, with school, year and position noted:
2022 Men’s Watch List
Ryan Archer, Hobart – Grad. Student, Attack
Ryan Aughavin, Brown – Sr., Midfield
George Baughan (Springfield-Montco), Princeton – Sr., Defense
Will Bowen, Georgetown – Grad. Student, Defense
Matt Brandau, Yale – Jr., Attack
Graham Bundy Jr., Georgetown – Jr., Midfield
Matt Campbell, Villanova – Sr., Midfield
Arden Cohen, Notre Dame – Grad. Student, Defense
Zach Cole (Lenape), Saint Joseph’s – Sr., Face Off
Chris Connolly, UMass-Amherst – Grad. Student, Attack
Brendan Curry, Syracuse – Grad. Student, Midfield
Connor DeSimone, Johns Hopkins – Grad. Student, Attack
Tucker Dordevic, Syracuse – Sr., Midfield
Liam Entenmann, Notre Dame – Jr., Goalie
Chris Fake (Hun School), Yale – Sr., Defense
Cross Ferrara (Appoquinimink), Salisbury – Grad. Student, Attack
Dylan Gergar, Pennsylvania – Sr., Attack
Owen Grant, Delaware – Sr., Defense
Chris Gray, North Carolina – Grad. Student, Attack
Sam Handley, Pennsylvania – Sr., Midfield
Jack Hannah, Denver – Grad. Student, Midfield
Marcus Hudgins, Army West Point – Sr., Defense
Patrick Kavanagh, Notre Dame – Jr., Attack
Colin Kirst, Rutgers – Grad. Student, Goalie
Ryan Lanchbury, Richmond – Grad. Student, Attack
Petey LaSalla, Virginia – Sr., Face Off
Kevin Lindley, Loyola – Grad. Student, Attack
Kyle Long (Springfield-Delco), Maryland – Sr., Midfield
Brett Makar, Maryland – Sr., Defense
Thomas McConvey, Vermont – Sr., Midfield
Ben McCreary, LeMoyne – Grad. Student, Midfield
Owen McElroy, Georgetown – Grad. Student, Goalie
Ryan McNulty (Bishop Shanahan), Loyola – Grad. Student, Longstick Midfield
Nakeie Montgomery, Duke – Grad. Student, Midfield
Matt Moore (Garnet Valley), Virginia – Grad. Student, Attack
Jack Myers, Ohio State – Sr., Attack
Brendan Nichtern, Army West Point – Sr., Attack
Asher Nolting, High Point – Grad. Student, Attack
Brennan O’Neill, Duke – Soph., Attack
Marc O’Rourke, Bryant – Grad. Student, Attack
John Piatelli, Cornell – Sr., Attack
Michael Robinson, Delaware – Jr., Attack
Connor Shellenberger, Virginia – Soph., Attack
Alex Simmons, Denver – Sr., Attack
Mike Sisselberger (Southern Lehigh), Lehigh – Sr., Face Off
Koby Smith, Towson – Fifth Year Senior, Defense
Gibson Smith IV, Georgetown – Grad. Student, Defense
James Spence (Springfield-Delco), Lehigh – Grad. Student, Goalie
Alec Stathakis, Denver – Jr., Face Off
Logan Wisnauskas, Maryland – Fifth Year Senior, Attack
Josh Zawada, Michigan – Jr., Attack
Players not named to this initial list will have opportunities to play their way into a spot as the season progresses. Watch list additions will be announced on March 11 and April 1, before the field will be narrowed to 25 men’s and 25 women’s nominees on April 21. Nominees can be players from the watch lists or not from the watch lists, effectively allowing for a third round of additions.
Five men’s and five women’s finalists will be announced in early May. The Tewaaraton Award recipients will be chosen after the conclusion of the collegiate lacrosse season.