Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 6/27/24
From Press Release
Head coach Shawn Nadelen has announced the 77 players invited to a three-day tryout for the 2025 U.S. Men’s U20 National Team. The tryout will be held at USA Lacrosse headquarters from June 28-30.
The tryouts are the first step towards finalizing the roster that will represent the United States in the World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship next summer in Seoguipo, South Korea on Jeju Island from July 18-27, 2025. Players must have been born between Sept. 1, 2004 and July 17, 2009 to meet the age requirements from World Lacrosse for the event.
The U.S. has won each of the previous nine junior men’s world championships conducted, most recently in 2022 when all-world selections Kenny Brower (D), Graham Bundy Jr. (M), Liam Entenmann (G), C.J. Kirst (M) and Brennan O’Neill (A) led the U21 team (age increased due to COVID postponements) past rival Canada, 12-10, in Limerick, Ireland.
This year’s 77-player tryout pool includes players from high schools from 19 states and 27 colleges and universities. Among the players invited are three USILA All-Americans from the 2024 season: defenseman Shawn Lyght (Notre Dame), goalie Anderson Moore (Georgetown) and faceoff specialist Brady Wambach (North Carolina).
Here’s the full list of players invited:
U.S. MEN’S U20 TRYOUT CANDIDATES
Name Pos High School Club College/Commitment
Peter Buonanno A Deerfield Academy (Mass.) 3D New England Red Princeton
Michael Cassano LSM Gen.Douglas MacArthur (N.Y.) 91 Warriors Marist
Rhett Chambers A Mamaroneck (N.Y.) 2way Select Providence
Clifford Chapman A Hill School (Pa.) Blue Star Lafayette
Kyle Colsey A Ridgefield (Conn.) Eclipse Virginia
Gavin Cooper D/LSM Haverford School (Pa.) Big4 HHH Duke
Francisco Cortes M Shoreham-Wading River (N.Y.) Long Island Legcay Harvard
Michael Crane D Evergreen (Colo.) Denver Elite Utah
Gavin Creo A Chaminade (N.Y.) Long Island Express Richmond
Sean Creter FO Hunterdon Central (N.J.) Leading Edge Maryland
Ben Dale A Millbrook School (N.Y.) Second city Providence
Brody Davis M Seton Hall Prep (N.J.) TriState Lacrosse Denver
Owen Duffy A St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) Team 91 North Carolina
William Erdmann M Brunswick School (Conn.) Eclipse Virginia
Preston Evans A Belmont Hill School (Mass.) Laxachusetts Virginia
Tyler Eye D/LSM The Lawrenceville School (N.J.) Legacy Taz Johns Hopkins
Stevie Finnell M Garden City (N.Y.) Igloo Duke
Ben Firlie M McDonogh School (Md.) Team 91 Maryland Georgetown
Campbell Florence D Friends Academy (N.Y.) Shore2Shore Dartmouth
Spencer Ford A Boys’ Latin (Md.) Blatimore Crabs Maryland
Kyle Foster D Boys’ Latin (Md.) Baltimore Crabs Ohio State
Peyton Fox D Belmont Hill School (Mass.) Boston Laxachusetts Princeton
Ben Friedman G Taft School (Conn.) Primetime Yale
Brendan Fulham D St Sebastian School (Mass.) Laxachusetts Duke
Dylan Furshman FO Jupiter Community (Fla.) Sweetlax Florida Ohio State
Andrew Goldt M Garnet Valley (Pa.) Big4HHH Towson
Thomas Gravino M Victor (N.Y.) Sweetlax Upstate Maryland
Patrick Grimley M Ocean City (N.J.) LI Legacy TAZ Harvard
George Guyton D Gilman School (Md.) Crabs Notre Dame
Hudson Hausmann M Brunswick School (Conn.) Eclipse Virginia
Zachary Hayashi FO McDonogh School (Md.) Crabs Lacrosse Navy
Kasey Heath G Kent Island (Md.) Annapolis Hawks Lehigh
Khalif Hocker A St. Xavier (Ohio) Resolute Lacrosse Ohio State
Parker Hoffman FO Boys’ Latin (Md.) Eclipse North Carolina
Luke Hublitz D Brunswick School (Conn.) Eclipse Lacrosse Club Virginia
Patrick Jameison G Episcopal (Va.)/Conestoga HS Brotherly Love Duke
Jack Jenkins A Hudson (Ohio) Burning River Michigan
Benn Johnston M Avon Old Farms (Conn.) True Illinois Duke
Graham Kaestner D Sacred Heart Prep (Calif.) ADVNC/West Coast Starz Johns Hopkins
Quinn Kelly D Christian Brothers Academy (N.J.) Leading Edge Harvard
Quintan Kilrain D Lawrenceville School (N.J.) Baltimore Crabs Johns Hopkins
Colin Kurdyla M Bridgewater-Raritan (N.J.) 2Knights Lacrosse Club Rutgers
Peter Laake D Loyola Blakefield (Md.) Crabs Maryland
Shawn Lyght D Seton Hall Prep (N.J.) Leading Edge Notre Dame
Luke Macaluso A Culver Academy (Ind.) Mad Dog North Carolina
Michael Marshall D Westfield (N.J.) Leading Edge Elite Cornell
Jake Melchionni LSM Delbarton School (N.J.) Leading Edge Villanova
Griff Meyer FO Haverford School (Pa.) 91 Maryland Virginia
Brendan Millon A McDonogh School (Md.) Team 91 Maryland Virginia
Anderson Moore G Briarwood Christian (Ala.) Thunder Lacrosse Georgetown
Brendan Mullahy M Taft School (Conn.) Eclipse Notre Dame
Brady Nicholas LSM Loyola Blakefield (Md.) CRABS Marquette
AJ Nikolic M Malvern Prep (Pa.) MESA Cornell
Rowan Nurry A Salesianum (Del.) Brotherly Love Cornell
Atticus Oliven D St. Ignatius College Prep (Calif.) West Coast Starz Michigan
Charlie Packard M Hingham (Mass.) Kings Lacrosse Club Richmond
Timmy Piacentini G Lawrenceville School (N.J.) TriState Cornell
Daniel Picart M Pleasantville (N.Y.) Express North Richmond
Brady Pokorny A Darien (Conn.) Eclipse Notre Dame
Hunter Polonkey A Brother Rice (Mich.) Juiced Cherries Lehigh
Anthony Raio M Half Hollow Hills East (N.Y.) Team 91 Long Island North Carolina
Jack Ransom A Charlotte Catholic (N.C.) 91 Charlotte and 91 South Georgetown
John Rodehorst LSM La Salle Academy (R.I.) 3d New England Cornell
Elliott Schaller M McDonogh School (Md.) Team91 Maryland Maryland
Leo Sequenzia M Staples (Conn.) Eclipse Providence
Tim Shannehan A Fairfield College Preparatory (Conn.) Eclipse Boston University
Oliver Skeean D/LSM Walton (Ga.) Thunder Lacrosse Maryland
Tommy Snyder D St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) Long Island Express Virginia
Graham Stevens G Pingry (N.J.) Leading Edge Harvard
Mason Szewczyk M Culver Academy (Ind.) True IL North Carolina
Grady Taylor M Holderness School (N.H.) 4Leaf Cornell
Peter Theodoropoulos M Eastport South Manor (N.Y.) Legacy Lehigh
Peter Thomann D Calhoun (N.Y.) True Blue Lacrosse North Carolina
Brady Wambach FO Salisbury School (Conn.) Sweetlax Florida North Carolina
Luke Warrington M Culver Academy (Ind.) True Illinois Premier Duke
Liam White M Boys’ Latin (Md.) True Illinois Premier Ohio State
Benjamin Wood D Deerfield Academy (Mass.) 3d New England Georgetown
