From MCLA to the defending college champs. These are the college programs of players at the U20 Men's World Championships

Dan Arestia
Aug 14
5 min read

Updated: Aug 14

On Friday, August 15, the 2025 World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championships get underway from Jeju Island in South Korea. The tournament runs through August 24. U20 events are particularly fun. Players may already be hyped as the next great star in lacrosse, and this event serves as the stage to validate the hype. It’s also the stage where you can find players from around the world who might not have the same fanfare as those uber-hyped stars, but use the spotlight of a global championship to make a name for themselves.

The All World team from the 2022 U20 Championship included an MVP and Most Outstanding Player awards at each position, along with six other players rounding out the team. All 11 players are currently in the PLL. CJ Kirst was MVP, while Ross Scott was named outstanding attackman, CJ Kirst outstanding midfielder, Kenny Brower outstanding defenseman, and Liam Entenmann outstanding goalkeeper. Graham Bundy Jr, Owen Hiltz, Graydon Hogg, Brennan O’Neill, Levi Verch, and Jake Piseno rounded out the All World Team. There’s also the President’s Team which consists of the top 10 athletes outside Pool A teams. Josh Balcarcel, a midfielder for the California Redwoods, made that team

This list is kept just for players either currently playing or committed to play at the college level. If a country doesn’t have a lot of players listed, don’t take that to mean they aren’t talented. For many nations, players compete for their club teams in their home country and not in the American university system. They may be talented enough to play in the US, but play in their home nation instead. Japan’s lacrosse program has taken massive strides and in many international competitions has pushed towards bronze contender status; most of their players compete in Japan and not for American universities. And because it’s a U20 event, there is no shortage of high school age players competing. As an example, the Haudenosaunee list is short, but their roster has current high school players on it who are uncommitted and likely will get attention at the DI level. Declan and Dieter Butler, brothers currently at Calvert Hall, are playing on Team Ireland. Players as young as 16 years old will take the field at the U20 World Championships; it’s one of the best places to see the stars of tomorrow taking the spotlight.

All told, there are over 100 lacrosse programs represented at the U20 games, with players coming from all ranks of college lacrosse from MCLA up through division one. National championship winning programs are represented, as are programs on both coasts of the US. Some of the elite high school programs are also represented on the rosters. If I missed anyone, please contact me and I’ll add them.

AUSTRALIA

Jack Cooper - Providence

Jake Mannix - Mars Hill

Tristan Ghosh - Yale

John Stubbs - Howard CC

Toby Templeton - Wilmington (DE)

Luke Michalik - Yale

Will Butler - Williams

Ethan Jaffe - Utah

CANADA

Max Frattaroli - Vermont

Colin French - Lehigh

Lucas Littlejohn - Richmond

Jared Maznik - Harvard

Brendan Marino - Stony Brook

Reece DiCicco - Johns Hopkins

Sawyer English - Brown

Hayden Hiltz - Marquette

David Peterkin - Hobart

Chris Rathwell - Lehigh

Luke Robinson - Cornell

Justin Tavares - Denver

Grayson Thompson - Yale

Sam Trumble - Denver

Jack Oldman - Ohio State

Logan Fletcher - RIT

Lucas Fraser - Jacksonville

Jack Olson - St Joseph’s

Parker Sorenson - Johns Hopkins

Zach Tucker - Robert Morris

Wyatt Wiggins - Harvard

Grayson Manning - Denver

Cam Sterritt - Providence

CHINA

Cody Lam - Princeton

Brandon Chan - Middlebury

Walter Zhao - Vermont

Jameson Wong - Ithaca

ENGLAND

Alexander Cartwright - NJIT

GERMANY

Tjark Nienstedt - Dominican University

HAUDENOSAUNEE

Tehokwirathe Barreiro - Onondaga CC

Brett Bucktooth Jr - Syracuse

Bleyton Hopps-Thompson - Lehigh

Daylon John-Hill - Jacksonville

Noah Snyder - Marquette

Hunter Thompson - Ohio State

James Whitehorse III - Virginia

Cooper Anderson - Providence

Julian Greendeer - Detroit Mercy

Mason Sanden - Albany

Marcus Thundercloud - Detroit Mercy

Tayoni Galante - Albany

Logan Lee - Tufts

Rarihwenote Maracle - Clarkson

Katinontie “Bear” Martin - Bryant

Ryder Sunday - McGill

HONG KONG

Carter Li - Seton Hill

Ethan Jones - Dominican (CA)

Mike Shen - Cal

IRELAND

Sean Horkan - Connecticut College

Christopher Sweeney - Ohio Northern

Liam Hogan - Trinity College (Dublin)

Boomer Staunton - Assumption

Seamus Staunton - UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HUSKIES

Dara Corr - Cornell

Michael Hibbert - Simon Fraser

Severen Johnson - Tiffin

Murphy McLaughlin - Boston University

Ronan West - Haverford

Euan McKeever - Colgate

ISRAEL

Max Youssefnia - Amherst

Ethan Dicturel - Skidmore

Drew Gannon - Colby

Ari Krane - Vassar

JAMAICA

Stone Evans - Providence

Quincy Newland - Hampton

Elias Shadeed-McLaughlin - Colgate

Grayson Bromfield - Colorado College

Jehvoun Byfield - Dominican (NY)

D’Andrae McKenzie - Montreat College

Sanjay Tomlinson - Herkimer College

Domani White - Dickinson College

Quincy White - Lynchburg College

Jaiden Bennett - St Thomas Aquinas

Avery Brown - Lake Forest

Owen Bordin-Pusey - Hampton

JT Mathura - Johns Hopkins

Caleb McDowell - Yale

Llogan Raynor - Iona

Sean Stephenson - Montclair State

Mikel Sion - Indiana

JAPAN

Kai Hayami - Roanoke

Kyle Hata - Maryland

KENYA

KOREA

Ryan Baik - Drexel

Tanner Hahm - UIndy

Kaidan Suh - Boston University

MEXICO

Jordan Davenport - Nevada

Ezekiel Peraza - Saint Michael’s

Henry Alvarado - Cal State

Santiago Carrera - Oregon

Hershel Griffin - UC Santa Barbera

Raul Mendoza - San Diego State

Ricardo Tinoco - Elmhurst

Ethan Villagrana - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Christian Chiusolo - Alabama Huntsville

Luca DiCarlo - Ohio Wesleyan

Cisco Rosas - Manhattanville

NETHERLANDS

Cameron Crew - Indiana

Victor Jockin - Westminster College (PA)

Justin Phelps - Florida Gulf Coast

Mark van der Schoot - Salve Regina

Callum Witter - Robert Morris

Seth de Bruine - Bridgewater College (VA)

Sam Van Eekeren - Adrian

Sascha Van Praag - Lenoir-Rhyne

Gus von Metzsch - Princeton

NEW ZEALAND

Scott Cathcart - Chowan

Murdoch Bech - Lincoln Memorial

Brinley Chrzanowski - Santa Clara

PUERTO RICO

Nick Bucello - Florida Southern

Sean Laureano - Rollins

Joseph Rafferty - Army

Nick Testa - Johns Hopkins

Wilfredo Crispin - Kean

Mason Proutt - Bates

Chris Testa - Denver

Gabe Roman - Post

Lorenzo Varona - Hofstra

Harrison Wolpoe - Mount St Mary’s

Marcus Acevedo - Queens

Nicholas Acosta - University of Michigan - Dearborn

Mason Bryant - Coastal Carolina

Dominic Bucello - Lenoir-Rhyne

Gabe Carrero - Springfield

Dom Deering - Merrimack

Ian Rodriguez - Anderson (SC)

Jourdain Algarin - Messiah

Connor Dobson - Pace

CHINESE TAIPEI

USA

Owen Duffy - UNC

Rowyn Nurry - Cornell

Rhett Chambers - Providence

Brendan Millon - UVA

Tim Shannehan - Boston U

Jack Speidell - Harvard

Brady Wambach - UNC

Zach Hayashi - Navy

Kyle Bergen - Notre Dame

Thomas Gravino - Maryland

Colin Kurdyla - Rutgers

Charlie Packard - Richmond

Anthony Raio - UNC

Jack Schultz - Maryland

Will Erdmann - UVA

Kyle Foster - Ohio State

Robby Hopper - UVA

Quintan Kilrain - Hopkins

Shawn Lyght - Notre Dame

Michael Marshall - Cornell

Patrick Jamieson - Duke

Anderson Moore - Georgetown

And to close it out, just for fun, a lineup of players I am most excited to watch that DON’T play for the US or Canada.

James Whitehorse, Haudenosaunee

Cody Lam, China

Nick Testa, Puerto Rico

Stone Evans, Jamaica

Callum Witter, Netherlands

Quincy White, Jamaica

Domani White, Jamaica

Max Youssefnia, Israel

Chris Testa, Puerto Rico

Kyle Hata, Japan

Caleb McDowell, Jamaica

Luke Michalik, Australia

Logan Lee, Haudenosaunee

Dara Corr, Ireland

Gus von Metzsch, Netherlands