Everyone seemed to share and enjoy the list of PLL players at the World Games, but it’s possibly the rest of the players in the games were sold a little short. To truly demonstrate the level of play at the World Championships, it makes sense to look a little closer.
The point of this exercise is to demonstrate just how global lacrosse has become, and is still becoming. Players from across the world aren’t just playing lacrosse, they’re playing it at high levels. Anyone good enough to represent their country, let alone to play at a DI school in the US, is an exceptional lacrosse player.
Here is, by country, the players at the World Lacrosse Championships who played or are currently playing high level NCAA lacrosse. The focus is on DI teams, plus DII and DIII teams that are usually found in or just outside the Top 20. If you know of someone who I missed, please reach out so they can be included.
AUSTRALIA
Sean Aaron - Union
Mitchell Baker - Rutgers
Cal Gibson - Coker
Tim Graham - Cornell
Matt Heuston - Loyola
Donnie Howard - BU
Connor McDonough - Towson
Jeff Melsopp - Adelphi
AUSTRIA
James Miller - Hampden-Sydney
Niki Shannon - Notre Dame
Stefano Stadlinger - Bates
CANADA
Wes Berg - Denver
Josh Byrne - Hofstra
Zach Currier - Princeton
Curtis Dickson - Delaware
Brett Dobson - St Bonaventure
Connor Fields - Albany
Owen Grant - Delaware (out due to injury)
Michael Grace - RIT
Lattrell Harris - Brock
Graeme Hossack - Lindenwood
Justin Inacio - Ohio State
Ryan Lee - RIT
Brodie Merrill - Georgetown
Clarke Petterson - Cornell
Ryland Rees - Stony Brook
Challen Rogers - Stony Brook
Patrick Shoemay - RIT
Dhane Smith - Renounced eligibility and went pro, but attended Conestoga College
Jeff Teat - Cornell
Dillon Ward - Bellarmine
Dyson Williams - Duke
Casey Wilson - Denver
Jake Withers - Ohio State
Cam Wyers - Loyola
CZECH REPUBLIC
Adam Carroll - Holy Cross
Jake Malasek - UVA
DENMARK
Evan Chaberski - Denison
Oscar Hertz - Brown
Connor Murphy - Colgate
Lucas Pedersen - Fairfield
ENGLAND
William Baxter - Limestone
Eric Coburn - Merrimack
Tim Collins - Mount Olive
Nick DeCaprio - Michigan
Sean Goldsmith - UNC
Daniel Jones - High Point
Christian Scarpello - Rutgers
Jak Wawrzyniak - Providence
FRANCE
James Barlow - UVM
Luke Blanc - Marquette
Keita Christophe - Washington
Matt Hill - UVM/Florida Tech
Justin Rosenberg - UVM
Sebastien Seymour - Hood College
AJ Smith - Virginia Wesleyan
Joe Varella - Anderson Broaddus
GERMANY
Wynton Bastion - Providence College
Per Anders Olters - UVM
HAUDENOSAUNEE
Brendan Bomberry - Syracuse
Warren Hill - OCC/Syracuse
Kyle Jackson - Michigan
Ron John - Albany
Zach Miller - Denver
Tehoka Nanticoke - Albany (out due to injury)
Jakob Patterson - Albany
Jake Piseno - Albany
Austin Staats - OCC
Jerry Staats - Syracuse
Randy Staats - OCC/Syracuse
Larson Sundown - RIT
Kason Tarbell - Cornell
Oakley Thomas - OCC
Jeremy Thompson - Syracuse
Jerome Thompson - OCC
Lyle Thompson - Albany
Jack Van Valkenburgh - Albany
Zed Williams - Virginia
HONG KONG
Liam Ferris - St Joseph’s
Logan Ip - Harvard
IRELAND
Patrick Corbett - Lehigh
Conor Foley - UMass Amherst
Conor Kelly - Notre Dame
Andy Meyers - Marquette/Carthage
Brady Morin - RIT
Tadgh O’Riordan - Manhattan
Luke Palmadesso - Villanova
Conor Shears - Bucknell/Jacksonville
Brian Smyth - Duke
Pat Smyth - St John’s
Kevin Somerville - Colorado College
Joe Walsh - Colgate
ISRAEL
Jackson Appelt - Virginia
Matt Balter - UMass Lowell
Jean-Luc Chetner - Richmond/Towson
Ryan Fitzpatrick - UMass
Ian Kadish - Amherst
Joseph Kraft - Tufts
Max Krevsky - Yale
Drew Morris - Maryland
Zach Pall - Hofstra
Matt Popeck - SJU
Robert Schain - Penn
Eric Schneider - Johns Hopkins
Wylie Sherman - Hobart
Jake Silberlicht - Hobart
Nate Solomon - Syracuse
Griffin Spolansky - Virginia
Cody Swing - Ithaca
Griffin Thomas - Yale
ITALY
Zach Cole - St. Joseph's
Christian Cuccinello - Villanova
Harrison Della Fera - Villanova
Matt DeLuca - Delaware
John Piatelli - Cornell
Bobby Russo - Rutgers
Joe Saggese - Sacred Heart
Jeff Trainor - UMass
Christian Trasolini - Rutgers
Will Vitelli - Quinnipiac
JAMAICA
Joel Brown - Florida Southern
Antoine Campbell - Stony Brook
Mark Darden - Hobart
Tony Diallo - UMBC
Stone Evans - Currently in HIGH SCHOOL, committed to Air Force
Rob Kelly - Richmond
Cliff Kurker - UMass Lowell
Michael Lawrence - Hampton
Nate McPeak - Syracuse
Goran Murray - Maryland
Isaac Newland - High Point
Danielo Parkinson - St John’s/Howard CC
Evan Redwood - Amherst
Tanner Sims - Flagler
KOREA
Ethan Ashley - Virginia
Benedict DiGiovanni - Dartmouth
Grant Garrity - Endicott
MinJae Joo - Penn
MinSeung Joo - Yale
LATVIA
Andris Doktors - RIT
Ryan Fournier - Loyola
Trey Kailuna - Detroit Mercy
Ilajs Lasda - Albany
Railijs Lasda - Albany
Harrison Nye - Utah
MEXICO
Will Cabrera - Yale
Liam Cavanaugh-Fernandez - Utah
Fernando Garcia - Limestone
Mike Hernandez - Michigan
Ernie Melero - Tufts
Matt Murakami - Brown
Josh Sanchez - Salisbury
Federico Serrano - York
NETHERLANDS
Finn Ahrens - Wesleyan
Jake Bowman - Frostburg State
Jan Schoonen - Stevens
Alderik van der Heyde - Middlebury
Brady Wijbrandts - St Bonaventure
NEW ZEALAND
Andrew Clayton - Chapman
Frederick Lee - Towson
PERU
Ben Acosta - Florida Southern
Isaiah Arteaga - Rivier
Michael Bottinelli - Bowdoin
Jose Gomez - Hudson Valley CC
JP Henry - Marquette
Payton O'Mara - Harford CC
Andrew Ortega - Illinois Wesleyan
Will Rhodes - Trinity
Chris Santangelo - Penn
Matthew Sheinfeld - Methodist
Gabe Vargas - Alma
PHILLIPINES
Andrew Tan - Colorado College
Anjelo Austria - Dartmouth
Chase LaDrido - Johns Hopkins
Christian Janelle - Endicott
Dan Morris - Maryland
Darren Almodiel - Hampton
John Tornabene - UMBC
Jonathan Dugenio - Rutgers
Justin Hussey - LeMoyne
Mario Ventiquattro - Ohio State
Michael Garchitorena - Yale
POLAND
Lucas Hucal - Lafayette
Colin Jesien - RIT
Gregory Marzec - Detroit Mercy
Konrad Miklaszewski - Yale
Will Powley - Queens
PUERTO RICO
Brandon Aviles - Syracuse
Josh Balcarcel - Marist
Brennan Banks - Florida Tech
Blake Behlen - Stony Brook
Matt Chlastawa - Bates/Fairfield
Jared Hershman - Marquette
Donovan Lacey - Maryland
Christian Laureano - Mercer
Kevin Lewis - Lafayette
Will Mark - Syracuse
Russell Melendez - Johns Hopkins
William Mercado - Christopher Newport
David Miele - Stony Brook
Thomas O’Connell - Maryland
Steven Ramirez - Albany
Lorenzo Ramos - Binghamton
Will Ramos - Albany
Alex Rodriguez - VMI
Tomas Rodriguez - UMBC/Pace
Nelson Telemaco - Rollins
Nicholas Vazquez - Hartford
SCOTLAND
Matt MacGrotty - Bryant
Colin Uyeki - Wesleyan
Christopher Willox - Merrimack
SWEDEN
Nils Barry - Penn State
Griffin Gustafsson - Wesleyan
Anton Johansson - Springfield
Luke McCallion - UVM/Cabrini
Kevin Powers - Dominican
Erik Sahlgren - Belmont Abbey
Dickson Smith - Virginia
Eric Smith - Michigan
August Snyder - Mercyhurst
SWITZERLAND
Nick Brenn - Union
Aidan Christian Niklaus - Colorado College
UGANDA
Yosef Ngowe - Lindenwood
UNITED STATES
Trevor Baptiste - Denver
Jesse Bernhardt - Maryland
Charlie Bertrand - Merrimack/UVA
Liam Byrnes - Marquette
Ryan Conrad - Virginia
Matt Dunn - Maryland
Michael Ehrhardt - Maryland
JT Giles-Harris - Duke
Zach Goodrich - Towson
TD Ierlan - Albany/Yale/Denver
Connor Kelly - Maryland
Jack Kelly - Brown
Danny Logan - Denver
Kieran McArdle - St John’s
Brennan O’Neill - Duke
Rob Pannell - Cornell
Matt Rambo - Maryland
Jake Richard - Marquette
Blaze Riorden - Albany
Jack Rowlett - North Carolina
Tom Schreiber - Princeton
Michael Sowers - Princeton/Duke
Ryan Terefenko - Ohio State
WALES
Andrew Gresham - Manhattan