Army West Point Athletics
Five Named USA Lacrosse Preseason All-Americans
January 17, 2024 | Men's Lacrosse
SPARKS, MD – The Army West Point men's lacrosse team had five named USA Lacrosse Preseason All-Americans, as announced today.
Junior defender AJ Pilate was named to the first team. He's coming off of a 2023 campaign that saw him take home Third Team All-American honors as well at Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year. He caused 17 turnovers in 17 starts last season and scooped up 35 ground balls. He was massive against Navy forcing three turnovers.
Senior midfielder Jacob Morin was named to the third team after a career year in 2023. The Auburn, N.Y. native scored 36 goals and had six assists but no goal was bigger than the go ahead goal in the first-round of the NCAA tournament to knock off defending national champions Maryland.
Evan Plunkett, Reese Burek, and Will Coletti were all named honorable mentions. Plunkett is coming off an impressive freshman campaign where he scored 21 goals and had 25 assists. He registered a point in all but three games last season. Burek scored 35 goals last season including 11 multi-goal games. He registered a point in every game last season. Coletti burst onto the scene last season as one of the best faceoff specialist in the season. He went an impressive 252-413 in the faceoff circle last season and shattered the program record with 158 ground balls.
Army joins Maryland and Notre Dame as the lone three schools to land an athlete on the first team on both the men's and women's side, with AJ Pilate also earning the distinction for the men's lacrosse program.
No. 8 Army will open its season on Feb. 10 in Atlanta against UMass.
USA LACROSSE DIVISION I MEN'S
PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS
First Team
A – Brennan O'Neill, Duke
A – Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame
A – Connor Shellenberger, Virginia
A – CJ Kirst, Cornell
M – Eric Dobson, Notre Dame
M – Graham Bundy Jr., Georgetown
M – Shane Knobloch, Rutgers
D – Kenny Brower, Duke
D – Ajax Zappitello, Maryland
D – AJ Pilate, Army
LSM – Roy Meyer, Boston University
SSDM – Beau Pederson, Michigan
SSDM – Ben Ramsey, Notre Dame
FO – Jake Naso, Duke
G – Liam Entenmann, Notre Dame
Second Team
A – Coulter Mackesy, Princeton
A – Matt Brandau, Yale
A – TJ Malone, Penn State
M – Jake Stevens, Syracuse
M – Matt Traynor, Penn State
M – Alexander Vardaro, Georgetown
D – Cole Kastner, Virginia
D – Mason Woodward, Marquette
D – Jackson Bonitz, Navy
LSM – Jake Piseno, Albany
SSDM – Brett Martin, Johns Hopkins
SSDM – Grant Haus, Penn State
FO – Justin Wietfeldt, Michigan
G – Jack Fracyon, Penn State
Third Team
A – Joey Spallina, Syracuse
A – Michael Boehm, Michigan
A – Payton Cormier, Virginia
M – Matt Collison, Johns Hopkins
M – Griffinn Schutz, Virginia
M – Jacob Morin, Army
D – Jack Posey, Penn State
D – Scott Smith, Johns Hopkins
D – Brendan Lavelle, Penn
LSM – Tyler Carpenter, Duke
SSDM – Dylan Hess, Georgetown
SSDM – Patrick Hackler, Yale
FO – Luke Wierman, Maryland
G – Matt Knote, UMass
Honorable Mention
A Chris Lyons, Yale
A JP Ward, Delaware
A Ross Scott, Rutgers
A Chris Kavanagh, Notre Dame
A Reese Burek, Army
A Dyson Williams, Duke
A Dalton Young, Richmond
A Braden Erksa, Maryland
A Vince D'Alto, Boston U.
A Scott Cole, Lehigh
A Dylan Pallonetti, Stony Brook
A Josh Zawada, Duke
A Evan James, Loyola
A Russell Melendez, Johns Hopkins
M Evan Plunkett, Army
M Levi Anderson, Saint Joseph's
M Thomas Greenblatt, Ohio State
M Michael Chabra, Providence
M Lance Madonna, Richmond
M Max Hewitt, Navy
M Christian Ronda, Michigan
M Sam English, Syracuse
M Adam Poitras, Loyola
M Hugh Kelleher, Cornell
D Paul Barton, North Carolina
D Jackson Canfield, Maryland
D Mitchell Dunham, Mount St. Mary's
D Reid Colwell, Villanova
D Jack DiBenedetto, Denver
D Bobby Van Buren, Ohio State
D Pace Billings, Princeton
D Jack Follows, Cornell
LSM AJ Mercurio, Denver
LSM Jack Stuzin, Yale
LSM Will Donovan, Notre Dame
LSM Richard Checo, Lehigh
LSM Nick Alviti, Maryland
SSDM Pat Murphy, Vermont
SSDM Noah Chizmar, Virginia
SSDM Chase Yager, Virginia
SSDM Jackson Peters, Navy
SSDM Patrick Hackler, Yale
SSDM Jake Titus, Syracuse
SSDM Tucker Garrity, Jacksonville
FO Will Coletti, Army
FO Tommy Burke, Ohio State
FO Alec Stathakis, Denver
FO Will Lynch, Notre Dame
G Logan McNaney, Maryland
G Michael Gianforcaro, Princeton
G Will Mark, Syracuse
G Chayse Ierlan, Johns Hopkins
Junior defender AJ Pilate was named to the first team. He's coming off of a 2023 campaign that saw him take home Third Team All-American honors as well at Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year. He caused 17 turnovers in 17 starts last season and scooped up 35 ground balls. He was massive against Navy forcing three turnovers.
Senior midfielder Jacob Morin was named to the third team after a career year in 2023. The Auburn, N.Y. native scored 36 goals and had six assists but no goal was bigger than the go ahead goal in the first-round of the NCAA tournament to knock off defending national champions Maryland.
Evan Plunkett, Reese Burek, and Will Coletti were all named honorable mentions. Plunkett is coming off an impressive freshman campaign where he scored 21 goals and had 25 assists. He registered a point in all but three games last season. Burek scored 35 goals last season including 11 multi-goal games. He registered a point in every game last season. Coletti burst onto the scene last season as one of the best faceoff specialist in the season. He went an impressive 252-413 in the faceoff circle last season and shattered the program record with 158 ground balls.
Army joins Maryland and Notre Dame as the lone three schools to land an athlete on the first team on both the men's and women's side, with AJ Pilate also earning the distinction for the men's lacrosse program.
No. 8 Army will open its season on Feb. 10 in Atlanta against UMass.
USA LACROSSE DIVISION I MEN'S
PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS
First Team
A – Brennan O'Neill, Duke
A – Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame
A – Connor Shellenberger, Virginia
A – CJ Kirst, Cornell
M – Eric Dobson, Notre Dame
M – Graham Bundy Jr., Georgetown
M – Shane Knobloch, Rutgers
D – Kenny Brower, Duke
D – Ajax Zappitello, Maryland
D – AJ Pilate, Army
LSM – Roy Meyer, Boston University
SSDM – Beau Pederson, Michigan
SSDM – Ben Ramsey, Notre Dame
FO – Jake Naso, Duke
G – Liam Entenmann, Notre Dame
Second Team
A – Coulter Mackesy, Princeton
A – Matt Brandau, Yale
A – TJ Malone, Penn State
M – Jake Stevens, Syracuse
M – Matt Traynor, Penn State
M – Alexander Vardaro, Georgetown
D – Cole Kastner, Virginia
D – Mason Woodward, Marquette
D – Jackson Bonitz, Navy
LSM – Jake Piseno, Albany
SSDM – Brett Martin, Johns Hopkins
SSDM – Grant Haus, Penn State
FO – Justin Wietfeldt, Michigan
G – Jack Fracyon, Penn State
Third Team
A – Joey Spallina, Syracuse
A – Michael Boehm, Michigan
A – Payton Cormier, Virginia
M – Matt Collison, Johns Hopkins
M – Griffinn Schutz, Virginia
M – Jacob Morin, Army
D – Jack Posey, Penn State
D – Scott Smith, Johns Hopkins
D – Brendan Lavelle, Penn
LSM – Tyler Carpenter, Duke
SSDM – Dylan Hess, Georgetown
SSDM – Patrick Hackler, Yale
FO – Luke Wierman, Maryland
G – Matt Knote, UMass
Honorable Mention
A Chris Lyons, Yale
A JP Ward, Delaware
A Ross Scott, Rutgers
A Chris Kavanagh, Notre Dame
A Reese Burek, Army
A Dyson Williams, Duke
A Dalton Young, Richmond
A Braden Erksa, Maryland
A Vince D'Alto, Boston U.
A Scott Cole, Lehigh
A Dylan Pallonetti, Stony Brook
A Josh Zawada, Duke
A Evan James, Loyola
A Russell Melendez, Johns Hopkins
M Evan Plunkett, Army
M Levi Anderson, Saint Joseph's
M Thomas Greenblatt, Ohio State
M Michael Chabra, Providence
M Lance Madonna, Richmond
M Max Hewitt, Navy
M Christian Ronda, Michigan
M Sam English, Syracuse
M Adam Poitras, Loyola
M Hugh Kelleher, Cornell
D Paul Barton, North Carolina
D Jackson Canfield, Maryland
D Mitchell Dunham, Mount St. Mary's
D Reid Colwell, Villanova
D Jack DiBenedetto, Denver
D Bobby Van Buren, Ohio State
D Pace Billings, Princeton
D Jack Follows, Cornell
LSM AJ Mercurio, Denver
LSM Jack Stuzin, Yale
LSM Will Donovan, Notre Dame
LSM Richard Checo, Lehigh
LSM Nick Alviti, Maryland
SSDM Pat Murphy, Vermont
SSDM Noah Chizmar, Virginia
SSDM Chase Yager, Virginia
SSDM Jackson Peters, Navy
SSDM Patrick Hackler, Yale
SSDM Jake Titus, Syracuse
SSDM Tucker Garrity, Jacksonville
FO Will Coletti, Army
FO Tommy Burke, Ohio State
FO Alec Stathakis, Denver
FO Will Lynch, Notre Dame
G Logan McNaney, Maryland
G Michael Gianforcaro, Princeton
G Will Mark, Syracuse
G Chayse Ierlan, Johns Hopkins
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