Army West Point Athletics
Five Named Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-Americans
January 29, 2024 | Men's Lacrosse
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's lacrosse team had five named Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-Americans, as announced today.
Junior defender AJ Pilate was named to the second 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. He also brought home USA Lacrosse Preseason First Team All-American and Patriot League Preseason Defensive Player of the Year honors.
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. He was named a USA Lacrosse Preseason Third Team All-American and on the Patriot League Preseason All-League Team.
Will Coletti was also named to the third team. 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. He was also named a USA Lacrosse Preseason All-American Honorable Mention and the Patriot League Preseason Faceoff Specialist of the Year.
Evan Plunkett and Reese Burek were 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. Both were named to the Patriot League Preseason All-League Team as well as USA Lacrosse Preseason All-American Honorable Mentions.
No. 8 Army will open its season on Feb. 10 in Atlanta against UMass.
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Junior defender AJ Pilate was named to the second 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. He also brought home USA Lacrosse Preseason First Team All-American and Patriot League Preseason Defensive Player of the Year honors.
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. He was named a USA Lacrosse Preseason Third Team All-American and on the Patriot League Preseason All-League Team.
Will Coletti was also named to the third team. 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. He was also named a USA Lacrosse Preseason All-American Honorable Mention and the Patriot League Preseason Faceoff Specialist of the Year.
Evan Plunkett and Reese Burek were 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. Both were named to the Patriot League Preseason All-League Team as well as USA Lacrosse Preseason All-American Honorable Mentions.
No. 8 Army will open its season on Feb. 10 in Atlanta against UMass.
Full list
| First Team | ||
| A | Brennan O'Neill | Duke |
| A | CJ Kirst | Cornell |
| A | Connor Shellenberger | Virginia |
| M | Eric Dobson | Notre Dame |
| M | Graham Bundy, Jr. | Georgetown |
| M | Jake Stevens | Syracuse |
| FO | Jake Naso | Duke |
| SSDM | Beau Pederson | Michigan |
| SSDM | Ben Ramsey | Notre Dame |
| LSM | Roy Meyer | Boston U |
| D | Ajax Zappitello | Maryland |
| D | Kenny Brower | Duke |
| D | Cole Kastner | Virginia |
| G | Liam Entenmann | Notre Dame |
| Second Team | ||
| A | Pat Kavanagh | Notre Dame |
| A | Coulter Mackesy | Princeton |
| A | TJ Malone | Penn State |
| M | Alexander Vardaro | Georgetown |
| M | Shane Knobloch | Rutgers |
| M | Matt Traynor | Penn State |
| FO | Luke Wierman | Maryland |
| SSDM | Brett Martin | Johns Hopkins |
| SSDM | Grant Haus | Penn State |
| LSM | Jake Piseno | UAlbany |
| D | Mason Woodward | Marquette |
| D | AJ Pilate | Army |
| D | Scott V. Smith | Johns Hopkins |
| G | Jack Fracyon | Penn State |
| Third Team | ||
| A | Matt Brandau | Yale |
| A | Joey Spallina | Syracuse |
| A | Payton Cormier | Virginia |
| A | Michael Boehm | Michigan |
| M | Griffin Schutz | Virginia |
| M | Matt Collison | Johns Hopkins |
| M | Jacob Morin | Army |
| FO | Will Coletti | Army |
| SSDM | Dylan Hess | Georgetown |
| SSDM | Chase Yager | Virginia |
| LSM | Tyler Carpenter | Duke |
| D | Jackson Bonitz | Navy |
| D | Jack Posey | Penn State |
| D | Bobby Van Buren | Ohio State |
| G | Will Mark | Syracuse |
| Honorable Mention | ||
| A | Dyson Williams | Duke |
| A | Russell Melendez | Johns Hopkins |
| A | Chris Lyons | Yale |
| A | Ross Scott | Rutgers |
| A | Chris Kavanagh | Notre Dame |
| A | Reese Burek | Army |
| M | Evan Plunkett | Army |
| M | Andrew McAdorey | Duke |
| M | Sam English | Syracuse |
| M | Levi Anderson | Saint Joseph's |
| M | Hugh Kelleher | Cornell |
| M | Thomas Greenblatt | Ohio State |
| M | Lance Madonna | Richmond |
| FO | Justin Wietfeldt | Michigan |
| FO | Tommy Burke | Ohio State |
| FO | Alec Stathakis | Denver |
| SSDM | Patrick Hackler | Yale |
| SSDM | Noah Chizmar | Virginia |
| SSDM | Chris Davis | Cornell |
| SSDM | Aidan Maguire | Duke |
| LSM | Richard Checo | Lehigh |
| LSM | Will Donovan | Notre Dame |
| LSM | Jack Stuzin | Yale |
| LSM | Saam Olexo | Syracuse |
| D | Brendan Lavelle | Penn |
| D | Pace Billings | Princeton |
| D | Chris Conlin | Notre Dame |
| D | Andrew Geppert | North Carolina |
| D | Jack Follows | Cornell |
| D | Patrick Morrison | Boston U |
| D | Paul Barton | North Carolina |
| D | Jack DiBenedetto | Denver |
| D | Reid Colwell | Villanova |
| G | Logan McNaney | Maryland |
| G | Matt Knote | UMass |
| G | Mike Gianforcaro | Princeton |
| G | Chayse Ierlan | Johns Hopkins |
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