US Lacrosse National Senior Showcase Rosters Announced

BALTIMORE– US Lacrosse has announced the four team rosters for the 2009 National Senior Showcase, to be played June 20 at Bryant University near Providence, Rhode Island. The annual all-star game features outstanding senior boys high school players representing the North, South, East, and West regions of the country. The National Senior Showcase (NSS), sponsored by Warrior Lacrosse, is an annual offering of the US Lacrosse Men’s Division Coaches Council. Lacrosse players across the nation apply to be chosen for their regional team.

“We are very pleased to have 96 of the best high school seniors from all over the country playing in the sixth annual National Senior Showcase,” said Jody Martin, men’s division director at US Lacrosse. “We’d like to thank our High School Committee for their very diligent work in selecting these teams. As a truly national event, it exemplifies what US Lacrosse is all about and how much our game as grown. It is remarkable to have players from 66 regional areas in 33 states. It’s great when you can bring together the most talented players from emerging areas and traditional lacrosse hotbeds to share in an exciting weekend of lacrosse.”

The games kick-off at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, June 20 with North vs. West and South vs. East. The consolation game takes place at 1:00 p.m. followed by the championship game at 3:15 p.m. The 2009 NSS rosters are as follows (information is current as of May 13, 2009):

NORTH

Name              Pos. High School            Hometown            College/PG
Kam Bumpus         A   Needham                Needham, MA         Bridgton Acad.
John DePeters      A   The Taft School        Woodbury, CT        Brown
Brian Estes        A   Pinkerton Academy      Derry, NH           Endicott
Andrew Grombala    A   St. Xavier             Cincinnati, OH      Trinity
Lance Robinson     A   Gould Academy          Bridgeport, VT      Bellarmine
Matt Taylor        A   Fayetteville-Manlius   Manlius, NY         Cornell
Brendan Chin       M   Albany Academy         East Greenbush, NY  Le Moyne
Ben Herman         M   Proctor Academy        Brunswick, ME       New England
David Lawson       M   Middlesex School       Westford, MA        Duke
Steven Manning     M   The Rivers School      Tyngsboro, MA       Trinity
Michael Moran      M   Orchard Park           Buffalo, NY         Monroe
Timothy Reichert   M   Champlain Valley       Williston, VT       Trinity
Jacob Silberlicht  M   New Harford Senior     New Harford, NY     Hobart
Joshua Torres      M   Andover                Andover, MA         Providence
Michael Vulcano    M   Algonquin Regional     Northborough, MA    Cushing Acad.
Austin Wright      M   Worthington Kilbourne  Columbus, OH        Hofstra
Jackson Burrell    D   Greely                 Cumberland, ME      Springfield
Samuel Gardner     D   Phillips Exeter        Chelmsford, MA      Tufts
Kieran McDonald    D   Westminster School     Rye, NY             North Carolina
Jake Smith         D   Medfield               Medfield, MA        Massachusetts
Brett Tobin        D   Minnechaug Regional    Wilbraham, MA       Massachusetts
Griffin Vehar      D   Hudson                 Hudson, NY          Syracuse
Thomas Blackburn   G   Heuvelton Central      Ogdensburg, NY      Undecided
Chris Ilse         G   Vestal                 Vestal, NY          Seton Hill

Coaches
Shaun Stanton – Needham, MA – St. Sebastian’s School
Mike Vorgang – Niskayuna, NY – Niskayuna High School

SOUTH

Name               Pos. High School          Hometown            College/PG
Tucker Hull         A   Providence           Charlotte, NC       Navy Prep
Samuel Jones        A   Severna Park         Severna Park, MD    Navy
Benjamin Love       A   Winters Mill         Westminster, MD     Air Force
Robert Nugueras     A   St. Andrews          Parkland, FL        Trinity
Cody Walter         A   North Carroll        Hampstead, MD       Essex
Michael Ward        A   Howard               Ellicott City, MD   Bellarmine
Maxx Aiken          M   Camden Academy       Charlotte, NC       Undecided
Tyler Blevins       M   Heritage             Leesburg, VA        Greensboro
William Clary       M   Catonsville          Baltimore, MD       McDaniel
Andrew Cordia       M   St. Stephen's/Agnes  Alexandria, VA      Yale
Russell East        M   Heritage             Leesburg, VA        VMI
John Haus           M   Chapel Hill          Chapel Hill, NC     Maryland
Griffin Laurie      M   Lassiter             Marietta, GA        Massachusetts
Kory Lutes          M   Timber Creek         Orlando, FL         Pfeiffer
Shane McHugh        M   St. Andrews          Boca Raton, FL      Brown
Sean Price          M   Severna Park         Millersville, MD    Navy
Jacob Broome        D   Collegiate           Richmond, VA        Villanova
Michael Chernega    D   Providence Day       Charlotte, NC       Randolph-Macon
Roger Ferguson      D   St. Albans           Washington, DC      Brown
Steven Gombos       D   Chantilly            Centreville, VA     Maryland
Mark Jutkowitz      D   Thomas S. Wootton    Bethesda, MD        Maryland
Adrian Mohnacs      D   Potomac Senior       Woodbridge, VA      No. Virginia
Ryan Brant          G   DeMatha Catholic     Silver Spring, MD   Ohio State
Dan Curran          G   North Caroline       Greensboro, MD      Undecided

Coaches
Joe Conner – Ijamsville, MD – Urbana High School
Joe Monmomier – Bluffton, SC – Hilton High School

EAST

Name                Pos. High School        Hometown              College/PG
James Garry          A   Rye Country Day    Mamaroneck, NY        Dartmouth
Brandon Groux        A   Salesianum         Newark, DE            Salisbury
Will Mannie          A   St. Anthony's      Farmingdale, NY       Massachusetts
Joe Marasco          A   Somers             Yorktown Heights, NY  Syracuse
Nick O'Reilly        A   South Side         Rockville Centre, NY  Virginia
Erich Pfeffer        A   Glastonbury        Glastonbury, CT       Middlebury
Ian Braddish         M   West Islip         West Islip, NY        North Carolina
Mic DeBellis         M   Emmaus             Zionsville, PA        Siena
Jeff Froccaro        M   Paul D. Schreiber  Sands Point, NY       Princeton
Steven Murphy        M   William Floyd      Shirley, NY           Notre Dame
John Ranagan         M   Yorktown           Yorktown, NY          Johns Hopkins
Brenton Rotz         M   Seneca Valley      Cranberry Twp, PA     Mercyhurst
Benjamin Sternberg   M   North Kingston     North Kingston, RI    Bryant
Zander Walters       M   Bergen Catholic    Glen Ridge, NJ        North Carolina
Alexander White      M   Delbarton          Summit, NJ            Harvard
Drew Abatangelo      D   Valley Central     Montgomery, NY        Misericordia
Brennan Bicknese     D   Delbarton          Ridgewood, NJ         Georgetown
Patrick Kiernan      D   Ridgewood          Ridgewood, NJ         Navy
Michael McCormack    D   West Islip         West Islip, NY        Yale
Jim O'Neill          D   Chaminade          Huntington, NY        Duke
Jens Volinskie       D   Hershey            Hummelstown, PA       Penn State
Michael Bonitatibus  G   Yorktown           Yorktown, NY          Loyola
Travis Sandin        G   Colts Neck         Freehold, NJ          Norwich

Coaches
Bob Gilmore – Dover, DE – Poly Tech High School
Joe Ancona – Great River, NY – East Islip High School

WEST

Name               Pos. High School         Hometown            College/PG
Mike Fabrizio       A   Bountiful           Bountiful, UT       Brigham Young
Ross Gillum         A   Plano Senior        Plano, TX           Cornell
Andreas Haglund     A   Chaparral           Scottsdale, AZ      Arizona State
Ryan Hanners        A   Legacy              Las Vegas, NV       Denver
Stew Kerr           A   Lake Forest         Lake Forest, IL     Middlebury
Nick Troll          A   De Smet Jesuit      St. Louis, MO       Endicott
Alex Williams       A   Timberline          Boise, ID           Chapman
Chase Carrarro      M   St. Xavier          Louisville, KY      Denver
James Cupo          M   McCallie            Chattanooga, TN     Presbyterian
Hayden Dixon        M   Legacy              Las Vegas, NV       Undecided
Jordan Goldstein    M   Issaquah            Bellevue, WA        Arizona
Barry Hillyer       M   Memphis U. School   Memphis, TN         Jacksonville
Justin McGinnis     M   Cathedral           Fishers, IN         Westminster Sch.
Patrick Murray      M   Kent Denver         Denver, CO          Georgetown
Conrad Schmidt      M   Regis Jesuit        Franktown, CO       Bates
Sam Snow            M   Bainbridge          Bainbridge Is., WA  Fairfield
Patrick Hagan       D   Judge Memorial      Salt Lake City, UT  Undecided
Nathan Hunt         D   Breck               Plymouth, MN        Undecided
Torben Noto         D   Oregon Episcopal    Portland, OR        Bates
James Rundle        D   Carmel              Carmel, IN          Ball State
Cody Solaja         D   Episcopal School    Dallas, TX          Hofstra
Jacob Wynn          D   New Trier Township  Wilmette, IL        St. Lawrence
Nick Carrasco       G   El Toro             Lake Forest, CA     Canisius
Alexander Gradecki  G   Marquette Univ.     Germantown, WI      Wisconsin

Coaches
Scott Howe – Louisville, KY – St. Xavier
David Allen – Salt Lake City, UT – Judge Memorial Catholic

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