After an exhaustive search of every Division I program in the country I have compiled the complete list of Florida kids who made a roster this season.  There are a number of IMG grads who do not appear on this list, as I can’t tell from most college biographies whether they were Florida-raised or not, so if any of you were, let me know and I’ll add you to this!

Leading the list is last year’s Final 5 Tewaaraton Trophy finalist Jared Bernhardt of Maryland and Lake Brantley.  It would really be something for the entire state to be proud of if he repeats that feat and maybe goes further too!

There was also one player from our past I had kind of forgotten about since he was an 8th grade star at St. Edward’s, but then moved out of state, but Ross Pridemore is now a sophomore at Loyola, so I added him too.

Christian Tomei is being red-shirted by Ohio State this year, and we received that news fairly recently; he is still listed on the roster but that seems to be the final decision.

Yale NCAA Title Holder!

Should anyone feel motivated to do this for the Women’s D1 rosters, feel free to do so and I’ll publish that too!

Some interesting facts about this:

Only 14 of the 76 names are seniors and we have a lot of D1 commits already for next season so there’s a good chance the total will grow

Ponte Vedra leads with 11 players.  The rest are pretty well spread out.  I believe Oak Hall is second with 5.

Unfortunately, as with any other sport, attrition takes a toll.  Some big names from our high school past either have had their D1 careers cut short by injury or just gave up the sport, and a number of others who started in the D1 world have transferred to D2/3 and club programs, and have fallen off this list.

And that always means that you have to be careful how you pick your college, because there are no guarantees in this sport OR life.

Author’s Note:  If there is someone who wants to be an intern for us at FLN as a resume enhancer, please get in touch with me.  I would love to have someone go through the college D1 box scores each week and prepare a list of the accomplishments of these kids for a weekly recap.  Goalies if they play – their stats, Goals, assists, faceoff percentages, ground balls, etc.  It’s basically a ‘grunt’ job! But oh so rewarding when you are able to put on your resume or college application an internship for the nationally-renowned site of Florida Lacrosse News!  And if you are an aspiring player looking to get recruited, please know that most, if not all, D1 coaches, monitor us!

Well, at least I hope they do . . . 

Well, here we go!

Bellarmine

Attackman Griffin Bowie – Junior – Benjamin School

Boston University

Goalie Max Gomez – Freshman – Columbus (Miami)

Canisius

Middie Jake Lemon – Senior – Tampa Jesuit

Cleveland State

LSM Brandon Ruditz – Senior – Boca Raton

Attack Jason Sullivan – Junior – Dr. Phillips

Colgate

Middie Lewis Langford – Senior – Maclay

Dartmouth

Goalie Jack Schifino – Sophomore – HB Plant

Middie Colin Prince – Sophomore – IMG (Lakewood Ranch)

Attack George Prince – Junior – IMG (Lakewood Ranch)

Furman

Attack Jack Dowd – Freshman – Ponte Vedra

Defenseman Taylor Funke – Sophomore – Ponte Vedra

Georgetown

FOGO Carson Milburn – Freshman – IMG (Lakewood Ranch)

Hartford

Attack Braeden McKercher – Sophomore – Lake Mary

Harvard

Middie Fred Asare-Konadu – Freshman WALK_ON! – Edgewater

High Point

Middie Jaxson Lamb – Sophomore – Oak Hall

Hofstra 

Middie Charlie Ragault – Junior – Lake Mary

Holy Cross

Middie Brad Baker – Junior – Tampa Jesuit

Jacksonville

Attack Michael Dean – Junior – Jupiter

Middie Hayden La Vangie – Redshirt Senior – Fleming Island

Lafayette

LSM Braeden Rupp – Sophomore – Oxbridge

LIU

Defenseman John Harding – Graduate Student – Ponte Vedra

Middie Tom Dean – Freshman – WT Dwyer

Loyola

Attack Ross Pridemore – Sophomore – St. Edward’s

Goalie Nick Ferraro – Junior – Saint Andrew’s

Manhattan

Attack Trevor Pelletier – Senior – Gulliver Prep

Marquette

LSM Anthony Courcelle – Redshirt Junior – Cypress Bay

Maryland

Tewaaraton Finalist Jared Bernhardt – Senior – Lake Brantley

Defenseman Noah Cash – Sophomore – St. Thomas Aquinas

Massachusetts – Lowell

Middie/FOGO Jimmy Burns – Freshman – Ponte Vedra

Defenseman Cam Stovel – Freshman – The King’s Academy

Mercer (or should we call them the University of Florida in Georgia?)

Middie Parker Junod – Freshman – Winter Park

Defenseman Jackson Kennedy – Sophomore – Saint Andrew’s

Middie Clay Welch – Sophomore – Ponte Vedra

Defenseman Drew Mayts – Freshman – HB Plant

Attack Carl Klepper – Freshman – Saint Andrew’s

Defenseman Dionee Cortes – Freshman – Lake Minneola

Defenseman Connor Purcell – Sophomore – Hagerty

Attack Kyle Cox – Freshman – Oak Hall

Defenseman Colin Hayek – Junior – Oxbridge

FOGO/Middie Ashton Wood – Sophomore – Nease

Defenseman Danny Walsh – Sophomore – St. Edward’s

Middie Ryan Katchen – Freshman – Cardinal Mooney

Merrimack

Middie Lucas Gauch – Freshman – St. Thomas Aquinas

Defenseman Nicholas Perez-Blanco – Sophomore – Belen Jesuit

Monmouth

Middie Ian Weinberg – Sophomore – Gulf Coast

North Carolina

Middie Will Nicklaus – Sophomore – Benjamin School

Middie Ryan O’Leary – Freshman – Oak Hall

Notre Dame

Attack Stephen Chase – Senior – Maclay

Defenseman Max Schalit – Freshman – Ponte Vedra

Princeton

Defenseman Terrell Seabrooks – Junior – Oxbridge

Providence

Middie Jack Kilian – Freshman – Oxbridge

Quinnipiac

Defenseman Devin Naidoo – Sophomore – Ponte Vedra

Saint Joseph’s

Goalie Mike Adler – Senior – St. Thomas Aquinas

Middie Austin Strazzulla – Junior – Vero Beach

Siena

Defenseman Jeremy Barrett – Freshman – Canterbury School

St. Bonaventure

Middie Dominic Madlang – Sophomore – Hagerty

SUNY Albany 

Attack Davis Diamond – Senior – Saint Andrew’s

Syracuse

Attack Mikey Berkman – Redshirt Freshman – West Orange

Defenseman/LSM Jared Fernandez – Junior – IMG (Florida native from Tampa)

Towson

FOGO/Middie Andrew O’Dare – Junior – Ponte Vedra

Defenseman Oliver Alpert – Freshman – Saint Andrew’s

US Air Force Academy

FOGO Dylan Frankhouser – Freshman – Jupiter

LSM Daniel Pagano – Senior – WT Dwyer

Defenseman Chandler Coons – Senior – Buchholz

US Military Academy – West Point

Attack Miles Silva – Senior – Ponte Vedra

Goalie Wyatt Schupler – Sophomore – Ponte Vedra

Middie Peter Cox – Senior – Jupiter

Defenseman Bennett Taylor – Senior – HB Plant

Utah

Middie Jake Kiefer – Freshman – Bishop Moore

Attack MJ McMahon – Freshman – Cardinal Mooney

Vermont

Defenseman Jackson Canfield – Freshman – Bishop Moore

Defenseman Will Jones – Sophomore – Bishop Moore

Villanova

Defenseman Thad Spiker – Sophomore – Oak Hall

Defenseman Alex Spiker – Sophomore – Oak Hall

VMI

Middie Jack Burke – Freshman – Ponte Vedra

Yale

Middie Christian Cropp – Junior – Benjamin School