Inside Lacrosse released its preseason All-American selections for the 2023 college lacrosse season on Wednesday, and Virginia led all schools with eight preseason All-Americans. No other team had more than six selections.
Virginia junior forward Connor Shellenberger was one of three players unanimously named the preseason First-Team All-American along with Penn’s Sam Handley and Georgetown’s Will Bowen. Shellenberger, who was a 2022 Tewaaraton finalist, will be joined in the First-Team Attack unit by Yale’s Matt Brandau and Cornell’s CJ Kirst.
UVA had two selections for Inside Lacrosse’s preseason All-American second-team. Reigning ACC Defensive Player of the Year Cole Kastner was a second-team selection, as was graduated midfielder Thomas McConvey, a transfer from Vermont who was the 2022 America East Offensive Player of the Year after scoring 60 goals last season and had 14 assists for the Catamounts.
Senior forward Payton Cormier was selected to the preseason third team by Inside Lacrosse after averaging 60 points from 50 goals and 10 assists last season.
Virginia also had four players who were recognized as preseason All-American Honorable Mentions: graduating midfielder Jeff Conner, graduating faceoff specialist Petey LaSalla, graduating defensive short-stick midfielder Grayson Sallade, and redshirt senior defenseman Cade Saustad.
Virginia was named the top preseason team in the country in the Inside Lacrosse Preseason Media Poll released Monday. The Cavaliers received 14 of the 26 first-place votes.
Check out the full list of Inside Lacrosse preseason All-Americans below:
2023 Inside Lacrosse Preseason Men’s Division All-Americans
First team
A – Connor Shellenberger, Virginia
A-Matt Brandau, Yale
A-CJ Kirst, Cornell
M-Sam Handley, Penn
M-Graham Bundy Jr., Georgetown
M-Matt Campbell, Villanova
FO Luke Wierman, Maryland
SSDM-Payton Rezanka, Loyola
SSDM – Connor Maher, North Carolina
LSM – Roy Meyer, Boston U.
D-Will Bowen, Georgetown
D-Gavin Adler, Cornell
D board Makar, Maryland
G-Liam Entenmann, Notre Dame
second team
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A-Brennan O’Neill, Duke
A-Pat Kavanagh, Notre-Dame
A-Jack Myers, Ohio State
M-Kyle Long, Maryland
M- Jake Stevens, Princeton
M-Thomas McConvey, Virginia
FO Zach Cole, Saint Joseph
SSDM-Piper Bond, Penn
SSDM Beau Pederson, Princeton
LSM-Ethan Rall, Rutgers
D-Owen Grant, Delaware
D-Ajax Zappitello, Maryland
D- Cole Kastner, Virginia
G-Logan McNaney, Maryland
third team
A Ross Scott, Rutgers
A-Tucker Dordevic, Georgetown
A—Payton Cormier, Virginia
M-Sam English, Princeton
M Patrick Skalniak, Navy
M-Shane Knobloch, Rutgers
FO Mike Sisselberger, Lehigh
SSDM-Chet Comizio, Villanova
SSDM-Trevor Yeboah-Kodie, Brown
LSM Tyler Zimmermann, Herzog
D-Chris Fake, Notre-Dame
D Jackson Bonitz, Navy
D-Kenny Brower, Duke
G-Connor Theriault, Brown
Award
A-Levi Anderson, Saint Joseph’s
A-Vince D’Alto, Boston U.
A-Dylan Gergar, Penn
A-Owen Hiltz, Syracuse
A—Devon McLane, Brown
A—Mike Robinson, Delaware
A-Alex Slusher, Princeton
A Max Waldbaum, Jacksonville
A Dylan Watson, Jacksonville
A-Josh Zawada, Michigan
M-Aiden Blake, Cornell
M-Jeff Conner, Virginia
M-Eric Dobson, Notre Dame
M-Hugh Kelleher, Cornell
M-Andrew McAdorey, Duke
M-Declan McDermott, Georgetown
M-Brian Tevlin, Notre Dame
FO Petey LaSalla, Virginia
FO James Reilly, Georgetown
SSDM – Connor Cmiel, Ohio State
SSDM – Cole Daninger, Jacksonville
SSDM-Grayson Sallade, Virginia
SSDM-Chase Yager, Harvard
LSM-Greg Campisi, Harvard
LSM-BJ Farrare, Penn
LSM-John Geppert, Maryland
D-Marcus Hudgins, Ohio State
D-Brendan Lavelle, Penn
D-Cade Saustad, Virginia
D-Bobby Van Buren, Ohio State
D-Cam Wyers, Loyola
G-Matt Garber, Boston U.
G-Will Mark, Syracuse
G-Jared Paquette, Yale
Virginia begins the 2023 men’s lacrosse season on Saturday, February 11 at 12 p.m. when the Cavaliers host Michigan at Klockner Stadium.
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