USA Lacrosse Announces 2024 Division III Men's Preseason All-Americans
As part of the publication’s coverage heading into the 2024 NCAA larosse season, USA Lacrosse Magazine announced Wednesday the USA Lacrosse Division III Men’s Preseason All-Americans, highlighting the top players at every position heading into the spring.
The All-American teams are put together by USA Lacrosse Magazine staff and contributors with assistance from coaches across the country.
Defending national champion Salisbury, which returns just about everyone from its 2023 title run, leads the pack with eight All-American selections — including attackman Jude Brown, midfielder Jack Dowd and long-stick midfielder John DeFazio on the first team.
RIT, the second-most represented team, comes in with six All-Americans and two on the first team — attackman Luke Pilcher and defenseman Michael Grace.
Continue below to see the full 2024 USA Lacrosse Division III Men’s Preseason All-American list.
FIRST TEAM
A — Luke Pilcher, RIT
A — Will Byrne, Bowdoin
A — Jude Brown, Salisbury
M — Andrew Cook, Christopher Newport
M — Jack Dowd, Salisbury
M — Riley Mitchell, Lynchburg
D — Michael Grace, RIT
D — Ryan Young, Christopher Newport
D — Joey Waldbaum, Tufts
LSM — John DeFazio, Salisbury
SSDM — Zack Goorno, Bowdoin
FO — Thomas Nelson, Kenyon
G — Dan Donahue, Union
SECOND TEAM
A — Clifford Gaston, RIT
A — Will Harnick, York
A — Von Mabbs, Swarthmore
M — Coby Auslander, Christopher Newport
M — DJ Dixon, Wesleyan
M — Charlie Tagliaferri, Tufts
D — Drew Leahy, RIT
D — Brent Blackmon, York
D — Ryan Quinn, Stevenson
LSM — Michael Ayers, Tufts
SSDM — Braden Glushakow, Salisbury
FO — Matt Paolatto, Union
G — Tyler Hadley, Lynchburg
THIRD TEAM
A — Ethan Kessler, Gettysburg
A — Luke Kammerman, Roanoke
A — Judge Murphy, St. Lawrence
M — Brice Bromwell, Salisbury
M — Dylan Wolfe, Lynchburg
M — Zach Davis, Union
D — Andy Marquet, Gettysburg
D — Sam Cragin, Williams
D — Luke Simpson, Middlebury
LSM — Frank Barbera, Gettysburg
SSDM — Zach Mentzner, York
FO — Paddy Condon, St. Lawrence
G — Nicholas Ransom, Salisbury
HONORABLE MENTION
A — Billy Curtis, Middlebury
A — Hillis Burns, Washington and Lee
A — Diego Alvarez-Segee, Dean
A — Owen Porter, Dickinson
A — Drew Downes, Rhodes
A — Jack Savarese, Stevens
A — Luke Murphy, RPI
A — Luke Fisher, Denison
A — Connor Herraiz, Cabrini
A — Charlie McFadden, Skidmore
A — Quinn McKercher, Nazareth
A — Bob Gross, Amherst
M — Grant Voigt, Lynchburg
M — Wyatt Malia, Muhlenberg
M — Jon Mozrall, RIT
M — Luke Nestor, Salisbury
M — Russell Thorndike, Middlebury
M — James Isaacson, Dickinson
M — Kobe Bui, Grove City
M — Jackson Brosgol, Swarthmore
M — Seth Grottenthaler, RIT
M — Peter Kip, Union
D — Ryan Doyle, Dubuque
D — Reagan McNemar, Salisbury
D — Matt Regan, Muhlenberg
D — Nick Mulvey, Stevenson
D — Teddy Curran, Middlebury
D — Seamus McCloskey, Dickinson
D — Solomon Hess, Vassar
D — Caleb Oswari, RPI
D — Casey Steffen, Wooster
D — Lawson Lafferty, Amherst
LSM — Jayme Wilde, Hamilton
LSM — Jack Cornell, St. John Fisher
LSM — Owen O’Neill, Denison
LSM — Keegan Shipe, Mary Washington
LSM — Evan Karetsos, Dickinson
SSDM — Gaines Weis, Hampden-Sydney
SSDM — Bryan Creamer, Stevens
SSDM — Peter Hewitt, Cabrini
SSDM — Elliot Cohen, Washington and Lee
FO — Matt Sardis, MIT
FO — Warner Cabaniss, Christopher Newport
FO — Michael Kraus, Lynchburg
FO — Vinny Facciponti, York
FO — Ethan Barnard, Bowdoin
G — Sage Garito, Franklin & Marshall
G — Chris Brandau, Dickinson
G — Joseph Perry, RPI
G — Jacob Abraham, Haverford
G — Will Rice, Connecticut College
Kyle Devitte
Kyle Devitte played high school lacrosse at John Stark (N.H.) and Tilton Prep (N.H.) before embarking on a playing career at St. Michael's College and Clark University in the early aughts (oughts?). After graduating from Clark, he went on to coach lacrosse at NCAA Division II and III schools throughout New England for 12 years before becoming the Gear and Lifestyle Editor at Inside Lacrosse in 2014. He's the managing editor of the New England Lacrosse Journal and coaches at Hopkinton (N.H.) High School, where he helped the Hawks to a state championship in 2023.