Notre Dame's Shawn Lyght will try out for the 2025 U.S. Men's U20 National Team

Nadelen Welcomes 77 of Nation's Best for U.S. Men's U20 Tryouts

June 27, 2024

Brian Logue

Rich Barnes

SPARKS, Md. – Head coach Shawn Nadelen has announced the 77 players invited to a three-day tryout for the 2025 U.S. Men’s U20 National Team. The tryout will be held at USA Lacrosse headquarters from June 28-30.

The tryouts are the first step towards finalizing the roster that will represent the United States in the World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship next summer in Seoguipo, South Korea on Jeju Island from Aug. 14-25, 2025. Players must have been born between Sept. 1, 2004 and July 17, 2009 to meet the age requirements from World Lacrosse for the event.

The U.S. has won each of the previous nine junior men’s world championships conducted, most recently in 2022 when all-world selections Kenny Brower (D), Graham Bundy Jr. (M), Liam Entenmann (G), C.J. Kirst (M) and Brennan O'Neill (A) led the U21 team (age increased due to COVID postponements) past rival Canada, 12-10, in Limerick, Ireland.

This year’s 77-player tryout pool includes players from high schools from 19 states and 27 colleges and universities. Among the players invited are three USILA All-Americans from the 2024 season: defenseman Shawn Lyght (Notre Dame), goalie Anderson Moore (Georgetown) and faceoff specialist Brady Wambach (North Carolina).

The full list of players invited appears below.

U.S. Men's U20 Tryout Candidates

Name	Pos	High School	Club	College/Commitment
Peter Buonanno	A	Deerfield Academy (Mass.)	3D New England Red	Princeton
Michael Cassano	LSM	Gen.Douglas MacArthur (N.Y.)	91 Warriors	Marist
Rhett Chambers	A	Mamaroneck (N.Y.)	2way Select	Providence
Clifford Chapman	A	Hill School (Pa.)	Blue Star	Lafayette
Kyle Colsey	A	Ridgefield (Conn.)	Eclipse	Virginia
Gavin Cooper	D/LSM	Haverford School (Pa.)	Big4 HHH	Duke
Francisco Cortes	M	Shoreham-Wading River (N.Y.)	Long Island Legacy	Harvard
Michael Crane	D	Evergreen (Colo.)	Denver Elite	Utah
Gavin Creo	A	Chaminade (N.Y.)	Long Island Express	Richmond
Sean Creter	FO	Hunterdon Central (N.J.)	Leading Edge	Maryland
Ben Dale	A	Millbrook School (N.Y.)	Second City	Providence
Brody Davis	M	Seton Hall Prep (N.J.)	TriState Lacrosse	Denver
Owen Duffy	A	St. Anthony's (N.Y.)	Team 91	North Carolina
William Erdmann	M	Brunswick School (Conn.)	Eclipse	Virginia
Preston Evans	A	Belmont Hill School (Mass.)	Laxachusetts	Virginia
Tyler Eye	D/LSM	The Lawrenceville School (N.J.)	Legacy Taz	Johns Hopkins
Stevie Finnell	M	Garden City (N.Y.)	Igloo	Duke
Ben Firlie	M	McDonogh School (Md.)	Team 91 Maryland	Georgetown
Campbell Florence	D	Friends Academy (N.Y.)	Shore2Shore	Dartmouth
Spencer Ford	A	Boys' Latin (Md.)	Baltimore Crabs	Maryland
Kyle Foster	D	Boys' Latin (Md.)	Baltimore Crabs	Ohio State
Peyton Fox	D	Belmont Hill School (Mass.)	Boston Laxachusetts	Princeton
Ben Friedman	G	Taft School (Conn.)	Primetime	Yale
Brendan Fulham	D	St Sebastian School (Mass.)	Laxachusetts	Duke
Dylan Furshman	FO	Jupiter Community (Fla.)	Sweetlax Florida	Ohio State
Andrew Goldt	M	Garnet Valley (Pa.)	Big4HHH	Towson
Thomas Gravino	M	Victor (N.Y.)	Sweetlax Upstate	Maryland
Patrick Grimley	M	Ocean City (N.J.)	LI Legacy TAZ	Harvard
George Guyton	D	Gilman School (Md.)	Crabs	Notre Dame
Hudson Hausmann	M	Brunswick School (Conn.)	Eclipse	Virginia
Zachary Hayashi	FO	McDonogh School (Md.)	Crabs Lacrosse	Navy
Kasey Heath	G	Kent Island (Md.)	Annapolis Hawks	Lehigh
Khalif Hocker	A	St. Xavier (Ohio)	Resolute Lacrosse	Ohio State
Parker Hoffman	FO	Boys' Latin (Md.)	Eclipse	North Carolina
Luke Hublitz	D	Brunswick School (Conn.)	Eclipse Lacrosse Club	Virginia
Patrick Jameison	G	Episcopal (Va.)	Brotherly Love	Duke
Jack Jenkins	A	Hudson (Ohio)	Burning River	Michigan
Benn Johnston	M	Avon Old Farms (Conn.)	True Illinois	Duke
Graham Kaestner	D	Sacred Heart Prep (Calif.)	ADVNC/West Coast Starz	Johns Hopkins
Quinn Kelly	D	Christian Brothers Academy (N.J.)	Leading Edge	Harvard
Quintan Kilrain	D	Lawrenceville School (N.J.)	Baltimore Crabs	Johns Hopkins
Colin Kurdyla	M	Bridgewater-Raritan (N.J.)	2Knights Lacrosse Club	Rutgers
Peter Laake	D	Loyola Blakefield (Md.)	Crabs	Maryland
Shawn Lyght	D	Seton Hall Prep (N.J.)	Leading Edge	Notre Dame
Luke Macaluso	A	Culver Academy (Ind.)	Mad Dog	North Carolina
Michael Marshall	D	Westfield (N.J.)	Leading Edge Elite	Cornell
Jake Melchionni	LSM	Delbarton School (N.J.)	Leading Edge	Villanova
Griff Meyer	FO	Haverford School (Pa.)	91 Maryland	Virginia
Brendan Millon	A	McDonogh School (Md.)	Team 91 Maryland	Virginia
Anderson Moore	G	Briarwood Christian (Ala.)	Thunder Lacrosse	Georgetown
Brendan Mullahy	M	Taft School (Conn.)	Eclipse	Notre Dame
Brady Nicholas	LSM	Loyola Blakefield (Md.)	Crabs	Marquette
AJ Nikolic	M	Malvern Prep (Pa.)	Mesa	Cornell
Rowan Nurry	A	Salesianum (Del.)	Brotherly Love	Cornell
Atticus Oliven	D	St. Ignatius College Prep (Calif.)	West Coast Starz	Michigan
Charlie Packard	M	Hingham (Mass.)	Kings Lacrosse Club	Richmond
Timmy Piacentini	G	Lawrenceville School (N.J.)	TriState	Cornell
Daniel Picart	M	Pleasantville (N.Y.)	Express North	Richmond
Brady Pokorny	A	Darien (Conn.)	Eclipse	Notre Dame
Hunter Polonkey	A	Brother Rice (Mich.)	Juiced Cherries	Lehigh
Anthony Raio	M	Half Hollow Hills East (N.Y.)	Team 91 Long Island	North Carolina
Jack Ransom	A	Charlotte Catholic (N.C.)	91 Charlotte and 91 South	Georgetown
John Rodehorst	LSM	La Salle Academy (R.I.)	3d New England	Cornell
Elliott Schaller	M	McDonogh School (Md.)	Team 91 Maryland	Maryland
Leo Sequenzia	M	Staples (Conn.)	Eclipse	Providence
Tim Shannehan	A	Fairfield Prep (Conn.)	Eclipse	Boston University
Oliver Skeean	D/LSM	Walton (Ga.)	Thunder Lacrosse	Maryland
Tommy Snyder	D	St. Anthony's (N.Y.)	Long Island Express	Virginia
Graham Stevens	G	Pingry (N.J.)	Leading Edge	Harvard
Mason Szewczyk	M	Culver Academy (Ind.)	True Illinois	North Carolina
Grady Taylor	M	Holderness School (N.H.)	4Leaf	Cornell
Peter Theodoropoulos	M	Eastport South Manor (N.Y.)	Legacy	Lehigh
Peter Thomann	D	Calhoun (N.Y.)	True Blue Lacrosse	North Carolina
Brady Wambach	FO	Salisbury School (Conn.)	Sweetlax Florida	North Carolina
Luke Warrington	M	Culver Academy (Ind.)	True Illinois Premier	Duke
Liam White	M	Boys' Latin (Md.)	True Illinois Premier	Ohio State
Benjamin Wood	D	Deerfield Academy (Mass.)	3d New England	Georgetown

The U.S. Men’s National Team trains and plays using game-changing, high-performance equipment from Cascade Maverik and Warrior and best-in-class products from Enovis (sports bracing).

In addition to these partners, Gatorade, MedStar Health and Stryker are official sponsors of the U.S. National Team Program. Team training is also aided by products from Athletic Republic. Funding for the national teams also comes from generous donors to the USA Lacrosse Foundation. Help support the team.

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Written By

Brian Logue

Brian Logue has worked at USA Lacrosse since 2000 and is currently the senior director of communications. He saw his first lacrosse game in 1987 - Virginia at Delaware - and fell in love with the sport while working at Washington and Lee University.