Men’s Lacrosse: Three Hoos named All-Americans; UVA No. 2 in preseason coaches poll

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

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Connor Shellenberger, Thomas McConvey and Grayson Sallade have been named USILA Preseason All-Americans, the organization announced on Wednesday.

Shellenberger represented the Hoos on the First Team, while McConvey and Sallade were named Second Team selections.

Additionally, Virginia was picked No. 2 in the preseason coaches poll behind reigning national-champion Maryland. The Cavaliers received eight first-place votes, while the Terrapins led all programs with 17.

Virginia was voted No. 1 in both the Inside Lacrosse and Nike/USA Lacrosse Magazine preseason media polls, both of which were previously announced in January.

USILA PRESEASON COACHES POLL 

  1. Maryland (17), 490
  2. Virginia (8), 469
  3. Georgetown, 431
  4. Cornell, 399
  5. Notre Dame, 391
  6. Princeton, 368
  7. Duke, 354
  8. Yale, 319
  9. Penn, 310
  10. Rutgers, 295
  11. Ohio State, 271
  12. Delaware, 188
  13. Saint Joseph’s, 129
  14. Boston U, 128
  15. Harvard, 122
  16. Brown, 120
  17. Jacksonville, 96
  18. Denver, 75
  19. Richmond, 61
  20. North Carolina, 60

Others receiving votes: Army, Johns Hopkins, Loyola, Navy, Villanova, Lehigh, Syracuse, High Point, Utah, Vermont, UAlbany, UMass, Michigan, Air Force

USILA FIRST TEAM PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA
A – Connor Shellenberger, Virginia  

A – Matt Brandau, Yale
A – Brennan O’Neill, Duke

M – Sam Handley, Penn
M – Graham Bundy Jr, Georgetown
M – Kyle Long, Maryland

FO – Luke Wierman, Maryland

SSDM – Connor Maher, North Carolina
SSDM – Beau Pederson, Princeton
LSM – Roy Meyer, Boston University

D – Gavin Adler, Cornell
D – Will Bowen Georgetown
D – Brett Makar, Maryland

G – Liam Entenmann, Notre Dame

USILA SECOND TEAM PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA
A – Patrick Kavanagh, Notre Dame
A – Jack Myers, Ohio State
A – CJ Kirst, Cornell

M – Thomas McConvey, Virginia  
M – Jake Stevens, Princeton
M – Matt Campbell, Villanova

FO – Zach Cole, Saint Joseph’s

SSDM – Payton Rezanka, Loyola
SSDM – Grayson Sallade, Virginia 
LSM – Ethan Rall, Rutgers

D – Owen Grant, Delaware
D – Chris Fake Notre Dame
D – Ajax Zappitello, Maryland

G – Logan McNaney, Maryland