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DATE: July 15, 2002
CONTACT: Paul Krome (pkrome@lacrosse.org)
US Lacrosse Announces 2003 U.S. Men’s Under-19 Lacrosse
Team Players and Officials
BALTIMORE — US Lacrosse today announces the names of
the 23 players who will represent the U.S. in the 2003 International
Lacrosse Federation (ILF) Under-19 World Championship. A 24-person
player selection committee named the 2003 U.S. Men’s Under-19
Team, listed below, after a four-day tryout at UMBC featuring 120
of the best players in the nation.
Also following the tryout, a four-person selection committee named
the U.S.’s three officials that will participate in the tournament:
Mike Infantino (Burlington, Conn.), Steve Miller (Cazenovia,
N.Y.) and Matt Palumb (Sunderland, Mass.).
"We’re very happy with the team we’ve picked to
represent the United States," said Bob Shriver, head
coach of the 2003 U.S. Men’s U-19 Team. "The best overall
unit may be the midfield, where we have 10 very good athletes. We
also have 10 players who have another year of high school left,
which is amazing. We’ll have a good mix of guys who will be
heading into college and those that will have just finished their
first year of college.
"The weekend went very smoothly. Everyone from the selection
committee to the coaching staff to the support staff worked very
hard. The process was fair and equitable—the players were selected
based on their weekend tryout."
The 2003 U.S. Men’s U-19 Team includes players from Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia
and Washington, D.C. The player selection committee named five attackmen,
10 midfielders, six defensemen and two goalies to the team. Thirteen
of the players have graduated high school and will play Division
I college lacrosse next spring, while 10 are rising seniors.
US Lacrosse is hosting the joint ILF and International Federation
of Women’s Lacrosse Associations (IFWLA) Under-19 World Championships
June 26-July 6, 2003, at Towson (Md.) University. Tryouts for the
2003 U.S. Women’s Under-19 Team will be held Aug. 12-14, 2002,
at the United Sports Training Center in Downingtown, Pa.
US Lacrosse, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, is the national
governing body of men's and women's lacrosse. For more information
on the US Lacrosse national teams programs, visit www.lacrosse.org/national_teams.html.
The 2003 U.S. Men’s Under-19 Lacrosse Team:
| Name |
Pos. |
Hometown |
High School |
College |
| Harry Alford |
G |
Washington, D.C. |
St. Alban's '03 |
Maryland |
| Joseph Boulukos |
M |
Huntington, N.Y. |
Cold Spring Harbor '02 |
Cornell |
| Gregory Cohen |
A |
Syosset, N.Y. |
Syosset '03 |
Harvard |
| Michael Culver |
D |
Ridgewood, N.J. |
Ridgewood '02 |
Virginia
|
| Matthew Danowski |
A |
Farmingdale, N.Y. |
Farmingdale '03 |
Duke |
| Michael DeSantis |
M |
Sudbury, Mass. |
Lincoln Sudbury '03 |
Princeton |
| Kyle Dowd |
M |
East Northport, N.Y. |
Northport '02 |
Johns Hopkins |
| Bobby Griebe |
A |
Bel Air, Md. |
Boys' Latin '02 |
Towson |
| Peter Lamade |
M |
Chevy Chase, Md. |
Landon '03 |
Duke |
| Bill McGlone |
M |
Swarthmore, Pa. |
Ridley '02 |
Maryland |
| Brett Moyer |
D |
Ridley Park, Pa. |
Ridley '02 |
Hofstra |
| Glenn Nick |
D |
Garden City, N.Y. |
Garden City '02 |
Duke |
| Craig Nolan |
A |
Plano, Texas |
Jesuit College Prep '02 |
Ohio State |
| Steven Panarelli |
D |
Massapequa, N.Y. |
Farmingdale '03 |
Syracuse |
| Mike Petit |
G |
Midlothian, Va. |
Collegiate '03 |
Virginia |
| Gregory Peyser |
M |
Lloyd Harbor, N.Y. |
Cold Spring Harbor '02 |
Johns Hopkins |
| Matthew Pinto |
D |
Baltimore, Md. |
Loyola Blakefield '02 |
Johns Hopkins |
| Bret Thompson |
M |
Chevy Chase, Md. |
Georgetown Prep '02 |
Duke |
| Drew Thompson |
M |
Northport, N.Y. |
Northport '03 |
Virginia |
| Patrick Walsh |
A |
Wantagh, N.Y. |
Wantagh '02 |
Notre Dame |
| Nick Williams |
M |
Baltimore, Md. |
Calvert Hall '03 |
Navy |
| Matthew Zash |
M |
Massapequa Park, N.Y. |
Massapequa '02 |
Duke |
| Eric Zerrlaut |
D |
Gambrills, Md. |
St. Mary's '03 |
Johns Hopkins |
Head Coach: Bob Shriver, Boys’ Latin (Md.) School
Assistant Coaches: Sam Carpenter, East Chapel Hill (N.C.) High School;
John Kenney, Detroit Country Day School; John Tucker, Loyola Blakefield
(Md.)
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