Report: Ryder Garnsey Granted Release From Notre Dame

According to Matt DaSilva of US Lacrosse Magazine, Notre Dame Fighting Irish attackman Ryder Garnsey has been granted a release from the university. He is now able to transfer anywhere.

DaSilva also reported that Garnsey, a rising junior, could be on his way to Charlottesville and with the Virginia Cavaliers, an ACC rival for the Irish. That depends on if he can send his academic credits to his new home. According to his bio on Notre Dame’s page, he’s enrolled in the school’s College of Arts and Letters program as a film, television and theatre major.

By the way, he did this to Virginia last year.

Garnsey was an honorable mention All-American and had 20 goals and 23 assists for Notre Dame last year. His 23 assists and 43 points were team highs and was the star of the attack unit with Mikey Wynne and Brendan Gleason alongside him. He won ACC Freshman of the Year honors in 2016 playing with Matt Kavanagh.

Garnsey would have to sit out in 2018 if he transfers within the conference.

It’s another weapon on offense Virginia will get (in two years). They have rising sophomores Michael Kraus at attack and Dox Aitken and Milan Murray at midfield, along with rising junior Ryan Conrad up top. They get another top recruit this upcoming year in Matt Moore, a midfielder from Garnet Valley, which is in the Greater Philadelphia area.

For Notre Dame, well, yikes. Garnsey and Sergio Perkovic will be gone, with Perkovic being their big guy on the midfield. Garnsey was a big assist disher with the team, having nearly ¹⁄₃ of the team’s total assists. If Garnsey goes, Notre Dame will return about 60% of their total scoring, down from a possible 80% (thank you Jake Nazar).

Wynne and Gleason are back at attack (hopefully), and they’ll get freshmen Connor Morin from New Jersey and Culver’s Wheaton Jackoboice as part of a solid recruiting class. Morin is ranked third in Recruiting Rundown’s top 100 seniors, while Jackoboice is 66th. One of them, probably Morin might be starting right away for Kevin Corrigan’s squad. Also at attack are Jack Beare, Stephen Chase, and Tyler Ruhl.

We will never forget his greatest tweet from Selection Sunday.

And a nice little fun fact:

I mean Cuse does have a nice school for his major and it’s closer to his home in New Hampshire than Virginia is!

An update to the player movement tracker: