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Christmas and New Year’s are only a few weeks away, which means lacrosse season is just around the corner. It really is the most wonderful time of the year.
Inside Lacrosse’s 2020 Face-Off Yearbook will be released soon and it will include the 2020 Preseason Media All-Americans list. The selections are voted on by media members who vote in the weekly Media Poll and consists of 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Teams, and Honorable Mentions.
I vote in the weekly Media Poll, but for the Media All-Americans list, I always submit a site ballot with help from Chris, Adam, Jake, & Ryan. Chris also votes in the weekly Media Poll and has his own Media All-Americans ballot as well. He released his picks on Thursday evening, which you can find here.
Seeing as transparency and accountability are important to us here at College Crosse, we want to share our picks with all of our wonderful readers/followers. You can find the Preseason Media All-Americans ballot that I submitted to IL directly below.
2020 College Crosse Preseason All-Americans
| Position | First Team | Second Team | Third Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Position | First Team | Second Team | Third Team |
| Attack | Grant Ament (Penn State) | Joey Epstein (Johns Hopkins) | Jackson Morrill (Yale) |
| Attack | Michael Sowers (Princeton) | Jared Bernhardt (Maryland) | Asher Nolting (High Point) |
| Attack | Chris Gray (North Carolina) | Mac O'Keefe (Penn State) | Logan Wisnauskas (Maryland) |
| Midfield | Chase Scanlan (Syracuse) | Bryan Costabile (Notre Dame) | Connor Kirst (Villanova) |
| Midfield | Anthony DeMaio (Maryland) | Bubba Fairman (Maryland) | Jack Kelly (Penn State) |
| Midfield | Sam Handley (Penn) | Dox Aitken (Virginia) | Brendan Curry (Syracuse) |
| FOGO | TD Ierlan (Yale) | Kyle Gallagher (Penn) | Justin Inacio (Ohio State) |
| SSDM | Roman Puglise (Maryland) | Ryan Terefenko (Ohio State) | Peter Dearth (Syracuse) |
| LSM | Brandon Salvatore (Cornell) | Jared Conners (Virginia) | Ryan McNulty (Loyola) |
| Defense | JT Giles-Harris (Duke) | Nick Mellen (Syracuse) | Mark Evanchick (Penn) |
| Defense | Gibson Smith (Georgetown) | George Baughan (Princeton) | Aidan Hynes (Yale) |
| Defense | Koby Smith (Towson) | Sean Menges (Richmond) | Nick Cardile (Penn State) |
| Goalie | Matt DeLuca (Delaware) | Drake Porter (Syracuse) | Caton Johnson (North Carolina) |
For all those keeping track at home.
Team with the most College Crosse Preseason All-Americans
- Maryland & Syracuse - 5
- Penn State - 4
- Yale & Penn - 3
- Princeton, Virginia, Ohio State, North Carolina - 2
- Johns Hopkins, High Point, Georgetown, Villanova, Cornell, Loyola, Duke, Towson, Richmond, Delaware, and Notre Dame - 1
Conference with the most College Crosse Preseason All-Americans.
- Big Ten - 12
- ACC - 11
- Ivy League - 9
- Big East, CAA and So-Con - 2
- Patriot League - 1
Let us know what your thoughts are on our picks in the comments section.
My reaction when the 2020 College Crosse Preseason All-Americans list drops later this morning. pic.twitter.com/4PGdMmjGJN
— Eri_Barrister (@Eri_Barrister) December 9, 2019