Maguire Becomes First D-Middie to Win USILA Enners Award for Player of the Year

Aidan Maguire keeps making history.

The USILA announced its 2026 Division I All-Americans and award winners Thursday. Maguire, the Duke senior who last month became the first short-stick defensive midfielder to go No. 1 overall in a pro lacrosse draft, notched another first for the position by winning the Lt. Raymond J. Enners Outstanding Player of the Year award.

He joins Ajax Zappitello (2024), David Morrow (1993), Dave Pietramala (1989), Tom Haus (1986) and Mark Greenberg (1979) as the only defensive players (excluding goalies) so honored.

Speaking of defensive players, Notre Dame’s Shawn Lyght won the William C. Schmeisser Defensive Player of the Year award for the second straight year. Only eight players have ever taken home the Schmeisser Award in back-to-back seasons. Lyght has a chance to become the first three-peat winner next year. (Haus won it three times but not consecutively.)

Syracuse’s Joey Spallina won the Lt. Col. JI Turnbull Outstanding Attackman award, while there were co-winners in the race for the top midfielder and goalie in the country. North Carolina faceoff specialist Brady Wambach shared Lt. j.g. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Outstanding Midfielder honors with Army midfielder Evan Plunkett, while Army’s Sean Byrne and Princeton’s Ryan Croddick both were recognized as the Ensign C. Markland Kelly Jr. Outstanding Goalie for 2026.

Maguire and Lyght are also the only two college players who were invited to the U.S. Men’s National Team training camp next month in Charlotte, N.C. USA Lacrosse released that list Thursday.

Scroll below for this year’s USILA Division I All-Americans and award winners. Players selected for All-American were nominated by their coach and then received votes from the USILA All-American Committee, distinguishing them from media awards published by Inside Lacrosse and USA Lacrosse.

USILA ALL-AMERICANS

First Team
A – Joey Spallina, Syracuse
A – Willem Firth, Cornell
A – Owen Duffy, North Carolina
M – Evan Plunkett, Army
M – Matt Collison, Johns Hopkins
M – Tucker Wade, Princeton
FO – Brady Wambach, North Carolina
SSDM – Aidan Maguire, Duke
SSDM – Jack Pilling, Richmond
LSM – Will Donovan, Notre Dame
D – Shawn Lyght, Notre Dame
D – Jack Stahl, Princeton
D – Alex Ross, Penn State
D – Cullen Brown, Ohio State
G – Ryan Croddick, Princeton
G – Sean Byrne, Army

Second Team
A – Nate Kabiri, Princeton
A – Mikey Weisshaar, Towson
A – McCabe Millon, Virginia
M – Max Sloat, Duke
M – Joe Sheridan, Richmond
M – Logan Ip, Harvard
M – Luke Rhoa, Syracuse
FO – Jack Cascadden, Cornell
SSDM – Cooper Mueller, Princeton
SSDM – Ty English, North Carolina
LSM – AJ Larkin, Maryland
D – Hunter Smith, Richmond
D – Ty Banks, Georgetown
D – Charlie Johnson, Duke
G – Grayson Manning, Denver

Third Team

A – Brendan Millon, Virginia
A – Aidan O’Neil, Richmond
A – Dominic Pietramala, North Carolina
A – Chad Palumbo, Princeton
M – Ryan Colsey, Virginia
M – Matt Jeffery, Notre Dame
M – Gavin Creo, Richmond
M – Marcus Wertheim, Brown
FO – Henry Dodge, Maryland
SSDM – Joe Juengerkes, Rutgers
SSDM – Jon King, Penn State
LSM – Jake Melchionni, Villanova
D – John Sullivan, Army
D – Riley Figueiras, Syracuse
D – Billy Dwan III, Syracuse
G – Thomas Ricciardelli, Notre Dame
G – Caleb Fyock, Ohio State

Honorable Mention
Click here for the list of honorable-mention selections.

USILA Award Winners

Lt. Raymond J. Enners Outstanding Player of the Year
Aidan Maguire, SSDM, Duke

Lt. Col. JI Turnbull Outstanding Attackman
Joey Spallina, A, Syracuse

Lt. j.g. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Co-Outstanding Midfielder
Brady Wambach, FO, North Carolina
Evan Plunkett, M, Army

William C. Schmeisser Defensive Player of the Year
Shawn Lyght, D, Notre Dame

Ensign C. Markland Kelly Jr. Co-Outstanding Goalie
Sean Byrne, Army
Ryan Croddick, Princeton