SPARKS, Md. — Head coach Regy Thorpe has named a 66-man player pool for the U.S. Men’s Box National Team. Nearly 50 members of the team will participate in a training camp in Utica, N.Y. this weekend. They’ll be back in Utica the following weekend to compete in the North American Invitational from Sept. 29-30.
The U.S. is training for the 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships, which will take place Sept. 20-29, 2024. The Utica University Nexus Center will serve as the main tournament hub, featuring three playing surfaces within the state-of-the-art, 169,440-square-foot facility. The Adirondack Bank Center at the Utica Memorial Auditorium (known as the ‘Aud’) – a 3,956-seat multi-purpose arena and home of the American Hockey League’s Utica Comets – will also host a full slate of games.
The U.S. men’s box team has won the bronze medal at each of the five previous world box championships and will be led by Thorpe, a former U.S. team player, as head coach for the second time.
This year’s U.S. team will be one of the most experienced ever when it comes to high-level box lacrosse. Forty of the players are currently on National Lacrosse League rosters, including second team All-NLL pick Tom Schreiber and NLL All-Rookie team members Jack Hannah, Danny Logan and John Piatelli.
The U.S. player pool also features 15 returning bronze medalists from the 2019 team — Gowah Abrams, Trevor Baptiste, Greg Downing, Tim Edwards, Connor Kelly, Jake Lazore, David Mather, Cody Radziewicz, Matt Rambo, John Ranagan, Joe Resetarits, Blaze Riorden, Taylor Stuart, Gale Thorpe and Joel White.
The U.S. Men’s Box National Team is supported by the following sponsors: Nike, MedStar Health, Warrior, Stryker and Athletic Republic.
The player pool follows:
U.S. Men's Box National Team Player Pool
|
First Name |
Last Name |
Pos |
NLL Team |
College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gowah |
Abrams |
G |
New York Riptide |
|
|
Kyle |
Baker |
F |
|
Southern Maine '13 |
|
Trevor |
Baptiste |
T |
San Diego Seals |
Denver '18 |
|
Zach |
Belter |
D |
Buffalo Bandits |
St, Bonaventure '22 |
|
Charlie |
Bertrand |
F |
Las Vegas Desert Dogs |
Merrimack '20 / Virginia (Gr.) |
|
Alex |
Buque |
G |
Saskatchewan Rush |
American International '14 |
|
Liam |
Byrnes |
D |
Philadelphia Wings |
Marquette '16 |
|
Jimmy |
Chadwick |
T |
|
Hilbert '20 |
|
TJ |
Comizio |
D |
Georgia Swarm |
Villanova '19 |
|
Patrick |
Crosby |
G |
|
Temple '06 |
|
Isaiah |
Davis-Allen |
D |
Philadelphia Wings |
Maryland '17 |
|
George |
Downey |
F |
Philadelphia Wings |
Marywood '11 |
|
Evan |
Downey |
T |
Colorado Mammoth |
Cabrini '17 |
|
Greg |
Downing |
D |
Toronto Rock |
Fairfield '07 |
|
Ryan |
Drenner |
F |
|
Towson '17 |
|
Tim |
Edwards |
D |
Colorado Mammoth |
Canisius '15 |
|
Patrick |
Foley |
D |
Panther City Lacrosse Club |
Johns Hopkins '19 |
|
Zach |
Geddes |
D |
|
Georgetown '22 |
|
Eli |
Gobrecht |
D |
San Diego Seals |
Ithaca '16 |
|
Jake |
Govett |
F |
San Diego Seals |
Delaware '22 |
|
Jack |
Hannah |
F |
Las Vegas Desert Dogs |
Denver '22 |
|
Will |
Hardy |
F |
|
Jacksonville '26 |
|
Owen |
Hill |
F |
|
Syracuse |
|
Marcus |
Holman |
F |
|
North Carolina '13 |
|
Drew |
Hutchinson |
G |
Halifax Thunderbirds |
RIT '22 |
|
TD |
Ierlan |
D |
Toronto Rock |
Yale '20 / Denver (Gr.) |
|
Connor |
Kelly |
F |
Colorado Mammoth |
Maryland '18 |
|
Bobby |
Kidd |
T |
Saskatchewan Rush |
Young Harris |
|
Colin |
Kirst |
G |
Las Vegas Desert Dogs |
Rutgers '22 |
|
Cole |
Kirst |
F |
Halifax Thunderbirds |
Lehigh '22 / Syracuse (Gr.) |
|
Connor |
Kirst |
T |
Las Vegas Desert Dogs |
Villanova '20 / Rutgers (Gr.) |
|
CJ |
Kirst |
F |
|
Cornell '24 |
|
Charlie |
Kitchen |
F |
Albany Firewolves |
Delaware '21 |
|
Jake |
Lazore |
G |
|
|
|
Danny |
Logan |
D |
San Diego Seals |
Denver '21 |
|
David |
Mather |
G |
|
|
|
Patrick |
McIntosh |
F |
|
Virginia '24 |
|
Nick |
Miller |
F |
|
St. John Fisher '22 |
|
Logan |
Monroe |
D |
|
Canisius '19 |
|
Joe |
Nardella |
D |
Albany Firewolves |
Rutgers '15 |
|
Asher |
Nolting |
F |
|
High Point '22 |
|
Jarrod |
Neumann |
D |
|
Providence '17 |
|
Ethan |
O'Connor |
T |
Buffalo Bandits |
Hobart '13 |
|
Mac |
O'Keefe |
F |
San Diego Seals |
Penn State '21 |
|
Brennan |
O'Neill |
F |
|
Duke '24 |
|
John |
Piatelli |
F |
Albany Firewolves |
Cornell '22 |
|
Cody |
Radziewicz |
T |
|
Johns Hopkins '17 |
|
Matt |
Rambo |
F |
Philadelphia Wings |
Maryland '17 |
|
John |
Ranagan |
D |
|
Johns Hopkins '13 |
|
Jackson |
Reid |
T |
Albany Firewolves |
Ohio State '22 |
|
Joe |
Resetarits |
F |
Philadelphia Wings |
Albany '12 |
|
Blaze |
Riorden |
F |
Philadelphia Wings |
Albany '16 |
|
Dylan |
Robinson |
T |
Buffalo Bandits |
|
|
Justin |
Robinson |
T |
Buffalo Bandits |
Robert Morris |
|
Brandon |
Robinson |
F |
Buffalo Bandits |
Laurier '22 |
|
Tom |
Schreiber |
F |
Toronto Rock |
Princeton '14 |
|
Craig |
Seneca |
G |
|
Genessee CC |
|
Joey |
Spallina |
F |
|
Syracuse '26 |
|
Taylor |
Stuart |
D |
|
Bellarmine '16 |
|
Dalton |
Sulver |
T |
Buffalo Bandits |
High Point '21 |
|
Ryan |
Terefenko |
T |
Halifax Thunderbirds |
Ohio State '21 |
|
Gale |
Thorpe |
F |
|
Ohio State '19 |
|
Max |
Waldbaum |
F |
|
Tufts '21 / Jacksonville (Gr.) |
|
Max |
Wayne |
D |
New York Riptide |
Christopher Newport '22 |
|
Joel |
White |
D |
|
Syracuse '11 |
|
Marquez |
White |
T |
|
Princeton '24 |