2016 North Boys Bios - Under Armour All

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Jared Conners, Long Stick Midfield, 6’5”, 205, Pittsford, NY (Pittsford Sutherland)
Conners tallied 8 goals, 7 assists and 60 groundballs this season for Coach Andrew Whipple … Led team to a 16-3 mark …
Played in the Under Armour Underclass Lacrosse Tournament … Twice named Defensive Player of the Year and First Team AllCounty … Will attend the University of Virginia.
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Lucas Cotler, Midfield, 6’0”, 190, Syosset, NY (Syosset High School)
Cotler tallied 31 goals, 23 assists and 58 groundballs this season for Coach John Calabria … Led team to a 16-3 mark …
Played in the Under Armour Underclass Lacrosse Tournament … Two-time All-County selection … Named All-Conference …
Also played basketball, soccer and football … Enjoys table tennis, pickup basketball, Hulu and relaxing… Will attend Yale.
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Mark Evanchick, Defense, 5’11”, 214, Darien, CT (Darien High School)
Evanchick tallied 1 assist, and 27 groundballs this season for Coach Jeff Brameier … Led team to a 22-0 mark … Named
Connecticut and MSG Varsity Player of the Year … Three-time First Team All-State and All-Conference selection … Also played
football, earning Player of the Year and All-State honors … Plans to major in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Jacob Giacalone, Goalie, 6’1”, 185, Ronkonkoma , NY (Sachem North)
Giacalone tallied 6.5 goals against average and made 253 saves this season for Coach Paul Benway … Led team to a 8-8 mark
… Played in the Under Armour Underclass Lacrosse Tournament … Will attend Johns Hopkins University.
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John Thomas Giles-Harris, LSM, 5’11”, 195, Nyack, NY (St. Joseph Regional High School)
Giles-Harris tallied 6 goals, 20 assists and 146 groundballs this season for Coach Andrew Decicco … Led team to a 10-6 mark
… Two-Time First Team All-State choice … Named League Player of the Year on three occasions … Thrice selected First Team
All-County … Also played football, earning first team All-State honors … Plans to major in Economics at Duke.
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Jarrett Jones, Defense, 6’2”, 200, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (Palos Verdes)
Jones tallied 19 goals, 16 assists and 140 groundballs this season for Coach Jimmy Borrell … Led team to a 19-3 mark …
Played in the Under Armour Underclass Lacrosse Tournament … Four-time All-League selection … Twice Named Team Captain
… Helped team win two state titles … Will attend Georgetown University.
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Jack Kielty, Defense, 6’2”, 205, Morristown, NJ (Hill Academy)
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Kielty tallied 2 goals, 1 assist and 48 groundballs this season … Led team to a 22-2 mark … Played in the Under Armour
Underclass Lacrosse Tournament … Named New Jersey Player of the Year … Two-time First Team All-State and All-Metro …
Also played soccer, earning All-America honors and was named New Jersey Player of the Year … Has won seven high school
state championships with Delbarton … Will attend the University of Notre Dame.
DID YOU KNOW?
35 Under Armour All-Americans particpated in the Men’s NCAA Division I Final Four in Pliladelphia in 2016. National Champion North Carolina
had the most with 18 followed by Maryland (14) and Loyola (3).
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Josh Kirson, Goalie, 6’2”, 225, Newton, MA (Hill Academy)
Kirson played this season for Coach Brodie Merrill … Led team to a 12-0 mark … Played in the Under Armour Underclass Lacrosse
Tournament, earning All-Tournament honors … Three-time All-League selection … Also played soccer and basketball … Plans to
major in Finance/Logistics at Ohio State University.
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Michael Kraus, Attack, 5’11”, 190, New Canaan, CT (New Canaan High School
Kraus tallied 57 goals and 30 assists this season for Coaches Chip Buzzeo/Casey D’Annolfo … Led team to a 15-3 mark …
Played in the Under Armour Underclass Lacrosse Tournament … Attended the Taft School post-graduate program… Will attend
University of Virginia.
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George Loring, Midfield, 6’1”, 200, Dedham, MA (Noble and Greenough School)
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Loring tallied 28 goals, 12 assists and 70 groundballs this season for Coach Matt Rowley … Led team to a 15-3 mark … First
Team All-Conference selection … Also played football … Currently working for a successful Tech Start-up called CarGurus ...
Was a volunteer coach for an organization in Boston called Metro Lacrosse, which helps unprivileged kids develop lacrosse and
life skills.… Plans to major in Economics at Harvard University.
Ryan Maloney, Attack, 6’2”, 205, Victor, NY (Victor)
Maloney tallied 60 goals, 48 assists and 47 groundballs this season for Coach Jim Andre … Led team to a 22-0 mark and the
state championship … Played in the Under Armour Underclass Lacrosse Tournament … Named League Offensive MVP ... Led
team in goals, assists and points … Plans to major in Economics at Cornell.
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Will Perry, Midfield, 6’0”, 180, Riverside , CT (Greenwich High School)
Perry tallied 53 goals, 31 assists and 40 groundballs this season for Coach Bobby Lutz … Led team to a 10-6 mark … Twice
named All-State and All-Conference ... Recorded more than 200 career points … Loves watching movies … Will attend the
University of North Carolina.
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Dan Rooney, Attack, 5’9”, 165, St. James, NY (Smithtown East)
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Rooney tallied 53 goals, 17 assists and 60 groundballs this season for Coach Jason Lambert … Led team to a 14-3 mark …
Played in the Under Armour Underclass Lacrosse Tournament … Second Team All-Long Island choice … Four-time All-County
and All-League selection … Surpassed 300 career points … Also played soccer and basketball … Plans to major in Business
at Ohio State University.
Kyle Smith, Midfield, 6’2”, 210, New Canaan, CT (New Canaan High School)
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Smith tallied 41 goals, 29 assists and 45 groundballs this season for Coach Chip Buzzeo … Led team to a 19-4 mark …
Played in the Under Armour Underclass Lacrosse Tournament … Named First Team All-State and All-Conference … Also played
football, earning First Team All Conference honors, and basketball, earning First Team All-State recognition … Enjoys road trips
… Plans to major in Economics at Denver University.
DID YOU KNOW?
As part of his senior project, George Loring (6-1/200/Mid-field/Dedham, MA/Noble and Greenough School/Harvard) served as a volunteer coach for the
5th and 6th grade teams of MetroLacrosse. MetroLacrosse is a non-profit organization whose mission is to foster positive life enrichment, character
development and healthy life choices among urban youth and teens through enhanced participation in the team sport of lacrosse.
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Brian Smyth, Midfield, 5’10”, 210, West Hartford, CT (Westminster School)
Smyth tallied 14 goals, 16 assists and 48 groundballs this season for Coach Peter Newman … Led team to a 8-5 mark …
Played in the Under Armour Underclass Lacrosse Tournament … Named Western New England Midfielder of the Year … Also
played hockey … Has a dual citizenship with Ireland. … Enjoys golfing… Will attend Duke University.
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David Strupp, Defense, 6’3”, 205, New Canaan, CT (New Canaan High School)
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Strupp tallied 3 assists and 65 groundballs this season for Coach Chip Buzzeo … Led team to a 19-4 and the state
championship … Played in the Under Armour Underclass Lacrosse Tournament … Named First Team All-State and AllConference … 2016 New Canaan HS Sikorski Award Recipient … Also played football, earning All-State honors … Will attend
Harvard University.
Jeff Teat, Attack, 5’10”, 160, Brampton, ON (The Hill Academy)
Teat played this season for Coach Brodie Merrill … Led team to a 11-0 mark … Will attend Cornell University.
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Ryan Tierney, Attack, 5’11”, 180, Massapequa, NY (Massapequa High School)
Tierney tallied 53 goals, 30 assists and 72 groundballs this season for Coach Tim Radomski … Led team to a 15-3 mark …
Played in the Under Armour Underclass Lacrosse Tournament … Named County Attackman of the Year … Winner of the Jim
Metzger Award … Plans to major in Business at Hofstra University.
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Jamie Trimboli, Midfield, 5’11”, 185, Rochester , NY (Victor High School)
Trimboli tallied 43 goals, 23 assists and 28 groundballs this season for Coach Jim Andre … Led team to a 22-0 mark … Played
in the Under Armour Underclass Lacrosse Tournament … First Team All-Midfield selection … Also played football … Plans to
major in Chemistry at Syracuse.
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Ethan Walker, Attack, 5’9”, 170, Peterborough, ON (Culver Military Academy)
Walker tallied 102 goals and 42 assists this season for Coach Jon Posner … Led team to a 20-3 mark … Two-time Midwest Player
of the Year selection … Named OLA Box Lacrosse Rookie of the year … Is color blind … Will attend the University of Denver.
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Reilly Walsh, Midfield, 6’1”, 190, Bronxville, NY (Brunswick School)
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Walsh tallied 43 goals, 25 assists and 47 groundballs this season for Coach David Bruce … Led team to a 15-3 mark … Played
in the Under Armour Underclass Lacrosse Tournament, earning All-Tournament honors … Three-time All-League selection
… Also played football… Bowling is one of his great hobbies … Enjoys being with his 3 brothers and 1 sister (Cornell for
lacrosse), going on his friends’ boat, walking his dog, and being a Patriots fan… Plans to major in Economics at Duke.
Brian Willetts, Attack, 6’4”, 210, St. James, NY (Choate Rosemary Hall)
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Willetts tallied 75 goals and 38 assists during the 2015 season for Coach Jason Lambert at Smithtown East … Played in the Under Armour
Underclass Lacrosse Tournament … Named All-Metro MVP and Long Island Player of the Year in 2015 … Owns the school scoring record … Also
played basketball, earning All-County honors, and football … Reads a book a month … Enjoys going to the beach in Montauk to play spikeball with
my friends.… Plans to major in Finance at Notre Dame.
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