The Next Level: Michigan Natives playing Division-1 Lacrosse in 2013

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Tim

Our annual look at Michigan natives who are playing college lacrosse at division-1 institutions this spring:

Air Force

  • Junior attack Tommy McKee (Holt).

Delaware

  • Redshirt freshman midfielder Bennett Packer (Brother Rice)

Detroit

  • Sophomore attack Brandon Beauregard (Notre Dame Prep)
  • Sophomore midfielder Mike Birney (Detroit Catholic Central)
  • Senior midfielder Tyler Corcoran (South Lyon)
  • Senior midfielder Brandon Davenport (Grosse Pointe North)
  • Freshman LSM Nick Demattia (Clarkston)
  • Junior LSM Kevin DiSalle (Orchard Lake Saint Mary’s)
  • Sophomore midfielder Scott Drummond (Birmingham Seaholm)
  • Senior defenseman John Dwyer (Detroit Catholic Central)
  • Freshman goalie Connor Flynn (Rockford)
  • Junior midfielder Nick Garippa (Notre Dame Prep)
  • Sophomore defenseman Joe Gifford (Notre Dame Prep)
  • Freshman midfielder Brad Harris (Saline)
  • Freshman midfielder Andy Hebden (Brother Rice)
  • Senior defenseman Jamie Hebden (Brother Rice)
  • Freshman midfielder JD Hess (Birmingham Seaholm)
  • Senior LSM/D Andrew Khalil (Warren De La Salle)
  • Junior midfielder Joe MacLean (Detroit Country Day)
  • Redshirt freshman midfielder Chris Mandell (Warren De La Salle)
  • Freshman attack Nick Melucci (Northville)
  • Senior midfielder Chris Nemes (Detroit Catholic Central)
  • Freshman midfielder Chris Perry (Utica Eisenhower)
  • Junior midfielder Tim Robertson (Notre Same Prep)
  • Senior midfield/attack Nick Schesnuk (Warren De La Salle)
  • Junior midfielder Drew Schupbach (Orchard Lake St. Mary’s)
  • Sophomore midfielder Tom Sible (Forest Hills Central)
  • Freshman midfielder Mike Spuller (Dexter)
  • Junior attack Tyler Staruch (Brighton)
  • Freshman midfielder Dylan Swanson (Ann Arbor Pioneer)
  • Senior D/LSM Mike Wenderski (UD-Jesuit)
  • Freshman defenseman Jordan Yono (Detroit Catholic Central)

Georgetown

  • Junior midfielder Grant Fisher (Brother Rice)

Hofstra

  • Senior defenseman Michael Hamilton (Brother Rice)

Marquette

  • Redshirt freshman midfielder K.C. Kennedy (Brother Rice)
  • Freshman attack Henry Nelson (Brother Rice)

Michigan

  • Senior midfielder Zach Dauch (Bloomfield Hills Lahser)
  • Sophomore defenseman Mack Gembis (Cranbrook)
  • Senior defenseman Rob Healy (Notre Dame Prep)
  • Freshman attack Riley Kennedy (Brother Rice)
  • Sophomore attack Will Meter (Brother Rice)
  • Sophomore midfielder Thomas Orr (Detroit Catholic Central)
  • Junior midfielder Tom Sardelli (Notre Dame Prep)
  • Junior LSM Dakota Sherman (Cranbrook)
  • Senior defenseman Austin Swaney (East Grand Rapids)
  • Freshman defenseman Chris Walker (Brother Rice)
  • Junior defenseman Max Zwolan (Ann Arbor Pioneer)

Mount St. Mary’s

  • Senior midfielder Conor Carey (University of Detroit Jesuit)
  • Senior midfielder Jon Marsalese (University of Detroit Jesuit)

Ohio State

  • Junior midfielder Nick Diegel (Northville)

Penn State

  • Senior Attack Nick Dolik (Brother Rice)
  • Senior midfielder Danny Henneghan (Brother Rice)

Rutgers

  • Freshman midfielder Jacob Coretti (East Grand Rapids)

Sacred Heart

  • Sophomore midfielder  Joe Kemp (Troy Athens)

VMI

  • Sophomore midfielder Andrew Erber (Dexter)

Schools with none: Albany, Army, Bellarmine, Binghamton, Brown, Bryant, Bucknell?, Canisius, Colgate, Cornell, Dartmouth, Denver, Drexel, Duke, Fairfield, Hartford, Harvard, High Point, Hobart, Holy Cross, Jacksonville, Johns Hopkins, Lafayette, Loyola, Manhattan, Marist, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mercer, Navy, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Penn, Princeton, Providence, Quinnipiac, Robert Morris, Saint Joseph’s, Siena, St. John’s, Stony Brook, Syracuse, Towson, UMBC, Vermont, Villanova, Virginia, Wagner, and Yale.

There are 55 players listed on 13 different teams, both big declines from last year (60 and 17, respectively). That’s despite the addition of a new program in-region – although the Marquette factor is counterbalanced by the club players cycling off Michigan’s roster.

There are 11 homegrown players on Michigan’s roster, and 30 on Detroit’s roster. Despite that, the numbers overall continue to fall. The reasons behind that form a post for a different day…

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2 Responses to The Next Level: Michigan Natives playing Division-1 Lacrosse in 2013

  1. Sir Laxalot says:
    February 6, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    Still an impressive group of Lax players coming out of Michigan… U of M will be much tougher to beat this year. UDM’s recruiting class has a lot to prove… Still wondering if Detroit solved their face off situation… When will MSU start up a D1 program?

    • Tim says:
      February 6, 2013 at 9:10 pm

      I agree that it’s an impressive group – it’s a great group, especially coming out of Oakland Country. However, I’m extremely concerned that it’s a shrinking group, despite an insane boom in college lacrosse in the state. When the UDMs (only fours classes), Michigans, and Almas of the world are a bit more established, and have hopefully produced some eventual coaches/refs/administrators for the youth and high schools levels, hopefully things will get better. At this point, I fear it’s not the case, mostly due to the absolute incompetence and selfishness of the MHSAA.

      As for MSU… It’s going to be a long time before they go D-1, but the Big Ten adding Maryland and Rutgers could speed the process for them (or Minnesota or Wisconsin).

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