The Next Level: Michigan natives playing Division-1 lacrosse in 2014

Our annual look at Michigan natives who are playing college lacrosse at division-1 institutions this spring. The season has snuck up on me, so getting this post up before games begin this weekend…

Air Force

• Senior attack Tommy McKee (Holt)

Bellarmine

• Freshman attack/midfield Graham Macko (Brother Rice)

Boston University

• Freshman midfielder Greg Marzec (Brother Rice)

Canisius

• Freshman midfielder Steve Wizniuk (Warren De La Salle)

Delaware

• Junior midfielder Bennett Packer (Brother Rice)

Detroit

• Junior attack Brandon Beauregard (Notre Dame Prep)
• Freshman attack Kyle Beauregard (Notre Dame Prep)
• Junior midfielder Mike Birney (Detroit Catholic Central)
• Junior defenseman Matt Burnett (Clarkston)
• Redshirt senior midfielder Tyler Corcoran (South Lyon)
• Sophomore LSM Nick Demattia (Clarkston)
• Junior midfielder Scott Drummond (Birmingham Seaholm)
• Redshirt freshman goalie Connor Flynn (Rockford)
• Senior midfielder Nick Garippa (Notre Dame Prep)
• Junior defenseman Joe Gifford (Notre Dame Prep)
• Freshman attack Alec Gilhooly (Detroit Catholic Central)
• Freshman midfielder Ben Gjokaj (Walled Lake Central)
• Redshirt freshman midfielder Brad Harris (Saline)
• Sophomore midfielder Andy Hebden (Brother Rice)
• Redshirt freshman midfielder JD Hess (Birmingham Seaholm)
• Senior midfielder Joe MacLean (Detroit Country Day)
• Freshman defenseman Bryan Matney (Ann Arbor Pioneer)
• Sophomore attack Nick Melucci (Northville)
• Senior LSM Tim Robertson (Notre Same Prep)
• Senior midfielder Drew Schupbach (Orchard Lake St. Mary’s)
• Junior midfielder Thomas Sible (Forest Hills Central)
• Sophomore midfielder Mike Spuller (Dexter)
• Senior attack Tyler Staruch (Brighton)
• Freshman attack Adam Susalla (Birmingham Seaholm)
• Senior D/LSM Mike Wenderski (UD-Jesuit)
• Sophomore defenseman Jordan Yono (Detroit Catholic Central)

Georgetown

• Senior midfielder Grant Fisher (Brother Rice)

Hartford

• Freshman defenseman Bennett Dipzinski (Forest Hills Northern)

Marquette

• Redshirt sophomore midfielder K.C. Kennedy (Brother Rice)
• Sophomore attack Henry Nelson (Brother Rice)

Michigan

• Freshman midfielder Brian Archer (Brighton)
• Junior defenseman Mack Gembis (Cranbrook)
• Sophomore attack Riley Kennedy (Brother Rice)
• Junior attack Will Meter (Brother Rice)
• Junior midfielder Thomas Orr (Detroit Catholic Central)
• Senior midfielder Tom Sardelli (Notre Dame Prep)
• Senior LSM Dakota Sherman (Cranbrook)
• Sophomore defenseman Chris Walker (Brother Rice)
• Redshirt junior defenseman Max Zwolan (Ann Arbor Pioneer)

Notre Dame

• Freshman midfielder Sergio Perkovic (Brother Rice)

Ohio State

• Senior midfielder Nick Diegel (Northville)

Penn

• Freshman goalie Ahmed Iftikhar (Detroit Country Day)

Richmond

• Freshman attack J.P. Forester (Brother Rice)

Robert Morris

• Freshman attack Kento Nakano (Rockford)

Rutgers

• Sophomore midfielder Jacob Coretti (East Grand Rapids)

Sacred Heart

• Junior midfielder Joe Kemp (Troy Athens)

St. John’s

• Freshman midfielder David Stafford (Mattawan)

VMI

• Junior midfielder Andrew Erber (Dexter)

Yale

• Freshman midfielder John Lazarsfeld (Ann Arbor Greenhills)

Schools with none: Albany, Army, Binghamton, Brown, Bryant, Bucknell, Colgate, Cornell, Dartmouth, Denver, Drexel, Duke, Fairfield, Furman, Harvard, High Point, Hobart, Hofstra, Holy Cross, Jacksonville, Johns Hopkins, Lafayette, Lehigh, Loyola, Manhattan, Marist, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mercer, Monmouth, Mount St. Mary’s, Navy, North Carolina, Penn State, Princeton, Providence, Quinnipiac, Saint Joseph’s, Siena, Stony Brook, Syracuse, Towson, UMBC, Vermont, Villanova, Virginia, Wagner, and Yale.

There are 53 players listed on 19 different teams, a decrease in overall numbers, but an increase in diversity of programs they’re headed to (55 and 13, respectively). There are nine homegrown players on Michigan’s roster, and 26 on Detroit’s roster.