👀 TEWAARATON WATCH LIST RELEASED

Who is the BEST college lacrosse player in the country?

The highest individual honor in the sport is the Tewaaraton Award, which recently released a Watch List of 50 men’s players and 50 women’s players for the 2025 NCAA season. There will be a round of additions later in the season, but you can safely assume a player on each of these lists will ultimately hoist the trophy in May.

This newsletter will highlight some interesting candidates to win the 2025 Tewaaraton Award, list out all 100 players on the men’s and women’s Watch Lists, then provide some broadcast/streaming information for the games coming up this weekend.

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🏆 Men’s Tewaaraton Watch List

Only one player on the Men’s Tewaaraton Award Watch List has been a finalist in the past: Cornell attackman CJ Kirst (2023). He is the favorite to win the award and go No. 1 overall in the 2025 PLL Draft.

Coming off back-to-back NCAA Championships, Notre Dame boasts four players on the preseason Watch List: attackmen Chris Kavanagh and Jake Taylor, short-stick defensive midfielder Ben Ramsey, and close defenseman Shawn Lyght.

Lyght is one of seven sophomores on the Watch List. The others are Georgetown defenseman Ty Banks, North Carolina attackman Owen Duffy, Duke midfielder Benn Johnston, Princeton attackman Nate Kabiri, Virginia attackman McCabe Millon, and Rutgers goalie Cardin Stoller.

Two non-Division I athletes made the Watch List, as well: Salisbury defenseman John DeFazio (D3) and Adelphi goalie Dylan Renner (D2).

Here’s the full men’s watch list, via Inside Lacrosse:

Ty Banks, Georgetown - Soph., Defense 
Ryan Bell, Providence - Sr., Attack 
Aidan Carroll, Georgetown - Grad. Student, Attack 
Emmet Carroll, Penn - 5th year, Goalie 
Richard Checo, Lehigh - Jr., Defense 
Ryan Cohen, Michigan - Sr., Attack 
William Coletti, Army West Point - Sr., Face Off 
Matt Collison, Johns Hopkins - Jr., Midfield 
John DeFazio, Salisbury - Grad. Student, Defense 
Owen Duffy, North Carolina - Soph., Attack 
Billy Dwan III, Syracuse - Jr., Defense 
Kevin Ellington, Delaware - Grad. Student, Goalie 
Braden Erksa, Maryland - Jr., Attack 
Jack Fracyon, Penn State - Sr., Goalie 
Jimmy Freehill, Denver - Sr., Defense 
Michael Gianforcaro, North Carolina - Grad. Student, Goalie 
Owen Hiltz, Syracuse - Redshirt Senior, Attack 
Leo Johnson, Yale - Sr., Attack 
Benn Johnston, Duke - Soph., Midfield
Nate Kabiri, Princeton - Soph., Attack 
Chris Kavanagh, Notre Dame - Sr., Attack 
Hugh Kelleher, Cornell - Sr., Midfield 
Sam King, Harvard - Sr., Attack 
CJ Kirst, Cornell - Sr., Attack 
Brendan Lavelle, Penn - 5th year, Defense 
Matt Licata, Villanova - Grad. Student, Attack 
Michael Long, Cornell - Sr., Attack 
Shawn Lyght, Notre Dame - Soph., Defense 
Chris Lyons, Yale - Sr., Attack 
Coulter Mackesy, Princeton - Sr., Attack 
Aidan Maguire, Duke - Jr., SSDM 
Andrew McAdorey, Duke - Sr., Midfield 
Logan McNaney, Maryland - Grad. Student, Goalie 
McCabe Millon, Virginia - Soph., Attack 
Colin Mulshine, Princeton - Sr., Defense 
AJ Pilate, Army West Point - Sr., Defense 
Evan Plunkett, Army West Point - Jr., Midfield 
Ben Ramsey, Notre Dame - Sr., SSDM 
Dylan Renner, Adelphi - Grad. Student, Goalie 
Brad Sharp, Yale - Sr., Midfield 
Scott Smith, Johns Hopkins  - Grad. Student, Defense 
Joey Spallina, Syracuse - Jr., Attack 
Ryan Stines, Utah - Jr., Attack 
Cardin Stoller, Rutgers - Soph., Goalie 
Jake Taylor, Notre Dame - Grad. Student, Attack 
Matt Traynor, Penn State - Sr., Attack 
Levi Verch, St Joes - Sr., Defense 
Ben Wayer, Virginia - Sr., Defense 
Mikey Weisshaar, Towson - Jr., Midfield 
Max Yates, Colgate - Sr., Defense

🏆 Women’s Tewaaraton Watch List

On the women’s side, it’s time for a new star to emerge. Two players have won the past four Tewaaraton Awards: Boston College’s Charlotte North (2021, 2022) and Northwestern’s Izzy Scane (2023, 2024).

The two returning finalists from last year are Loyola’s Chase Boyle and Northwestern’s Madison Taylor. Both players eclipsed 100 points last season, and Taylor had the most points in 2024 (116) of any returning player in D1 college lacrosse.

Northwestern and Boston College, who met in last year’s NCAA Championship, lead the way with five players each. Attacker Niki Miles, midfielder Sam Smith, goalie Delaney Sweitzer, and defender Sammy White join Taylor from Northwestern. The five Watch List players from BC are attackers Rachel Clark, McKenna Davis and Emma LoPinto, defender Shea Baker, and goalie Shea Dolce.

Here’s the full women’s watch list, via Inside Lacrosse:

Olivia Adamson, Syracuse - Sr., Attack 
Ava Angello, Johns Hopkins - Jr., Attack 
Shea Baker, Boston College - Jr., Defense 
Lauren Black, Denver - Sr., Attack 
McKenzie Blake, Princeton - Sr., Attack 
Chase Boyle, Loyola Maryland - Sr., Midfield 
Theresa Bragg, Florida - Jr., Defense 
Anna Brandt, UPenn - Sr., Midfield 
Grace Callahan, Michigan - Jr., Defense 
Rachel Clark, Boston College - Sr., Attack 
Jenna Collignon, Yale - Sr., Attack 
Jorden Concordia, Saint Joseph's - Grad. Student, Goalie 
Jenika Cuocco, Drexel - RS Junior, Goalie 
Alyssa Daley, Navy - Sr., Draw Specialist 
Kaitlyn Davies, Florida - Jr., Midfield 
Mckenna Davis, Boston College - Sr., Attack 
Shea Dolce, Boston College - Jr., Goalie 
Haven Dora, Princeton - Jr., Attack 
Brigid Duffy, Army - Jr., Midfield 
Kaylee Dyer, Michigan - Sr., Attack 
Kori Edmondson, Maryland - Jr., Midfield 
Maddie Epke, James Madison - Jr., Attack 
Annabel Frist, Stanford - Sr., Midfield 
Kate Galica, Virginia - Soph., Midfield 
Callie Hem, Duke - Grad. Student, Attack 
Avery Hines, Stony Brook - Sr., Defense 
Ellie Hollin, Penn State - Sr., Defense 
Georgia Latch, Loyola Maryland - Sr., Attack 
Emma LoPinto, Boston College - Sr., Attack 
Catherine Lord, USC - Sr., Defense 
Ashley Mackin, Johns Hopkins - Sr., Attack 
Emily Messinese, Navy - Sr., Attack 
Niki Miles, Northwestern - Grad. Student, Attack 
Kate Miller, Virginia - Sr., Attack 
Erin O'Grady, Michigan - Sr., Goalie 
Lily Osborne, Loyola Maryland - Sr., Defense 
Emmy Pascal, Yale - Jr., Defense 
Lucy Pearson, Stanford - Jr., Goalie 
Aliya Polisky, Stanford - Soph., Attack 
Hope Shue, Middlebury - Jr., Attack 
Jill Smith, Michigan - Sr., Attack 
Sam Smith, Northwestern - Sr., Midfield 
Delaney Sweitzer, Northwestern - Grad. Student, Goalie 
Madison Taylor, Northwestern - Jr., Attack 
Fallon Vaughn, Yale - Sr., Midfield 
Brooklyn Walker-Welch, North Carolina - Sr., Defense 
Emma Ward, Syracuse - Grad. Student, Attack 
Grace Weigand, Notre Dame - Sr., Defense 
Sammy White, Northwestern - Sr., Defense 
Marissa White, North Carolina - Jr., Attack

📺 How to Watch MORE Lacrosse!

College lacrosse is officially underway. Below you can find full broadcast/streaming info for a bunch of games this weekend, but first you should check out Mitchell Pehlke’s new YouTube video from the PLL Combine last month.

Pehlke was on the field at IMG Academy with the best high school players in the county, and his vlog put these future stars in a never-before-seen light. This was only the 2nd PLL Combine ever, but it’s already the gold standard for athletic testing in the sport.

Here are the D1 men’s games on TV this weekend, via Inside Lacrosse (all times Eastern)…

Friday, Feb. 7
3 p.m. — Wagner at Hofstra (FloSports)
3 p.m. — Merrimack at UMass Lowell (AmericaEast.com)
4 p.m. — Holy Cross at Queens (No stream link)
5 p.m. — Lehigh at Fairfield (YouTube)
6 p.m. — Vermont at Syracuse (ACCNX)

Saturday, Feb. 8
11 a.m. — Mercer at Marist (ESPN+)
11:30 a.m. — Manhattan at Monmouth (FloSports)
12 p.m. — Army at UMass (ESPN+)
12 p.m. — Mercyhurst at Bellarmine (ESPN+)
12 p.m. — Lafayette at Binghamton (ESPN+)
12 p.m. — Providence at Bryant (No stream link)
12 p.m. — Canisius at Hobart (Hobart All-Access)
12 p.m. — Cleveland State at Ohio State (BTN+)
12 p.m. — Colgate at Virginia (ACCNX)
12 p.m. — Duke at Jacksonville (ESPN+)
12 p.m. — High Point at VMI (No stream link)
12 p.m. — Iona at Navy (ESPN+)
12 p.m. — LIU at Mount St. Mary’s (No stream link)
12 p.m. — Michigan at North Carolina (ACCNX)
12 p.m. — St. John’s at NJIT (ESPN+)
12 p.m. — Robert Morris at Richmond (ESPN+)
12 p.m. — Sacred Heart at St. Joe’s (ESPN+)
1 p.m. — Boston U at Siena (Siena All-Access)
1 p.m. — Georgetown at Hopkins (ESPN+)
1 p.m. — Maryland at Loyola (ESPN+)
1 p.m. — Stony Brook at Rutgers (BTN+)
2 p.m. — Denver at Air Force (ESPN+)
2 p.m. — Delaware at Utah (ESPN+)
3 p.m. — Bucknell at St. Bonaventure (Bonnies Online Network)
3:30 p.m. — Detroit Mercy at Marquette (FloSports)

Sunday, Feb. 9
12 p.m. — Iona at Hampton (No stream link)
12 p.m. — Penn State at Villanova (FloSports)