University of Richmond Athletics
Six Spiders Named USA Lacrosse All-Americans
05/07/2026 | Men's Lacrosse
Sparks, Md. – Six members of the University of Richmond men's lacrosse team were named USA Lacrosse All-Americans on Thursday, recognizing the Spiders among the nation's top individual performers this season.
Hunter Smith (D) and Jack Pilling (SSDM) earned First Team honors, while Joe Sheridan (M) was named a Second Team selection. Gavin Creo (M) collected Third Team recognition, and Aidan O'Neil (A) along with Brayden Penafeather-Stevenson (LSM) were tabbed as Honorable Mentions.
Princeton led the nation with eight All-Americans, followed by Richmond, Syracuse, Notre Dame, and North Carolina with six apiece.
Powered by those six standouts, Richmond enters the NCAA Tournament ranked among the nation's elite on both ends of the field. The Spiders lead the country in scoring margin (+7.40) and winning percentage (.933), while ranking second nationally in both scoring offense (15.47 goals per game) and points per game (24.13). Richmond also ranks among the national leaders in assists per game (8.67, sixth) and shot percentage (.340, sixth).
The dominance extends to the defensive end, where Richmond ranks third nationally in scoring defense (8.07 goals allowed per game) and fourth in caused turnovers per game (10.53). The Spiders also sit eighth nationally in clearing percentage (.909), ground balls per game (35.27), and man-down defense (.767).
No. 2-ranked and third-seeded Richmond — winners of 23 of its last 25 games — will make its seventh NCAA Tournament appearance in just 13 seasons and host its first-ever NCAA Tournament game Saturday night at Robins Stadium against Duke. Opening faceoff is set for 7:30 p.m., with ESPNU carrying the broadcast featuring Drew Carter and Paul Carcaterra on the call.
FIRST TEAM
A – Willem Firth, Cornell
A – Nate Kabiri, Princeton
A – Joey Spallina, Syracuse
M – Matt Collison, Johns Hopkins
M – Evan Plunkett, Army
M – Tucker Wade, Princeton
D – Cullen Brown, Ohio State
D – Shawn Lyght, Notre Dame
D – Hunter Smith, Richmond
LSM – Will Donovan, Notre Dame
SSDM – Aidan Maguire, Duke
SSDM – Jack Pilling, Richmond
FO – Brady Wambach, North Carolina
G – Ryan Croddick, Princeton
SECOND TEAM
A – Owen Duffy, North Carolina
A – McCabe Millon, Virginia
A – Mikey Weisshaar, Towson
M – Logan Ip, Harvard
M – Joe Sheridan, Richmond
M – Max Sloat, Duke
D – Charlie Johnson, Duke
D – Alex Ross, Penn State
D – Jack Stahl, Princeton
LSM – AJ Larkin, Maryland
SSDM – Ty English, North Carolina
SSDM – Joe Juengerkes, Rutgers
FO – Jack Cascadden, Cornell
G – Thomas Ricciardelli, Notre Dame
THIRD TEAM
A – Rory Connor, Georgetown
A – Brendan Millon, Virginia
A – Chad Palumbo, Princeton
M – Ryan Colsey, Virginia
M – Gavin Creo, Richmond
M – Luke Rhoa, Syracuse
D – Ty Banks, Georgetown
D – Brendan Staub, Cornell
D – John Sullivan, Army
LSM – Jake Melchionni, Villanova
SSDM – Jon King, Penn State
SSDM – Cooper Mueller, Princeton
FO – Henry Dodge, Maryland
G – Caleb Fyock, Ohio State
HONORABLE MENTION
A – Liam Connor, Georgetown
A – Mason Cook, Loyola
A – Ryan Goldstein, Cornell
A – Leo Johnson, Maryland
A – Benn Johnston, Duke
A – Michael Leo, Syracuse
A – Aidan O'Neil, Richmond
A – Dominic Pietramala, North Carolina
A – Silas Richmond, UAlbany
A – Timothy Shannehan, Boston University
A – Jack Taylor, Jacksonville
A – Josh Yago, Notre Dame
M – John Aurandt IV, Harvard
M – Cole Cashion, Yale
M – Rhett Chambers, Providence
M – John Dunphy, Princeton
M – Tyler Fox, Boston University
M – Matt Jeffery, Notre Dame
M – Will Maheras, Notre Dame
M – Peter Moynihan, Yale
M – John Murray, Sacred Heart
M – Chuck Rawson, Johns Hopkins
M – Mason Szewczyk, North Carolina
M – Marcus Wertheim, Brown
D – Carson Brown, Johns Hopkins
D – Richard Checo, Lehigh
D – Rowan Clay, Michigan
D – Nikko DiPonio, Utah
D – Billy Dwan III, Syracuse
D – Riley Figueiras, Syracuse
D – Kyle Foster, Ohio State
D – Max Neeson, UAlbany
D – Patrick Pisano, Yale
D – Julian Radossich, Fairfield
D – John Schroter, Virginia
D – Owen Tapper, Robert Morris
LSM – Cole Cunningham, Air Force
LSM – Sam Erickson, Colgate
LSM – Brayden Penafeather-Stevenson, Richmond
LSM – Peter Thomann, North Carolina
SSDM – Dante Bowen, Syracuse
SSDM – Peter Detwiler, Marquette
SSDM – Reese DiCicco, Johns Hopkins
SSDM – Blake Eiland, Ohio State
SSDM – Luke Gilmartin, Cornell
SSDM – Jackson Green, Princeton
SSDM – Anthony McMullan, Penn
SSDM – Keagan Treacy, Army
FO – Luke Accardo, High Point
FO – Logan Banek, Siena
FO – Reid Gills, Penn State
FO – Walter Zhao, Vermont
G – Sean Byrne, Army
G – Oren Gelinas, Johns Hopkins
G – Grayson Manning, Denver
G – Owen Salenger, UMass
