If you want to know the caliber of the players competing for the USA Select U18 and U16 teams this weekend in the Brogden Cup, look back at the inaugural squads from 2019.
These were the pioneers who helped launched USA Lacrosse’s National Team Development Program, which at the time used U17 and U15 designations.
Now they’re tearing it up in college.
Rachel Clark, Virginia
The ACC Freshman of the Year set a UVA rookie record with 64 goals, adding 11 assists as the team’s top scorer.
Emma LoPinto, Florida
An IWLCA third-team All-American, LoPinto put up 97 points — fourth-most ever by a freshman in NCAAA Division I women’s lacrosse history — this past spring. She was a 10-time AAC Freshman of the Week.
Bobby O’Grady, Marquette
The Big East Freshman of the Year broke Marquette’s single-season scoring record with 45 goals in his first season in Milwaukee. It included an eight-goal outburst against St. John’s.
Fallon Vaughan, Yale
A unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection as a freshman midfielder, Vaughan was Yale’s No. 2 scorer with 31 goals.
Asher Wagnon, Georgia Tech
Wagnon scored 34 goals and shot 40 percent from the midfield, emerging as a force for a Georgia Tech team that advanced to the MCLA Division I championship game.
TEN TO WATCH
Numerous players that starred for the USA Select U15 teams in 2019 will make their collegiate debuts this year or next. Several are ranked among the top recruits in their class according to Inside Lacrosse.
Current College Freshmen
• Kori Edmondson, Maryland (#1 Class of 2022)
• Will Costin, Penn State
• Shea Dolce, Boston College (#7 Class of 2022)
• Charlie Howard, Boston University
• Logan Ip, Harvard
• AJ Larkin, Maryland (#6 Class of 2022)
• Emma Muchnick, Maryland (#17 Class of 2022)
Current High School Seniors
• Chloe Humphrey, North Carolina (#1 Class of 2023)
• Nate Kabiri, Princeton (#9 Class of 2023)
• McCabe Millon, Virginia (#1 Class of 2023)
The USA Select U16 and U18 teams take on teams from Ontario and the Haudenosaunee Nation this weekend in the Brogden Cup, part of the USA Lacrosse Fall Classic in Sparks, Maryland. Sunday’s games will be streamed live on USALacrosse.com.