2019 ALL-USA Preseason Boys Lacrosse Team

USA TODAY High School Sports is presenting the fifth annual ALL-USA Preseason Boys Lacrosse Team.

Players are selected based on on-field accomplishments and strength of opposition during the previous high school season.

Click the photo gallery below to meet the members of the first team (players listed alphabetically):

<p><strong>School:</strong> Episcopal (Dallas)<br /> <strong>Position:</strong> Defense<br /> <strong>Year:</strong> Senior<br /> <strong>Height: </strong>6-3<br /> <strong>College: </strong>Virginia<br /> <strong>2018 stats/honors: </strong>Four goals, 45 groundballs, 14 caused turnovers</p> <p><em>Photo: Steve Toledo</em></p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> Massapequa (New York)<br /> <strong>Position:</strong> Defense<br /> <strong>Year:</strong> Senior<br /> <strong>Height:</strong> 6-3<br /> <strong>College:</strong> Duke<br /> <strong>2018 stats/honors: </strong>Three goals, two assists in three games, No. 1 defender on InsideLacrosse.com Class of 2019 player rankings.</p> <p><em>Photo: Massapequa (New York) Booster Club.</em></p>

<p><strong>School: </strong>Mary Institute & St. Louis Country Day School (St. Louis)<br /> <strong>Position:</strong> Midfield<br /> <strong>Year:</strong> Senior<br /> <strong>Height:</strong> 6-0<br /> <strong>College:</strong> Georgetown<br /> <strong>2018 stats/honors:</strong> State-record 146 points (90 goals, 56 assists), US Lacrosse Midwest Player of the Year.</p> <p><em>Photo: Thomas Deane </em></p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> Middle Creek (Apex, N.C.)<br /> <strong>Position: </strong>Midfield<br /> <strong>Year:</strong> Senior<br /> <strong>Height:</strong> 5-11<br /> <strong>College: </strong>Duke<br /> <strong>2018 stats/honors: </strong>53 goals, 42 assists, 39 groundballs.</p> <p><em>Photo: Lana Daniels</em></p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> Salisbury School (Salisbury, Conn.)<br /> <strong>Position:</strong> Midfield<br /> <strong>Year:</strong> Senior<br /> <strong>Height:</strong> 5-11<br /> <strong>College:</strong> Duke<br /> <strong>2018 stats/honors:</strong> 30 goals, 22 assists for Wilton, Connecticut, No. 2 midfielder on InsideLacrosse.com Class of 2019 player rankings.</p> <p><em>Photo: Kathy Drake</em></p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.)<br /> <strong>Position:</strong> Defense<br /> <strong>Year:</strong> Senior<br /> <strong>Height:</strong> 6-1<br /> <strong>College:</strong> Princeton<br /> <strong>2018 stats/honors: </strong>60 groundballs, 12 takeaways, first-team all-WCAC, Washington Post first-team All-Met</p> <p><em>Photo: Tony Militello</em></p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> St. Sebastian’s (Needham, Massachusetts)<br /> <strong>Position:</strong> Long-stick middie, defense<br /> <strong>Year:</strong> Senior<br /> <strong>Height:</strong> 5-11<br /> <strong>College: </strong>Duke<br /> <strong>2018 stats/honors:</strong> team-high 75 groundballs, eight goals, three assists, 24 caused turnovers, all-league.</p> <p><em>Photo: Meredith Murphy</em></p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> Calvert Hall (Baltimore, Md.)<br /> <strong>Position:</strong> Midfield<br /> <strong>Year: </strong>Junior<br /> <strong>Height:</strong> 6-1<br /> <strong>College:</strong> North Carolina<br /> <strong>2018 stats/honors: </strong>30 goals, 19 assists, Baltimore Sun All-Metro.</p> <p><em>Photo: Jeff Marshall</em></p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> The McCallie School (Chattanooga, Tenn.)<br /> <strong>Position:</strong> Defense<br /> <strong>Year:</strong> Senior<br /> <strong>Height:</strong> 6-4<br /> <strong>College: </strong>Duke<br /> <strong>2018 stats/honors: </strong>first-team all-state, US Lacrosse All-American.</p> <p><em>Photo: Doug Smith/ On Fire Photography</em></p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> Ward Melville (East Setauket, New York)<br /> <strong>Position:</strong> Goalie<br /> <strong>Year:</strong> Junior<br /> <strong>Height:</strong> 5-9<br /> <strong>College:</strong> North Carolina<br /> <strong>2018 Stats/Honors:</strong> All-County, top-ranked goalie in Class of 2020 on InsideLacrosse.com.</p> <p><em>Photo: John Dielman </em></p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> Woodward Academy (College Park, Ga.)<br/><strong>Position:</strong> Attack<br/><strong>Year:</strong> Junior<br/><strong>Height: </strong>5-10<br/><strong>College:</strong> Maryland<br/><strong>2018 stats/honors:</strong> 82 goals, 83 assists, first-team all-state.</p><p><em>Photo: Jim Humphrey</em></p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.)<br/><strong>Position:</strong> Goalie<br/><strong>Year: </strong>Junior<br/><strong>Height:</strong> 5-9<br/><strong>College:</strong> Johns Hopkins<br/><strong><strong>2018 Stats/Honors</strong>: </strong>173 saves, .620 save percentage, seven goals against.</p><p><em>Photo: Tony Militello</em></p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> St. Anthony’s High School (Huntington Station, N.Y.)<br/><strong>Position:</strong> Attack<br/><strong>Year:</strong> Junior<br/><strong>Height:</strong> 6-2<br/><strong>College: </strong>Duke<br/><strong>2018 stats/honors:</strong> 64 goals, 34 assists, No. 1 on InsideLacrosse.com Class of 2020 rankings.</p><p><em>Photo: Matt Chandik/NLF</em></p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> Ward Melville (East Setauket, N.Y.)<br /> <strong>Position:</strong> Attack<br /> <strong>Year:</strong> Senior<br /> <strong>Height:</strong> 5-11<br /> <strong>College:</strong> Maryland<br /> <strong>2018 stats/honors:</strong> Second in team scoring; recorded a 10-point game; No. 9 player on <a href="http://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/l2BjCwpyQmHGY8O9zs9hRM_?domain=insidelacrosse.com" target="_blank">InsideLacrosse.com</a> Class of 2019 player rankings.</p> <p><em>Photo: John Dielman</em></p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> Massapequa (N.Y.)<br/><strong>Position:</strong> Face-off specialist<br/><strong>Year:</strong> Senior<br/><strong>Height: </strong>5-7<br/><strong>College:</strong> Cornell<br/><strong>2018 stats/honors: </strong>Won 81 percent of face-offs, 16 goals, 15 assists, Nassau County Player of the Year.</p><p>Photo: Massapequa Booster Club</p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> Mount Sinai (New York)<br /> <strong>Position:</strong> Defense<br /> <strong>Year:</strong> Junior<br /> <strong>Height: </strong>5-11<br /> <strong>College:</strong> Maryland<br /> <strong>2018 stats/honors:</strong> No. 2 defender on InsideLacrosse.com Class of 2020 player rankings.</p> <p><em>Photo: Amy Trepeta</em></p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> Episcopal (Portland, Ore.)<br/><strong>Position:</strong> Attack<br/><strong>Year: </strong>Senior<br/><strong>Height:</strong> 5-9<br/><strong>College: </strong>Princeton<br/><strong>2018 stats/honors: </strong>58 goals, 32 assists, first-team all-state.</p><p><em>Photo: John Holloran</em></p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> St. Anne’s Belfield (Charlottesville, Va.)<br/><strong>Position:</strong> Attack<br/><strong>Year:</strong> Senior<br/><strong>Height:</strong> 6-0<br/><strong>College: </strong>Virginia<br/><strong>2018 stats/honors:</strong> 28 goals, 38 assists, No. 1 on InsideLacrosse.com Class of 2019 rankings.</p><p><em>Photo: Patti McGraw</em></p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> Gilman School (Baltimore)<br /> <strong>Position:</strong> Defense<br /> <strong>Year: </strong>Junior<br /> <strong>Height:</strong> 6-2<br /> <strong>College:</strong> Yale<br /> <strong>2018 stats/honors:</strong> 33 groundballs, top-ranked defender in Class of 2020 on InsideLacrosse.com.</p> <p><em>Photo: Anne Stuzin </em></p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> Regis Jesuit (Aurora, Colo.)<br/><strong>Position:</strong> Attack<br/><strong>Year:</strong> Senior<br/><strong>Height:</strong> 6-1<br/><strong>College: </strong>Notre Dame<br/><strong>2018 stats/honors:</strong> 62 goals, 16 assists, US Lacrosse All-American.</p><p><em>Photo: Lance Wendt/LanceWendt.com</em></p>

<p><strong>School:</strong> St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes (Alexandria, Va.)<br /> <strong>Position:</strong> Midfield<br /> <strong>Year:</strong> Senior<br /> <strong>Height:</strong> 6-2<br /> <strong>College:</strong> North Carolina<br /> <strong>2018 stats/honors:</strong> 141 groundballs, 7 goals, 7 assists, won 76.5 percent of face-offs.</p> <p><em>Photo: Jameson Bloom</em></p>

<p><strong>School: </strong>William Penn Charter (Philadelphia, Pa.)<br /> <strong>Position:</strong> Midfield, face-off specialist<br /> <strong>Year:</strong> Senior<br /> <strong>Height:</strong> 6-1<br /> <strong>College:</strong> Virginia<br /> <strong>2018 stats/honors:</strong> Inter Academic League co-MVP, all-state, won 81 percent of face-offs, 15 goals, 8 assists.</p> <p><em>Photo: Penn Charter</em></p>

IN REVIEW: 2018 ALL-USA Boys Lacrosse Teams