Coulter Mackesy Named One Of 25 Nominees For The Tewaaraton Award

Coulter Mackesy hasn't needed long to make a national name for himself in Division I men's lacrosse.

The Princeton attackman has been named as one of only two sophomores among the final 25 nominees for the Tewaaraton Award, given to the outstanding player in college lacrosse. The list of 25 was announced Thursday afternoon by the Tewaaraton Foundation, who will announce the five finalists on May 11.

Mackesy and Notre Dame's Chris Kavanagh are the only two sophomores in the group. There are also five total Ivy League players, with Mackesy, Penn's Sam Handley, Yale's Matt Brandau and Cornell's C.J. Kirst and Gavin Adler.

Mackesy has had a huge sophomore year for Princeton. As the only attackman to start all 10 games, Mackesy has team bests with 37 goals and 55 points, and his per game averages ranks third (points) and fifth (goals) in Division I. He has at least one goal in 17 straight games, including at least three in nine of 10 games this season. Mackesy enters Saturday's game against Harvard (1, Sherrerd Field) with 98 career points, leaving him two away from becoming the 40th player in program history to reach 100 points — and only the fifth Princeton sophomore to do so, along with Michael Sowers, Kevin Lowe, Ryan Boyle and Jesse Hubbard.

Here is the list of the 25 men's Tewaaraton Nominees:

Gavin Adler, Cornell - Sr., Defense
Will Bowen, Georgetown - Grad. Student, Defense
Matt Brandau, Yale - Jr., Attack
Kenny Brower, Duke - Sr., Defense
Matt Campbell, Villanova - Grad. Student, Midfield
Zach Cole, St. Joe's - Grad. Student, Face Off
Payton Cormier, Virginia - Sr., Attack
Tucker Dordevic, Georgetown - Grad. Student, Attack
Liam Entenmann, Notre Dame - Sr., Goalie
Sam Handley, Penn - 5th Year, Midfield
Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame - Sr., Attack
Chris Kavanagh, Notre Dame - Soph., Attack
CJ Kirst, Cornell - Jr., Attack
Shane Knobloch, Rutgers - Jr., Midfield
Tye Kurtz, Delaware - Sr., Attack
Coulter Mackesy, Princeton - Soph., Attack
Brett Makar, Maryland - Grad. Student, Defense
TJ Malone, Penn State - Grad. Student, Attack
Will Mark, Syracuse - Jr., Goalie
Brennan O'Neill, Duke - Jr., Attack
Ross Scott, Rutgers - Sr., Attack
Connor Shellenberger, Virginia - Sr., Attack
Mike Sisselberger, Lehigh - Grad. Student, Face Off
Luke Wierman, Maryland - Sr., Face Off
Josh Zawada, Michigan - Sr., Attack

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