Palumbo Is USA Lacrosse Preseason First-Team All-American; Seven Tigers Honored In All

In college men's lacrosse, you'd obviously rather be honored in May than in January. Still, it's nice to be on any All-American list, even the preseason one.

Chad Palumbo, a Princeton senior midfielder, has been named a preseason first-team All-American by USA Lacrosse, it was announced today. Palumbo is one of seven Princeton players honored, making the Tigers and Maryland the teams with the most selections.

MAKE THAT SIX FOR PALUMBO ??

Chad Palumbo of @TigerLacrosse dives in for his sixth goal of the quarterfinals game. #NCAAMLAX x ?? ESPNU pic.twitter.com/DWJIvji33w
— NCAA Lacrosse (@NCAALAX) May 17, 2025

Tucker Wade, a junior, was named to the second-team, making Princeton the only team with two offensive midfielders between first- and second-team. Joining Wade as a second-team selection is another junior, Cooper Mueller, a shortstick defensive midfielder who had a major breakout season a year ago.

Senior goalie Ryan Croddick was named third-team All-American, with three Tigers who have earned Honorable Mention: sophomore attackman/middie Peter Buonanno, junior SSDM Jackson Green and junior attackman Nate Kabiri.

Princeton opens its season Feb. 14 at home at noon against Penn State.

USA LACROSSE PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS
FIRST TEAM
A — Owen Duffy, North Carolina
A — Ryan Goldstein, Cornell
A — Joey Spallina, Syracuse
M — Benn Johnston, Duke
M — Michael Leo, Syracuse
M — Chad Palumbo, Princeton
FO — Brady Wambach, North Carolina
SSDM — Eric Kolar, Maryland
SSDM — Aidan Maguire, Duke
LSM — Will Donovan, Notre Dame
D — Shawn Lyght, Notre Dame
D — Will Schaller, Maryland
D — Bobby Van Buren, Ohio State
G — Caleb Fyock, Ohio State

SECOND TEAM
A — Dominic Pietramala, North Carolina
A — Silas Richmond, UAlbany
A — Mikey Weisshaar, Towson
M — Logan Ip, Harvard
M — Evan Plunkett, Army
M — Tucker Wade, Princeton
FO — John Mullen, Syracuse
SSDM — Cooper Mueller, Princeton
SSDM — Jack Pilling, Richmond
LSM — Ryan Splaine, Rutgers
D — Ty Banks, Georgetown
D — John Schroter, Virginia
D — Hunter Smith, Richmond
G — Sean Byrne, Army

THIRD TEAM
A — Willem Firth, Cornell
A — Eric Spanos, Maryland
A — Jack Speidell, Harvard
M — Hunter Aquino, Penn State
M — Matt Collison, Johns Hopkins
M — Liam Connor, Georgetown
FO — Jack Cascadden, Cornell
SSDM — Blake Eiland, Ohio State
SSDM — Joe Juengerkes, Rutgers
LSM — Jake Melchionni, Villanova
D — Cullen Brown, Ohio State
D — Charlie Johnson, Duke
D — Alex Ross, Penn State
G — Ryan Croddick, Princeton

HONORABLE MENTION
A — Peter Buonanno, Princeton
A — Rory Connor, Georgetown
A — Braden Erksa, Maryland
A — Nate Kabiri, Princeton
A — Colin Kurdyla, Rutgers
A — Alex Marinier, Ohio State
A — Aidan O'Neil, Richmond
A — Thomas Power, Dartmouth
A — Timothy Shannehan, Boston University
A — Josh Yago, Notre Dame
M — Will Angrick, Notre Dame
M — Hunter Drouin, Colgate
M — Ty English, North Carolina
M — McCabe Millon, Virginia
M — Trevor Natalie, Hofstra
M — Joe Sheridan, Richmond
M — Max Sloat, Duke
M — Luke Rhoa, Syracuse
M — Griffin Scane, Penn
M — Jack Taylor, Jacksonville
FO — Luca Accardo, High Point
FO — Henry Dodge, Maryland
FO — Ross Prince, Georgetown
SSDM — Jackson Green, Princeton
SSDM – George Stamos, Maryland
LSM — Jack Combs, Vermont
LSM — AJ Larkin, Maryland
D — Charlie Cave, Brown
D — Richard Checo, Lehigh
D — Nikko DiPonio, Utah
D — Billy Dwan, Syracuse
D — Quintan Kilrain, Johns Hopkins
D — AJ Marsh, Navy
D — Max Neeson, UAlbany
D — Julian Radossich, Fairfield
D — Jack Shoemaker, Villanova
D — Brendan Staub, Cornell
G — Anderson Moore, Georgetown
G — Jimmy McCool, Syracuse
G — Thomas Ricciardelli, Notre Dame
G — Cardin Stoller, Rutgers
G — Lucas Winger, Le Moyne

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