Lacrosse at Yale
Yale launched its rich lacrosse heritage late in the 1800s as one of the first universities in America to play the game competitively at the collegiate level. The Elis won the national championship in 1883 and were a national power for many decades thereafter.
In the early 1930's, Yale had four players who earned a pair of first-team All-America nods- Earl Stevens, Winthrop Smith (in photo), Harry Beggs and John Train. Harold Dell joined the elite quartet, earning first-team recognition in 1941 and 1942.
Yale had great success under the tutelage of William A.R. Harkness, who won 100 games from 1950-63. His first squad set a school record with 12 wins, while his 1955 team won 11 of the 13 games. Harkness had 11 winning seasons during his tenure, produced three first-team All-Americans (Kinloch Yellott, John Pendergast and Bob Grose) and led the Elis to the Ivy championship in 1956.
Richard Corrigan took over as head coach in 1964, and his 1966 squad won 11 of 13 games. Bob McHenry succeeded Corrigan in 1970. The tradition of excellent defensemen continued under Corrigan and McHenry with Charles Benoit and Larry Story earning first-team All-America honors in 1965 and 1972, respectively.
Head coach Mike Waldvogel brought Yale lacrosse back to national prominence in the late '80s. The Elis won three consecutive championships from 1988-90 in the toughest lacrosse league in the country- the Ivy League. Yale participated in the 1988, 1990 and 1992 NCAA Championships, occupying the No. 2 position in the national poll for most of the 1990 season, reaching the semis in the '90 NCAAs and the quarters in the '92 tournament. In 1993, Waldvogel became the winningest lacrosse coach in Yale history, surpassing the 100-win mark.
Current mentor Andy Shay brought the Bulldogs back to familiar territory with a share of the league title in 2010, a 2012 Ivy League Tournament Championship and NCAA berth and three straight (2010, 11, 12) post-season appearances.
Yale has won six Ivy League Championships, including the first one handed out in 1956. The others came in 1969, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 2010.
The Yale roll call of All-America selections and members of the Lacrosse Hall of Fame are a testament to the impact the Bulldog program has had on the game. Yale players have received All-America mention 181 times, including 21 first-team selections.
Jon Reese '90, the most decorated of all Yale players, received the 1990 Lt. Don C. McLaughlin, Jr. Memorial Award as the nation's top midfielder. He was a three-time first-team All-Ivy pick, the 1990 Ivy and New England Player of the Year and Yale's career leader in points (200) and goals (162). Reese, whose 82 goals his senior season are still an NCAA record, was a 1990 All-American, was named to the NCAA Silver Anniversary Team and became a U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee in 2011.
One of the best-known goalies in the history of the program is Tony Guido, who earned the 1990 Ensign C.M. Kelly Jr. Memorial Award as the top goaltender in Division 1. Guido helped the Elis earn three Ivy titles while playing in three NCAA Tournaments.
Tony Resch '85, an All-American defenseman his senior year, became better known after his days at New Haven. He helped lead the U.S. beat Canada in the championship of the 1990 World Games in Perth, Australia. He played professionally from 1988 to 1993 and became a coach in the pro ranks.
The Elis have had many dominating face-off men in recent years, but none had the success of Dan Kallaugher '06, who was among Division I's top three in face-off percentage for three seasons. Kallaugher, who once had 18 ground balls in a game and was Yale's 2006 MVP, became one of the top face-off men in Major League Lacrosse for the Chicago Machine after completing his college career with a .627 save percentage.
Seven Yale graduates are members of the United States Lacrosse Hall of Fame: Jon Reese 90, Harry Beggs '32, Malcolm McIntyre '29 and '33 DSL, Winthrop A. Smith '31 (in photo), Walter Collins '23, George Chandlee '36 and Robert G. Merrick '54.
Yale and Major League Lacrosse Drafts
Position Name Round Year Team
M Marko Lujic '02 11th round 2004 Philadelphia Barrage
A Brian Hunt '02 6th round 2005 Boston Cannons
D Noah Glass '03 13th Round 2004 Boston Cannons
A Mike Scaglione '03 14th round 2004 Philadelphia Barrage
M. Ned Britt '04 14th round 2005 New Jersey Pride
A Seth Goldberg '05 16th round 2006 Rochester Rattlers
M Dan Kallaugher '06 2nd round 2007 Chicago Machine
A Tyson Casertano '08 2nd round 2009 Denver Outlaws
M Nick Tsouris '10 4th round 2010 Boston Cannons
M Jack Flaherty '11 12th round 2012 Chesapeake Bayhawks
A Matt Gibson '12 5th round 2012 Chesapeake Bayhawks
M Gregory Mahony '12 7th round 2012 Boston Cannons
YALE MEN'S LACROSSE INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
L. C. STOWELL AWARD. Presented annually to the most valuable player on the varsity squad.
1958 Robert Cushman
1959 N/A
1960 John Allan
1961 Barnes Ellis
1962 Gibbs LaMotte
1963 Roger Ahlbrandt
1964 John Gibson
1965 Charles Benoit
1966 Mac Bradford
1967 Tom Preston
1968 Tom Preston
1969 D. Huntington
1970 Mike Stanton
1971 Tom Fagan
1972 Larry Story
1973 Blair Bell
1974 Larry Wexler
1975 Larry Fox
1976 D. Stoutworth
1977 Jim Graham
1978 Brad Gano
1979 Mike Burns
1980 Craig Hornig
1981 Mike Devlin
1982 Mike Devlin
1983 Tony Resch
1984 Ted Moran
1985 Tony Resch
1986 Ted Moran
1987 Bill Dixon
1988 Adam Puritz
1989 Mike Babcock
1990 John Reese
1991 Brian Walter
1992 Rich Dressler
1993 Rich Dressler
1994 Rich Dressler
1995 Tom Zaccagnino
1996 Joe Pilch
1997 Joe Pilch
1998 Joe Pilch
1999 Joe Pilch
2000 Don Gerne
2001 Brian Hunt
2002 Eric Wenzel
2003 Mike Scaglione
2004 Scott Kenworthy
2005 Dan Kallaugher
2006 Dan Kallaugher
2007 Chris Kempner
2008 Tyler Casertano
2009 Brendan Gibson
2010 Brendan Gibson
2011 Johnathan Falcone
2012 Matt Gibson
WALTER T. COLLINS AWARD. Walter T. Collins '23. Awarded annually to a player who by his overall ability and play has been selected as the best offensive lacrosse player of the season.
1960 Michael Curran
1961 Gibbs LaMotte
1962 Daniel Bullard
1963 Grose Ivansheck
1964 Brian Rapp
1965 Mac Bradford
1966 Mac Bradford
1967 Bruce Corbridge
1968 Rick McCarthy
1969 D. Huntington
1970 Tom Fagan
1971 Tom Fagan
1972 Tom Fagan
1973 Fred Smith
1974 Fred Smith
1975 Fred Smith
1976 Paul Catterton
1977 Jim Graham
1978 Brian Matthews
1979 Andy Murr
1980 Mike Devlin
1981 Mike Devlin
1982 Mike Devlin
1983 Ken Lenskold
1984 Ted Moran
1985 Ted Moran
1986 Adam Puritz
1987 John Reese
1988 Mike Babcock, Adam Puritz
1989 Mike Babcock
1990 Jason O'Neill, Jon Reese
1991 Walter Dunn
1992 Clayton Simmers
1993 Chris Disimile
1994 Simon Duxbury
1995 Tom Zaccagnino, Tony Rousou
1996 Tom Zaccagnino, Bob Berls
1997 Watts Humphrey
1998 Brian Shure
1999 Chris McIntyre
2000 Chris McIntye
2001 Brian Hunt
2002 Marko Lujic, Mike Scaglione
2003 Mike Scaglione
2004 Ned Britt
2005 Seth Goldberg
2006 Tyler Casertano, Dan Brillman
2007 Chris Kempner
2008 Tyler Casertano
2009 Michael Karwoski
2010 Matt Gibson
2011 Matt Gibson
2012 Matt Gibson
DONALD J. REAPE MEMORIAL AWARD. Presented annually by Donald J. Reape to that upperclassman who best exemplifies the character, spirit, dedication, hard work, and enthusiasm that his son Don gave to Yale Lacrosse.
1980 Tom Hawkins
1981 Tom Hawkins
1982 Dan Liu
1983 Tom Conroy
1984 Mickey Harley
1985 Mickey Harley
1986 Scott Giese
1987 Jon Reesee
1988 Keith Joseph
1989 Keith Joseph
1990 Reese Charpentier
1991 Mark Horney
1992 Dave Ryan
1993 Chris Disimile
1994 Dan DeTolla
1995 Stephen Hunt
1996 Vince Ferraro
1997 Vince Ferraro
1998 John Tonzola
1999 Eugene Youn
2000 Chris McIntyre
2001 Pat Hein
2002 Tucker Foote
2003 Ned Smith
2004 Roy Skeen
2005 Anson Frericks
2006 Anson Frericks
2007 Will Sale
2008 Davis Lindsey, Tom Hamilton
2009 Kevin Discepolo
2010 Brendan Gibson
2011 Chad Costello
2012 Michael Pratt
ROBERT G. MERRICK MEMORIAL TROPHY. Presented by the coach to the player who picks up the most contested ground balls.
1991 Jeff Curran
1992 Jeff Curran
1993 James Huddleston
1994 Todd Kelleher
1995 Brian Wilhelm
1996 Brian Wilhelm
1997 Chris Casey
1998 Vince Ferraro
1999 Don Gerne
2000 Don Gerne
2001 Adam Werder
2002 Todd Montgomery
2003 Dan Kallaugher
2004 Ryan Capilupi
2005 Dan Kallaugher
2006 Dan Kallaugher
2007 Gregory DuBoff
2008 Gregory DuBoff
2009 Kevin Discepolo
2010 Michael McCormack
2011 Cole Yeager
2012 Dylan Levings
DAN CASMAN AWARD. Awarded to the underclassman who has contributed most to team spirit and morale.
1970 Larry Story
1971 Tim Coy
1972 Don Fizzinoglia, Jeff Pettit
1973 Stanley Livingston
1974 William Resch
1975 Robert Eberhardt
1976 Nelson Graves
1977 Michael Murphy
1978 Sager Burns
1979 Dave Stack
1980 George Tierney
1981 George Tierney
1982 Tom Hawkins
1983 William Harley
1984 Don Gries
1985 Adam Puritz
1986 Mickey Harley
1987 Josh Steiner
1988 Dean Charpentier
1989 Jon Reese
1990 Dave Ryan
1991 Dave Ryan
1992 Dan DeTolla
1993 Dan DeTolla
1994 Tom Zaccagnino
1995 Chris Casey
1996 Joe Pilch
1997 Joe Pilch, Peter Groves
1998 Michael Leeds
1999 Michael Leeds
2000 Eric Wenzel
2001 Roy Skeen
2002 Roy Skeen
2003 Dan Brillman
2004 David Wright
2005 Gregory DuBoff
2006 William Gano
2007 Brendan Gibson
2008 Alfonso Costa
2009 Michael Pratt
2010 Michael McCormack
2011 Jackson Logie
2012 Jackson Logie
WINTHROP A. SMITH AWARD. Presented by DeForest W. Smith '61, Winthrop S. Smith '59, and Donford M. Smith - Middlebury '60 to that member of the lacrosse team whose superior conditioning and team play has served as an inspiration to his teammates.
1969 William Evans
1970 Jay Rauth
1971 Larry Story
1972 Larry Story
1973 Peter Tarr
1974 Barry Dicicco
1975 William Resch
1976 Dale Miquelle
1977 C. Whitney
1978 W. Van Orman
1979 W. Van Orman
1980 Dan Delvecchio
1981 George Tierney
1982 Tom Hawkins
1983 Denny Reid
1984 Tom Conroy & Clay Yonce
1985 Cliff Gross
1986 Clay Yonce
1987 Kevin Fox
1988 Jon Reese
1989 Keith Joseph
1990 Kim Dunn
1991 Kim Dunn
1992 Jeff Curan
1993 Gari Singh
1994 Gari Singh
1995 Brendan Doyle
1996 Chris Casey
1997 Chris Casey
1998 Coddy Johnson
1999 Coddy Johnson
2000 Don Gerne
2001 Pat Hein
2002 Tucker Foote
2003 Scott Kenworthy
2004 D.J. Barry
2005 D.J. Barry
2006 David Levy
2007 David Levy
2008 Mark Schlam
2009 Mark Schlam
2010 Nick Tsouris
2011 Michael Pratt, Jack Flaherty, Gregory Mahony
2012 Michael Pratt
RICHARD CORRIGAN & RICHARD W. PERSHING AWARD. Presented annually to that member of the varsity lacrosse team who has shown the most improvement over the course of one season.
1958 Mike Curran
1959 N/A
1960 Gerrit Keater
1961 Roger Alhbrandt
1962 Dan Bullard
1963 N/A
1964 Leavitt Ahrens
1965 Ogden H. Sutro
1966 Perry Burr
1967 Geoff Woglom
1968 Frank Chapman
1969 James McGuire
1970 Rashad Dabaghi
1971 William Gordon
1972 Bob Kelly
1973 Pat Battey
1974 Vic Esclamado
1975 Jim Graham
1976 Dave Manke
1977 Sandy MacMullen
1978 Dan Delvicchio
1979 Don Reape
1980 Steve Rice
1981 Pat Conran
1982 Al Gordee
1983 Corso Anderson
1984 Cliff Gross
1985 Andy Lenskold
1986 John Steiner
1987 Bill Mahle
1988 Kyle Lunstedt
1989 Tony Guido
1990 Curran Wimer
1991 Brendan Sheehan
1992 Tony Rousou
1993 Bob Berls
1994 Devon Archer
1995 Shawn O'Rourke
1996 Shawn O'Rourke
1997 Mark Sproule
1998 Eugene Youn, Brian Corey
1999 Patrick Hein, John Tonzola
2000 Mike Scaglione
2001 Nick Krohley
2002 Scott Kenworthy, Will McClelland
2003 Brian Mulholland, Seth Goldberg
2004 Ian Cadieu
2005 David Levy
2006 James Ryan III
2007 Matt Fuchs
2008 Tom Hamilton
2009 Nicholas Leppla
2010 Eric Gresham
2011 Jack Flaherty
2012 Deron Dempster
CHRISTIAN PRINCE MEMORIAL AWARD '93. Awarded annually to a player who by his overall ability and play has been selected as the best defensive lacrosse player of the season.
1989 Mike Parentis
1990 Mike Parentis
1991 Pete Diminich
1992 Dan DeTolla
1993 Dan DeTolla
1994 Dan DeTolla
1995 Ross McDonald
1996 Keith Vachris
1997 Don Gerne
1998 Don Gerne
1999 Don Gerne
2000 Don Gerne
2001 Bryan Corey
2002 Noah Glass
2003 Noah Glass
2004 Todd Montgomery
2005 George Carafides
2006 Gray Eklund
2007 Pat Grimm
2008 George Carafides
2009 William Gano
2010 Nick Tsouris
2011 Johnathan Falcone
2012 Peter Johnson