BALTIMORE– US Lacrosse has announced the four team rosters for the 2009 National Senior Showcase, to be played June 20 at Bryant University near Providence, Rhode Island. The annual all-star game features outstanding senior boys high school players representing the North, South, East, and West regions of the country. The National Senior Showcase (NSS), sponsored by Warrior Lacrosse, is an annual offering of the US Lacrosse Men's Division Coaches Council. Lacrosse players across the nation apply to be chosen for their regional team.

"We are very pleased to have 96 of the best high school seniors from all over the country playing in the sixth annual National Senior Showcase," said Jody Martin, men's division director at US Lacrosse. "We'd like to thank our High School Committee for their very diligent work in selecting these teams. As a truly national event, it exemplifies what US Lacrosse is all about and how much our game as grown. It is remarkable to have players from 66 regional areas in 33 states. It's great when you can bring together the most talented players from emerging areas and traditional lacrosse hotbeds to share in an exciting weekend of lacrosse."

The games kick-off at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, June 20 with North vs. West and South vs. East. The consolation game takes place at 1:00 p.m. followed by the championship game at 3:15 p.m. The 2009 NSS rosters are as follows (information is current as of May 13, 2009):

NORTH

Name              Pos. High School            Hometown            College/PG
Kam Bumpus         A   Needham                Needham, MA         Bridgton Acad.
John DePeters      A   The Taft School        Woodbury, CT        Brown
Brian Estes        A   Pinkerton Academy      Derry, NH           Endicott
Andrew Grombala    A   St. Xavier             Cincinnati, OH      Trinity
Lance Robinson     A   Gould Academy          Bridgeport, VT      Bellarmine
Matt Taylor        A   Fayetteville-Manlius   Manlius, NY         Cornell
Brendan Chin       M   Albany Academy         East Greenbush, NY  Le Moyne
Ben Herman         M   Proctor Academy        Brunswick, ME       New England
David Lawson       M   Middlesex School       Westford, MA        Duke
Steven Manning     M   The Rivers School      Tyngsboro, MA       Trinity
Michael Moran      M   Orchard Park           Buffalo, NY         Monroe
Timothy Reichert   M   Champlain Valley       Williston, VT       Trinity
Jacob Silberlicht  M   New Harford Senior     New Harford, NY     Hobart
Joshua Torres      M   Andover                Andover, MA         Providence
Michael Vulcano    M   Algonquin Regional     Northborough, MA    Cushing Acad.
Austin Wright      M   Worthington Kilbourne  Columbus, OH        Hofstra
Jackson Burrell    D   Greely                 Cumberland, ME      Springfield
Samuel Gardner     D   Phillips Exeter        Chelmsford, MA      Tufts
Kieran McDonald    D   Westminster School     Rye, NY             North Carolina
Jake Smith         D   Medfield               Medfield, MA        Massachusetts
Brett Tobin        D   Minnechaug Regional    Wilbraham, MA       Massachusetts
Griffin Vehar      D   Hudson                 Hudson, NY          Syracuse
Thomas Blackburn   G   Heuvelton Central      Ogdensburg, NY      Undecided
Chris Ilse         G   Vestal                 Vestal, NY          Seton Hill

Coaches
Shaun Stanton – Needham, MA – St. Sebastian's School
Mike Vorgang – Niskayuna, NY – Niskayuna High School

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