College: NorCal's NCAA DI players

NorCal's NCAA DI Men's Lacrosse Players

Player	High School	School	Rating	Class	Rank
John Glesener	DLS	Army	71.22	2015	1
Rob Emery	SI	Virginia	65.07	2014	2
Griffen Goudreau	Bellarmine	Providence	57.65	2016	3
JW McGovern	SI	Yale	57.63	2016	4
Mike Hernandez	Piedmont	Michigan	57.22	2016	5
Jake Newman	Marin Catholic	Providence	52.96	2016	6
Tim Jacob	Bellarmine	Brown	51.53	2015	7
Connor Hunt	DLS	Cornell	51.51	2015	8
Ben Krebs	Foothill	Duke	51.38	2015	9
Niko Dutra	MV	Bryant	51.09	2014	10
Kyle Bell	SI	Canisius	50.42	2013	11
Will McKee	SI	Lehigh	50.34	2016	12
Jordan LaTendresse	SRV	Penn State	50.31	2016	13
Giancarlo Sangiacomo	SI	Providence	50.20	2014	14
Billy Mattimore	SI	Bucknell	50.11	2013	15
Will Frederick	SI	Loyola	50.00	2013	16
Chad Cohan	SI	Duke	49.23	2016	17
Bobby Gray	SI	Notre Dame	N/A	2016	N/A
Dax Cohan	SI	Duke	N/A	2014	N/A
Jordan Weiss	SRV	Penn State	N/A	2016	N/A
Michael Tagliaferri	SRV	UNC	N/A	2016	N/A

Bear Mistele                        UHS                    Navy                      N/A                      2016                N/A 

I have been able to identify 22 NorCal NCAA DI lacrosse players who are on college rosters this year and have used a ranking system developed by a founder of LaxPower to rate them. Of course, there are many ranking systems, including All-Conference, All-American, Tewaaraton, and many others. The system I used is likely no better or worse than many other systems that would produce different results – this one was just handy. 

I may be missing current NCAA DI players. If you know of a current DI player I have not listed, please add a comment and I will gin up the stats and add that player to the list. Players with an N/A rank are either injured, redshirted, or have not yet participated in at least 3 games. Some players will have college graduation years that do not correlate to their HS graduation year. This may be because they took a Post-Graduate HS year, they switched schools and started over in college, or other reasons of which I am not aware. 

John Glesener heads the list. For those who are unaware of John, he played for the Scorpions NCJLA teams and spent his Freshman year at De La Salle. His family then moved to upstate New York and, thus he did not complete High School in Northern California. I still think of him as a NorCal player. Rob Emery, nicknamed "the Cali Cannon" ranks second. Both of them are on the 2013 Tewaaraton Watch List.

Four Frosh come next, followed by three Juniors. Interestingly, to me, 11 of the 22 NorCal players are Freshmen. I believe this suggests several trends. First, NorCal players are being recruited more heavily than ever, due to the proven success of players like Roy Lang, Rob Emery, and John Glesener (all Tewaaraton Watch List performers). Second, the steady improvement in NorCal High School lacrosse via strong coaching and better athletes becoming attracted to the sport. Third, the exposure our players are getting (and the reputation they are creating) through NorCal recruiting Camps like California Gold and Travel teams such as the Alcatraz Outlaws and other top travel teams.

Essentially all the NorCal players with a ranking are in the top half of NCAA DI players.

GO NorCal!

Thanks to an anonymous poster for bringing Bear Mistele to my attention. Bear has gotten field time, but not yet enough to be rated. I'll add him to my watch list. Others?