2016-2017 Recruiting Class Announced 

 This year’s class of Men’s Lacrosse recruits includes twenty-one athletes from ten different states.  Coach Gilbert could not be more excited for the incoming class and explains, “the class of 2020 is here to fill in the holes due to major graduation losses from the past two years.”  This is a diverse group of talent that includes four attackmen, eight defensemen, five goalies and four midfielders. 

  The Vikings graduated their All-time ground ball leader in Christian Akers and Co –Scoring leader Jake Emche who shot 44% on the season in 2016.  One of the biggest losses will be Goaltender Nick Voso, who finished his career off with a 60.2 % save percentage ranking him 9^th Nationally among all goalies in DIII in 2016.

  The 2016-17 Vikings squad will face 4 teams that played in the Post-Season in ’16 and will rely upon a balanced mixture of returning talent and incoming impact players to return to the SAA Championship game.  “Our expectations are that with this talented incoming class, blending with our returning talent, we absolutely feel we can win an SAA Championship this season,” explains Coach Gilbert.

Incoming Lacrosse Recruits:  (in alphabetical order)

Aaser, Eric                  Knoxville, TN             L&N Stem Academy, TN       Attack

Bradley, Hudson        Lexington, KY            Henry Clay, KY                      Defense

Brogdon, Riley           Lawrenceville, GA      Mountain View, GA               Goalie 

Bosworth, Landon     Orlando, FL                William R. Boone, FL            Defense/​LSM

Canfield, Sean            Orlando, FL                Lake Highland Prep, FL       Midfield

Cantoral, Dylan         Carrollton, GA           Carrollton, GA                       Goalie           

Caswell, James          Austin, TX                  Westlake, TX                           Defense/​LSM

Coleman, Max           Huntsville, AL             Huntsville, AL                       Goalie           

Druelinger, Sam        Germantown, TN       Houston, TN                           Defense/​LSM            

Estes, Mitch               Havertown, PA           Haverford, PA                        Defense                      

Fredlock, Michael     Lexington, KY            Henry Clay, KY                     Attack

Grafmeyer, Kyle       Bethesda, MD              Landon, MD                          Goalie 

Johnson, Cole            Alpharetta, GA           Chattahoochee, GA               LSM               

Koferl, Luke              Huntersville, NC        Lake Norman/​Mt. Olive        Attack      

Maggio, Joe                Buford, GA                Buford, GA                            Midfield/​Defense     

Mitchell, Miles           Hendersonville, TN   Hendersonville, TN               Midfield/​Attack

Murphy, Kevin           Vero Beach, FL         St. Edwards, FL                     Goalie

Sale, Evan                   Detroit, MI                Detroit Jesuit, MI                  Attack

Tatum, Matt               Avondale, GA            Decatur, GA                           Attack

Wilson, Ryan             Suwanee, GA              North Gwinnett, GA             Defense

Zakacia, Nick             Johns Creek, GA       Chattahoochee/​UMass-Lowell   Defense         

You can find more information on each of these athletes by visiting our recent press release by clicking HERE.

The Berry College Men’s Lacrosse will begin action this Fall on September 18^th with their first day of practice culminating in the annual 'Rookie vs. Returner' game on Saturday September 24th, where we can find out just how good these rookies really are....