MEDIA GUIDE UTAH UTES LACROSSE 2019 ROSTER No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 27 Ben Adams D Fr. 6-4 220 Salt Lake City/Skyline HS 7 Chris Belcher LSM Fr. 6-3 180 Lehi, Utah/Alta HS 35 Griffin Bonjean M Fr. 5-11 155 Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista HS 6 Quinn Buczek A Fr. 5-11 -- Atlanta, Ga./Lovett School 36 Bo Caldwell LSM Fr. 6-0 180 Draper, Utah/Juan Diego HS 19 Samuel Cambere D Fr. 6-1 185 Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound HS 17 Jake Cantlon A Fr. 6-2 205 Tsawwassen, Delta, B.C., Canada/South Delta Secondary School 14 Liam Cavanaugh-Fernandez M Fr. 6-2 195 Encinitas, Calif./Cathedral Catholic HS 44 Easton Cecil M Fr. 6-0 210 Highlands Ranch, Colo./Valor Christian HS 24 Jacob Chang FO Fr. 5-7 140 Elk Grove Village, Ill./Conant HS 42 Bryce Cheek GK Fr. 6-1 265 Waxhaw, N.C./Weddington HS 47 Aidan Christian D Sr. 6-4 220 West Nyack, N.Y./Bellarmine 3 Daniel Costa GK Sr. 5-10 185 Huntington, N.Y./St. Johns 2 Liam Donnelly GK So. 5-8 165 Yorktown, N.Y./Rutgers 34 James Erickson M Fr. 6-4 190 Greenwood Village, Colo./Cherry Creek HS 40 Aaron Fjeldsted M Jr. 5-11 185 Alpine, Utah/BYU 33 Matthew Graziano M Fr. 6-1 195 Mendham, N.J./Morris Catholic HS 20 Nick Hapney D Fr. 6-3 205 Towson, Md./St. Paul’s School for Boys 13 Steele Headden M Fr. 6-1 195 Salt Lake City/Olympus HS 26 Zack Johns GK Fr. 5-10 180 Henderson, Nev./Coronado HS 46 Kyle Kooda D Fr. 5-10 175 Plano, Texas/Plano West HS 23 Reid Lanigan M Fr. 5-10 205 Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers HS 21 Rylan Lemons LSM Fr. 6-3 200 Windsor, Colo./Windsor HS 18 Quinault Mackey A Fr. 6-0 195 Bonney Lake, Wash./Sumner HS 50 Dominic Mata D Fr. 6-1 240 Aurora, Colo./Regis Jesuit HS 43 Carter McDaniels LSM Fr. 6-3 210 Kentwood, Wash./Tahoma HS 25 Gabe Mein M Fr. 5-10 185 Littleton, Colo./Columbine HS 5 Seth Neeleman D So. 6-4 195 New Cannan, Conn./New Cannan HS 41 Ryan Nunes M Fr. 5-11 180 Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista HS 4 Jimmy Perkins A Jr. 5-8 175 Pittsburgh, Pa./Robert Morris 39 Joe Persico GK Fr. 5-10 170 Briarcliff Manor, N.Y./Iona Prep HS 22 Bo Powell A Fr. 5-11 180 Atlanta, Ga./Greater Atlanta Christian 32 Cam Redmond M Sr. 5-9 175 Bountiful, Utah/Bountiful HS 9 Jonathan Rose M Fr. 6-0 185 Atlanta, Ga./Greater Atlanta Christian 31 Reuben Santana M Fr. 6-2 205 Corona, Calif./Santiago HS 29 Jeremy Sartin M Fr. 5-11 180 Alpharetta, Ga./Centennial HS 45 James Sexton A Jr. 5-11 175 Niskayuna, N.Y./Onondaga CC 10 Donny Stock FO Fr. 6-1 210 Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier HS 37 Jake Stout A So. 5-10 195 Alpine, Utah/Utah Valley 1 Josh Stout A/M So. 5-9 180 Alpine, Utah/Lone Peak HS 30 Dan Tracy D/M Jr. 5-11 185 Bedford, N.Y./Massachusetts 12 Branden Wilson M Fr. 5-7 145 San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente HS 8 Jack Zarnik M Fr. 5-8 180 Raleigh, NC/Cardinal Gibbons HS Coaches Brian Holman - Head Coach Adam Ghitelman - Assistant Coach Will Manny - Assistant Coach Marcus Holman - Volunteer Assistant Coach Tim McDermott - Director of Operations Gus Colonna - Student Assistant Coach 2019 MEDIA GUIDE UTAH UTES LACROSSE 2019 UTAH LACROSSE MEDIA GUIDE QUICK FACTS University of Utah Location .............................Salt Lake City, Utah Elevation ................................................. 4,500 Founded .................................................. 1850 Enrollment ............................................ 33,023 Nickname ................................................. Utes Colors ......................Red and White (pms 187) Mascot .....................Swoop (Red-Tailed Hawk) Web Site .......................... www.UtahUtes.com Conference ..... Pac-12 (Lacrosse Independent) President ................................ Ruth V. Watkins Athletics Director ......................... Mark Harlan Coaching Staff Head Coach: ..............................Brian Holman ........................... (1st Year, Johns Hopkins ‘83) Career Record/Record at Utah (yrs): ..1st Year Assistant Coach: ................... Adam Ghitelman ......................................(1st Year, Virginia ‘11) Assistant Coach: ............................ Will Manny ....................................... (1st Year, UMass ‘13) Volunteer Assistant Coach: ..... Marcus Holman .......................... (1st Year, North Carolina ‘13) Director of Operations: ..........Tim McDermott .......................... (1st Year, SUNY Geneseo ‘07) Facilities Home Fields: .....................Rice-Eccles Stadium ......................................... Judge Memorial HS Media Information Sr. Associate AD/Sports Information ... Liz Abel Associate SID/Lacrosse Contact ....................... .....................................Brooke Frederickson WHAT IS A UTE? Email ....... [email protected] The Utes are an Indian tribe that originally settled Utah. Two of the more common definitions Phone ......................................(801) 581-8302 of Ute are “top of the mountains” and “people of the mountains.” Other references have Ute Cell ...........................................(801) 493-9254 defined as “land of the sun.” The Utes refer to themselves as “Noochew,” meaning “the People.” Mailing Address ...... 1825 E. South Campus Dr. There are four Ute tribes: The Northern and White Mesa Tribes are based in Utah, while the Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Southern and Ute Mountain Tribes are in Colorado. The Northern Utes are most closely affiliated with the University of Utah and have a tribal membership of around 3,000. Many of them live on the Uintah and Ouray reservation. The Utes operate their own tribal government, oversee Brooke Frederickson approximately 1.3 million acres of trust land and operate several businesses. The University of Utah officially adopted the nickname “Utes” for its athletic teams in 1972. Associate Director of The school uses the nickname with permission of the Ute Tribal Council. Communications TABLE OF CONTENTS 2019 Roster ............................................. IFC The 2019 University of Utah lacrosse Quick Facts/Media Information ..................1 media guide was designed and written Season Outlook .......................................2-3 by Associate Director of Communications Schedule .....................................................2 Brooke Frederickson. Editorial assistance was provided by the Utah SID office. Cover design Coaches And Staff by Old Hat Creative. Photography by Steve Head Coach Brian Holman ..........................4 Wilson, Adam Barker, Brooke Frederickson, Assistant Coaches ....................................5-6 Ben Haslam, Scott Frederick, University of Utah. Player Profiles ........................................7-15 About Utah University of Utah.....................................16 Salt Lake City ............................................17 Who’s Who at the U .................................18 WWW.UTAHUTES.COM 1 UTAH UTES LACROSSE SEASON OUTLOOK The Utah lacrosse team completes a two- Utah hosts Vermont on Friday, Feb. 1, in its Freshman Quinault Mackey finished second year process transitioning from a club sport first game, in Rice-Eccles Stadium. The Utes on last year’s club team with 39 points and to an NCAA sport with its inaugural season in have six home games, including Mercer (Feb. was tied for second with 16 assists. Fresh- 2019. 9), Bellarmine (March 9), Mount St. Mary’s man Bo Powell had 17 points, 11 goals and six Leading the Utes is veteran coach Brian (April 6), Cleveland State (April 20) and Detroit assists last year over nine games for the club Holman in his first head coaching job. Holman Mercy (April 27). Utah faces four teams that team before suffering a season-ending knee has previously coached at and won NCAA are ranked in the U.S. Lacrosse Magazine injury. He has the potential to see time as he titles with lacrosse powers Johns Hopkins preseason poll: No. 2 Duke (March 12), No. 5 continues to work towards getting healthy. and North Carolina. Joining him as assistant Virginia (March 31), No. 9 Denver (Feb. 23) and coaches are all star players Adam Ghitelman, No. 16 Massachusetts (March 17). MIDFIELD/LSM Marcus Holman and Will Manny. The team is young, with 33 freshmen on ATTACK At long stick midfielder, freshman Chris the roster and 37 total underclassmen of a Belcher earned All-America honors with the 44-man roster. Five players transferred from Junior transfer Jimmy Perkins brings NCAA club program last season and finished second four year schools while 19 players played on experience to the Utes after spending four on the team with 53 ground balls. The Lehi, last year’s club team. seasons at Robert Morris. The second-team Utah, product was a two-time high school “I want to see us compete,” Holman said of All-Northeast Conference player led the Co- All-American. Freshman Rylan Lemons earned what he’s looking for from the Utes in their lonials with 61 points and a school-record 30 all-conference honors with the club team last first season. “We’re going to be in situations assists and finished second on the team with year, recording 13 ground balls. Freshman where we’re going to be outmatched. Can we 31 goals. Junior James Sexton was a two-time Carter McDaniels was two-time All-Puget still maintain our competitive edge in those All-American at Onondaga Community College, Sound at Tahoma High School (Wash.). Fresh- situations? Are we going to be tough enough leading the nation in assists in 2018 (49) while man Bo Caldwell earned high school All-Amer- to fight through it? Do we fall back on our ranking third nationally in points (83) and ica honors at Juan Diego High School and was training and find a way out of it, or do we finishing third on the team in goals (34). the state’s 2018 LSM MVP. panic and show our immaturity? That’s going Sophomore Stout brothers Josh and Jake Junior Aaron Fjeldsted earned All-America to be our biggest challenge. were both two-time MCLA All-Americans for honors with the club team last season. Over “We want to get every person on this roster the club program. Josh, who will also be seen two years with the club squad, Fjeldsted a little bit better every day, and do it together.