era at Penn State, and the Nittany Lions will be looking for midfield depth. Aponte comes from a great pedigree at West Islip (N.Y.), winning two state titles in 2010 and 2012.
ZACH CURRIER Princeton Currier, Lacrosse Magazine’s Midwest Player of the Year from Culver Military Academy (Ind.), will find the field somehow. The Canadian is a two-way midfield threat who had 68 goals, 41 assists, 113 ground balls and won 69 percent of faceoffs as a senior. He even played long-stick midfield.
CHRIS KEATING Yale
The New
Hampshire native has tremendous stick
skills for a long pole, tallying three goals and six assists for a Phillips Exeter (Mass.) team that went 14-5. He also was captain of the ice hockey team. Yale needs to replace defensive mainstays Peter Johnson and Michael McCormack.
Zach Miller ZACH MILLER Denver Denver coach Bill Tierney speaks about
the expectations for Zach Miller in simple terms: “You can bet when the starting lineup is announced, Zach Miller will be in it.” Miller is that special, the total package,
Tierney said. The left-handed swingman could play attack, midfield and take a few faceoffs in his freshman year. Miller is the latest product of the pipeline
of future Division I stars developed at Brodie Merrill’s Hill Academy in Ontario, Canada. Merrill called Miller a complete player and a unique recruit. He played attack his freshman year, then was a two-way midfielder before returning to attack for his senior season. The Hill went 18-4 this season, with victories over power programs like Calvert Hall (Md.), Gonzaga (D.C.) and Landon (Md.).
DAN NEMIROV Cornell
Dan Nemirov nearly fell through the cracks.
In an era of early recruiting, Nemirov did not receive any overtures, so he applied to Cornell on his own before his senior season at Ward Melville (N.Y.). He was the starting goalie for a team that finished No. 1 in the Nike/US Lacrosse National Top 25. Only once did the Patriots allow an opponent to score in double
A Publication of US Lacrosse “He was kind of something that we never
had before,” Merrill said, “an X attackman who could control the play and really attack defensemen. He would either score unassisted goals or draw a lot of attention and pick you apart with his feeding ability.” Originally from Allegheny, N.Y., just outside
Buffalo, Miller played for the 2012 Iroquois under-19 team. Denver needs to replace the production of departed attackman Eric Law and midfielder Cam Flint, and could use help on faceoffs after stalwart Chase Carraro graduated. Miller can help everywhere. “He does everything,” Tierney said. “He
can face off, he can play midfield, he can feed, he can finish on the inside, he can play attack, he can play behind, he can shoot. This kid has it all.”
figures. By then, Nemirov had already been accepted to Cornell. But the Big Red lacrosse program took bigger notice. Originally assured nothing more than a tryout, Nemirov said, his role in Ward Melville’s New York Class A championship season secured him a spot on the team. He received all the team emails over the summer to prove it.
The righty will compete this fall for Cornell’s starting goalie job with fellow freshman Christian
Knight from Boys’ Latin (Md.), sophomore Brennan Donville and junior William Joyce.
“I had so much bad luck with the recruiting process,” Nemirov said. “Even D-III was just turning me down all over the place. I had a good year and things worked out.”
NICK APONTE Penn State
Aponte was one of the early recruits of the Jeff Tambroni
STEPHEN KELLY North Carolina North Carolina has
no shortage of talent
already, but any team has room for a do-it-all-midfielder. Kelly was the youngest player on the 2012 U.S. under-19 men’s national team that won gold in Finland. The midfielder can play offense and defense. He had 24 goals, 21 assists and won 77 percent of faceoffs his senior year at Calvert Hall (Md.).
MATT RAMBO Maryland
Maryland has five
of six starting spots on offense to fill, and a talented incoming recruiting class, including Rambo, should figure in those plans. Rambo, who can play attack or midfield, was a scoring machine (64 goals, 31 assists) at Malvern Prep (Pa.). He showed his talent once again at the Under Armour All-American game, setting an event-record with eight goals in an MVP effort.
WILKINS DISMUKE, Johns Hopkins JORDAN EVANS, Syracuse COLIN HEACOCK, Maryland RYAN LUKACOVIC, Virginia DEVIN MCNAMARA, Villanova TIM ROTANZ, Maryland TIM STACKPOLE, Army ROBBIE ZONINO, Michigan
For more on each of our freshman to watch, visit
LaxMagazine.com/Freshman15.
September 2013 >> LACROSSE MAGAZINE 31
©JOHN STROHSACKER (ALL)
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