June 13, 2008
BALTIMORE, Md. – Two Notre Dame men’s lacrosse recruits have been selected as 2008 Under Armour All-Americans. Sean Rogers (New Hyde Park, N.Y./Holy Trinity) and Bobby Smith (Woodbine, N.J./The Lawrenceville School) will compete in the third annual Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic game on Saturday, July 12 at Towson University in Baltimore, Md.
Under Armour and Corrigan Sports Enterprises announced the 2008 class of Under Armour Lacrosse All-Americans, which recognizes 44 of the nation’s best high school boys’ and girls’ senior lacrosse players. The boys’ and girls’ North versus South All-American games headline the 2008 Under Armour Lacrosse Classic, which will take place at Johnny Unitas Stadium and will be televised live on ESPNU at 8:00 p.m. (ET).
This year will also feature an expanded underclassmen tournament with teams from Baltimore, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. The Underclassmen Girls’ and Boys’ Championships will be played at 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., respectively, followed by the Girls’ All-America Game at 6:00 p.m. In addition, a full day of events is scheduled for attendees, beginning with the STX Lacrosse Youth Clinic at 9:00 a.m.
The 2008 Classic features 88 players from 14 states, including players from as far as Arizona, California and Colorado. With 26 players, New York has the most participants, followed closely by Maryland with 25 players. The boys’ North team has been victorious in the first two years of the event, while the girls’ South team evened up the series at one each by winning last year’s game.
Both Rogers and Smith will compete for the North squad. Rogers, a midfielder/attackman, is an all-conference and all-Long Island selection at Holy Trinity. Smith, a defenseman, has helped to lead his Lawrenceville squad to multiple state titles and a national ranking.
Notre Dame midfielder Zach Brenneman (East Hampton, N.Y./East Hampton) and defenseman Kevin Ridgway (Kensington, Md./Georgetown Prep) competed in the second annual Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic game last year. The Irish were also represented at the inaugural contest as attackmen Matt Ciambella (Orchard Park, N.Y./Orchard Park) and Will Yeatman (San Diego, Calif./Rancho Bernardo) competed in the 2006 game.
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