These are the players who delivered under pressure game in and game out.
Many of them celebrated championships and won national recognition as USA Lacrosse All-Americans. It’s a hard list to make. We look for student-athletes with skills. Potential is a small part of the equation. We get input from the coaches and look at the stats while taking into acount the level of competiton.
Winning matters.
These are the players we locked in on after hours of debate and deliberation. Congratulations to all.
2026 Westchester/Putnam Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year
Tim Plunkett
School: Iona Prep
Year: Senior
Position: Attack
Highlights: Delivered 58 goals and 55 assists, leading the Gaels to repeat CHSAA AA and New York Catholic Schools titles. … Plunkett is the first player in NYCHSAA history to be named USA Lacrosse All-America three times. … He finished with 206 career goals and set a program record with 221 career assists. … Plunkett was a four-time All-CHSAA selection and is committed to play next season at North Carolina.
2026 Westchester/Putnam All-Stars
First team
A – Billy Haggerty, Sr., Iona Prep/High Point
A – Will Niejadlik, So., Rye/TBD
A – Tim Plunkett, Sr., Iona Prep/North Carolina
A – Cam Violante, Jr., Somers/Maryland
A – Carsen Winters, Sr., Mamaroneck/Harvard
MF – Brian Auker, Sr., Mamaroneck/Boston College
MF – Gianluca Marchini, Sr., Yorktown/UMass
MF – Carson Miller, Sr., Rye/Harvard
D – Bret Kennedy, Sr., Somers/Lafayette
D – Brady Smith, Sr., Mamaroneck/Bucknell
D – Nigel Strazzini, Sr., Rye/Harvard
G – Hunter Mezzatesta, Sr., Yorktown/Virginia
G – Blake O’Callaghan, Sr., John Jay-Cross River/Princeton
LSM – Dillon Gulotta, Jr., Iona Prep/North Carolina
FO – Ethan Gross, Jr., Mamaroneck/Washington and Lee
Coach of the year
Jeremy Guski, Rye
Readers choice player of the year poll winner
Colin Butler, Tappan Zee
Second team
A – Luke Dessi, So., Greeley
A – Luke Cunningham, Sr., Brewster
A – Nick Martinelli, Sr., Bronxville
A – Henry Shoemaker, Sr., Rye
A – Tristan Iglesias, Jr., Somers
MF – Tyler Taerstein, Sr., Blind Brook
MF – Thomas Freeman, Sr., Bronxville
MF – Matt Napolitano, Sr., Iona Prep
D – Henry Doherty, Jr., Mamaroneck
D – Evan Kurth, Sr., Yorktown
D – Luke Feshal, Sr., Stepinac
G – Ben Bacalloa, Sr., Mamaroneck
LSM – Ryan LaRue, Jr., Mahopac
FO – David Hundzynski, Sr., Pleasantville
Third team
A – Charlie Brady, Jr., Rye
A – J.T. Carney, Sr., Yorktown
A – Jude Meisner, Sr., Mamaroneck
A – Nash Mayclim, Jr., Stepinac
A – James Marra, Sr., Hackley
MF – Jake Reese, Sr., Mamaroneck
MF – Henry Gilroy, Jr., Rye
MF – Dino Rajamani, Sr., John Jay-Cross River
D – Luke Denvir, Jr., Rye
D – Brady Dolan, Sr., Bronxville
D – Drew Bier, So., D, Pelham
G – Luke Kaplow, Jr., Greeley
LSM – Danny Weissman, So., Yorktown
FO – Wilson Redd, Jr., Rye
Honorable mention
Will Alexander, Jr., MF, Pelham; Kiernan Austin, Sr., D, Stepinac; Tyler Caricati, Jr., FO/MF, Yorktown; Cooper Constantine, Jr., D, Yorktown; Max Cooper, Sr., MF, Mamaroneck; Nick Dimopoulos, Fr., A, Hackley; Nicholas DiNapoli, Sr., MF, Westlake; Brian Doherty, Sr., MF, Pleasantville; Ryan Elliott, Sr., G, Iona Prep; Amare Estevez, Sr., D, Sleepy Hollow; Cole Feshal, Jr., G, Stepinac; Michael Frye, Jr., Putnam Valley; Nick Grados, Sr., A, Irvington; Dan Horowitz, So., G, Lakeland/Panas; Drew Hiltsey, Fr., A, Iona Prep; Logan Idi, Sr., FO, Ossining; Jesse Jacobs, Jr., D, Iona Prep; Dylan Jimenez, Sr., MF, Somers; Aiden Kinsley, Sr., LSM, Kennedy Catholic; Zac Klein, Sr., D, Greeley; Nate Kulish, Sr., MF, Mamaroneck; Sam LaMonte, So., G, Rye; Jack Levine, Sr., D, Rye; Reeve Murrell, Sr., G, Pelham; Max Niejadlik, So., LSM, Rye; Sean O’Boyle, Sr., MF, Iona Prep; Frankie Ofrias, Jr., A, Yorktown; A.J. Pesce, Jr., Valhalla; Thomas Pollard, So., A, Greeley; Jared Rabina, Sr., MF, Mamaroneck; Joseph Rafferty, Sr., A, Rye Country Day; Dino Rajamani, Sr., MF, John Jay-Cross River; Owen Reese, Sr., MF, Mamaroneck; David Rosen, Sr., A/MF, Edgemont; Hudson Ruby, Jr., G, Somers; Eddie Ryan, Sr., MF, White Plains; C.C. Savastano, Sr., A, Lakeland/Panas; Alex Spista, Jr., MF, White Plains; Colin Sullivan, So., MF, Carmel; James Tesi, So., A, John Jay-Cross River; Milin Torgalkar, Sr., A, Rye Country Day; Luke Valenti, Jr., G, Fox Lane.
Mike Dougherty covers high school lacrosse for The Journal News/lohud.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Tim Plunkett leads 2026 Westchester/Putnam boys lacrosse all-stars
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