Ralph D'Agostino had 528 career ground balls for Immaculata High School.
D'Agostino Named To U.S Under-19 Team
7/12/2011 2:30:09 PM | Men's Lacrosse
BALTIMORE - Incoming Orange men's lacrosse student-athlete Ralph D'Agostino has been selected to the 2012 United States Men's Under-19 Lacrosse Team. D'Agostino was one of 23 players named to the U.S. roster on Monday, July 11 after four days of tryouts at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).
The members of Team USA will train to compete at next summer's Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) U-19 World Championship in Turku, Finland. The Americans are the defending world champions, winning gold at the quadrennial event in 2008 with a 19-12 victory over Canada.
A standout long-stick midfielder at Immaculata High School, D'Agostino was the 2011 Star-Ledger State Player of the Year and the 2011 Courier News Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year. He picked up 206 ground balls and scored 25 goals as a senior to lead Immaculata to a 19-2 record and the 2011 NJSIAA Non-Public B Championship. D'Agostino will be a freshman at Syracuse in the fall.
“I think that the competitiveness and level of talent at the tryouts was a gauntlet that the players who made the team had to survive and show their absolute best,” U.S. U-19 head coach Tim Flynn said. “Because of that, the team assembled is one that is tough, diverse and talented.”
The 23-man U.S. roster was put together from a pool 123 candidates by a player selection committee, which included 20 coaches from 15 different states as well as Flynn and Team USA assistant coaches Jack Crawford, Tom Duquette and Tom Rotanz.
2012 United States Men's U-19 Team Roster
A - Connor Buczek, St. Xavier High School '11, Amelia, Ohio, Cornell '15
A - Daniel Eipp, Groton Dunstable '10, Groton, Mass., Harvard '14
A - Matthew Kavanagh, Chaminade High School '11, Rockville Centre, N.Y., Notre Dame '15
A - Kyle Keenan, Smithtown West High School '11, Smithtown, N.Y., Duke '15
A - Joseph Leonard, Hicksville High School '11, Hicksville, N.Y., St. John's '15
M - Brent Armstrong, St. Stephens and St. Agnes '12, Falls Church, Va.
M - Tyler Barbarich, Bridgewater-Raritan High School '11, Martinsville, N.J., Delaware '15
M - Matthew Florence, Kent Denver High School '12, Greenwood Village, Colo.
M - Stephen Kelly, Calvert Hall '13, Lutherville, Md.
M - Sean Mahon, Chaminade High School '11, Garden City, N.Y., Harvard '15
M - Steven Pontrello, St. Augustine Prep '12, Marlton, N.J.
M - Charles Raffa, St. Anthony's High School '11, Syosset, N.Y., Maryland '15
M - Michael Tagliaferri, San Roman Valley High School '12, Danville, Calif.
M - Ryan Tucker, Gilman '11, Towson, Md., Virginia '15
M - Robert Zoppo, Calvert Hall '10, Baltimore, Md., Towson '14
D - Ralph D'Agostino, Immaculata High School '11, Califon, N.J., Syracuse '15
D - Gregory Danseglio, St. Anthony's High School '11, Islip Terrace, N.Y., Virginia '15
D - Robert Enright, Massapequa High School '11, Massapequa, N.Y., Johns Hopkins '15
D - Luke Howard, Landon School '11, Potomac, Md., Ohio State '15
D - Stephen Jahelka, Garden City High School '11, Garden City, N.Y., Harvard '15
D - Tanner Ottenbreit, Regis Jesuit High School '11, Aurora, Colo., Virginia '15
G - Zachary Oliveri, Connequot High School '11, Ronkonkoma, N.Y., Massachusetts '15
G - Kyle Turri, West Islip High School '11, West Islip, N.Y., Duke '15
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