2028 Player Rankings

View The best of the best in the Class of 2028. Updated regularly, these rankings spotlight the top players making the biggest impact on the field and rising fast in the national conversation.

Ranking	Title	Position	High School	State	Team	Rating
4	Luke Martini	Attack	Wantagh	N.Y.	Team 91 LI	5
15	Casey Gilchrist	LSM	Massapequa	N.Y.	Team 91 LI	5
39	Brock Bernhardt	Defense	Smithtown East	New York	Team 91 LI	4
60	Jack McGinn	Midfield	Delbarton	New Jersey	Leading Edge	4
22	Zuva Chakabva	Faceoff	Newark Academy	New Jersey	Leading Edge	4
29	Noah Brown	Defense	Scotch Plains-Fanwood	N.J.	Leading Edge	4
12	Danny Varone	Midfield	Christian Brothers	N.J.	Leading Edge	5
8	Max Melchionni	LSM	Delbarton	N.J.	Leading Edge	5
2	Harrison Tyler	Attack	Lawrenceville	New Jersey	LI Express	5
24	Steve Panagopoulos	Defense	Lawrenceville	N.J.	LI Express	4
13	Aidan Dale	Midfield	St. Anthony's	N.Y.	LI Express	5
51	Liam Sullivan	Defense	St. Sebastian's	Mass.	Laxachusetts	4
6	Hunter Hanford	Attack (L)	Brunswick	Conn.	Eclipse	5
23	Jake Gashi	Attack	Taft	Connecticut	Eclipse	4
40	Colton Strazzini	Midfield	Loomis Chaffee	Conn.	Hilltop	4
47	Thomas Regan	Midfield (L)	Taft	Connecticut	Prime Time	4
38	Walker Harvey	LSM	Berkshire	Connecticut	Eclipse	4
25	Grey Wildman	Attack	New Canaan	Conn.	Eclipse	4
41	Colin Mulderig	Midfield	Longmeadow	Massachusetts	Hilltop	4
26	Hudson O'Hanlon	Attack (L)	Westminster	Conn.	Prime Time	4
31	Parker Old	Attack (L)	Upper Arlington	Ohio	Resolute	4
9	PJ Kennedy	Attack	N/A	Ohio	Mad Dog	5
49	Erno Merritt	Defense	Bexley	Ohio	Resolute	4
57	Will Baruch	Defense (L)	St. Christopher's	Virginia	MadLax	4
36	Dylan Choi	Goalie (L)	Culver	Indiana	Thunder	4
35	Keith Chari	Goalie (L)	Georgetown Prep	Virginia	Thunder	4
17	Mason Kennedy	Defense	Lassiter	Georgia	Thunder	5
53	Ramsey Peterson	Midfield	Marin Catholic	Calif.	West Coast Starz, XLC	4
1	Sawyer Bligh	Midfield	Brunswick	Conn.	West Coast Starz	5
7	OJ Ika	Attack (L)	Loomis Chaffee	Conn.	West Coast Starz	5
59	Noah Benney	Goalie	St. Paul's	Maryland	XLC	4
3	Chase Aquino	Midfield	Hill School	Pa.	Team 91 LI	5
28	David Giuriceo	Midfield (L)	Brunswick	Conn.	Eclipse	4
18	Austin Tuttle	Attack	Brunswick	Conn.	2Way, West Coast Starz	5
46	Wyatt Best	Midfield	Hackley	N.Y.	Express North	4
10	Ben Hristoforatos	Midfield	Chaminade	N.Y.	Team 91 LI	5
14	Max Delvescovo	LSM	Malvern Prep	Pa.	Freedom	5
32	Ben Smith	Attack (L)	Garden City	N.Y.	LI Express	4
5	Landen O'Neil	Attack (L)	Tabor	Mass.	3d New England	5
11	Will Niejadlik	Attack (L)	Rye	N.Y.	2Way	5
16	Weston Guerra	Goalie	McDonogh	Md.	Mad Dog	5
19	Wayte McKnight	Attack	Episcopal of Dallas	Texas	Mad Dog	5
20	Hawkes Packard	Midfield	St. Ignatius	Calif.	XLC	5
21	Parker Baras	Midfield	Brunswick	Conn.	2Way	5
27	Cooper Smoragiewicz	D (L), LSM	Summit	N.J.	BBL	4
30	Andrew Grosso	Faceoff	Noble & Greenough	Mass.	3d New England	4
33	Joey Murphy	Attack (L)	Malvern Prep	Pa.	Freedom	4
34	Connor Song	D, LSM	Episcopal Academy	Pa.	Brotherly Love	4
37	Colt O'Connell	Goalie	St. Anthony's	N.Y.	Team 91 LI	4
42	Vincent Berger	Defense	Archbishop Spalding	Md.	Annapolis Hawks	4
43	Gavin Carpenter	Attack, Midfield	Archbishop Spalding	Md.	Annapolis Hawks	4
44	Brooks Simonds	Defense	Deerfield	Mass.	Hilltop	4
45	Luke Dessi	Attack (L)	Horace Greeley	N.Y.	Express North	4
48	Cooper Augustine	Midfield	Salisbury	Conn.	SweetLax Florida	4
50	Sam Kelleher	LSM (L)	Malvern Prep	Pa.	2Way	4
52	Tucker Patrick-White	Goalie	Salisbury	Conn.	SweetLax Florida	4
54	Zack Tabacco	Midfield	Hotchkiss	Conn.	Express North	4
55	Nash Parker	Midfield	St. John's	D.C.	FCA	4
56	Landon Amorim	Attack	Germantown Academy	Pa.	Big 4 HHH	4
58	Vincent Ward	Attack, Midfield	Hill Academy	Ont.	Toronto Rock Stars	4

2028 Player Rankings

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