Cole Cunningam Tabbed USA Lacrosse All-American
5/7/2026 11:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
SPARKS, Md. — USA Lacrosse revealed its NCAA Division I Men's All-Americans on Thursday, honoring the top individual performers of the 2026 season. Air Force's Cole Cunningham became the 18th Falcon in program history to earn All-America honors. The Falcons have had an All-American for three years running.
Cunningham was instrumental in leading Air Force to its third-straight share of the ASUN Conference Regular Season title. A 2026 All-ASUN First-Team selection, Cole led the Falcons with 75 ground balls and 25 caused turnovers, ranking fifth in the ASUN in both categories. He picked up a career-best nine ground balls with three CTOs in the upset win against No. 18 Utah, helping Air Force to the regular season title. His 205 career ground balls ties for fifth most in program history while his 54 career caused turnovers ties for seventh. At the conclusion of his playing career at the Academy, Cunnigham has earned All-America, ASUN Conference Specialist of the Year, two First-Team ASUN All-Conference honors, two Academic All-Conference honors, CSC Academic All-America honors and two conference Player of the Week honors.
Thirty-eight Division I programs are represented and 98 players have earned recognition. A set number of slots per position were allotted across the first, second and third teams, plus honorable mentions: 21 attack, 21 midfield, 21 close defense, 14 short-stick defensive midfield, seven long-stick midfield, seven faceoff and seven goalie.
Princeton had the most representatives (eight), followed by Richmond (seven), and then Syracuse, Notre Dame and North Carolina with six apiece.
All-Americans were chosen by USA Lacrosse Magazine staff with input from coaches and conferences across the country.
Continue below to see the 2026 USA Lacrosse All-American teams.
FIRST TEAM
A – Willem Firth, Cornell
A – Nate Kabiri, Princeton
A – Joey Spallina, Syracuse
M – Matt Collison, Johns Hopkins
M – Evan Plunkett, Army
M – Tucker Wade, Princeton
D – Cullen Brown, Ohio State
D – Shawn Lyght, Notre Dame
D – Hunter Smith, Richmond
LSM – Will Donovan, Notre Dame
SSDM – Aidan Maguire, Duke
SSDM – Jack Pilling, Richmond
FO – Brady Wambach, North Carolina
G – Ryan Croddick, Princeton
SECOND TEAM
A – Owen Duffy, North Carolina
A – McCabe Millon, Virginia
A – Mikey Weisshaar, Towson
M – Logan Ip, Harvard
M – Joe Sheridan, Richmond
M – Max Sloat, Duke
D – Charlie Johnson, Duke
D – Alex Ross, Penn State
D – Jack Stahl, Princeton
LSM – AJ Larkin, Maryland
SSDM – Ty English, North Carolina
SSDM – Joe Juengerkes, Rutgers
FO – Jack Cascadden, Cornell
G – Thomas Ricciardelli, Notre Dame
THIRD TEAM
A – Rory Connor, Georgetown
A – Brendan Millon, Virginia
A – Chad Palumbo, Princeton
M – Ryan Colsey, Virginia
M – Gavin Creo, Richmond
M – Luke Rhoa, Syracuse
D – Ty Banks, Georgetown
D – Brendan Staub, Cornell
D – John Sullivan, Army
LSM – Jake Melchionni, Villanova
SSDM – Jon King, Penn State
SSDM – Cooper Mueller, Princeton
FO – Henry Dodge, Maryland
G – Caleb Fyock, Ohio State
HONORABLE MENTION
A – Liam Connor, Georgetown
A – Mason Cook, Loyola
A – Ryan Goldstein, Cornell
A – Leo Johnson, Maryland
A – Benn Johnston, Duke
A – Michael Leo, Syracuse
A – Aidan O'Neil, Richmond
A – Dominic Pietramala, North Carolina
A – Silas Richmond, UAlbany
A – Timothy Shannehan, Boston University
A – Jack Taylor, Jacksonville
A – Josh Yago, Notre Dame
M – John Aurandt IV, Harvard
M – Cole Cashion, Yale
M – Rhett Chambers, Providence
M – John Dunphy, Princeton
M – Tyler Fox, Boston University
M – Matt Jeffery, Notre Dame
M – Will Maheras, Notre Dame
M – Peter Moynihan, Yale
M – John Murray, Sacred Heart
M – Chuck Rawson, Johns Hopkins
M – Mason Szewczyk, North Carolina
M – Marcus Wertheim, Brown
D – Carson Brown, Johns Hopkins
D – Richard Checo, Lehigh
D – Rowan Clay, Michigan
D – Nikko DiPonio, Utah
D – Billy Dwan III, Syracuse
D – Riley Figueiras, Syracuse
D – Kyle Foster, Ohio State
D – Max Neeson, UAlbany
D – Patrick Pisano, Yale
D – Julian Radossich, Fairfield
D – John Schroter, Virginia
D – Owen Tapper, Robert Morris
LSM – Cole Cunningham, Air Force
LSM – Sam Erickson, Colgate
LSM – Brayden Penafeather-Stevenson, Richmond
LSM – Peter Thomann, North Carolina
SSDM – Dante Bowen, Syracuse
SSDM – Peter Detwiler, Marquette
SSDM – Reese DiCicco, Johns Hopkins
SSDM – Blake Eiland, Ohio State
SSDM – Luke Gilmartin, Cornell
SSDM – Jackson Green, Princeton
SSDM – Anthony McMullan, Penn
SSDM – Keagan Treacy, Army
FO – Luke Accardo, High Point
FO – Logan Banek, Siena
FO – Reid Gills, Penn State
FO – Walter Zhao, Vermont
G – Sean Byrne, Army
G – Oren Gelinas, Johns Hopkins
G – Grayson Manning, Denver
G – Owen Salenger, UMass
Cunningham was instrumental in leading Air Force to its third-straight share of the ASUN Conference Regular Season title. A 2026 All-ASUN First-Team selection, Cole led the Falcons with 75 ground balls and 25 caused turnovers, ranking fifth in the ASUN in both categories. He picked up a career-best nine ground balls with three CTOs in the upset win against No. 18 Utah, helping Air Force to the regular season title. His 205 career ground balls ties for fifth most in program history while his 54 career caused turnovers ties for seventh. At the conclusion of his playing career at the Academy, Cunnigham has earned All-America, ASUN Conference Specialist of the Year, two First-Team ASUN All-Conference honors, two Academic All-Conference honors, CSC Academic All-America honors and two conference Player of the Week honors.
Thirty-eight Division I programs are represented and 98 players have earned recognition. A set number of slots per position were allotted across the first, second and third teams, plus honorable mentions: 21 attack, 21 midfield, 21 close defense, 14 short-stick defensive midfield, seven long-stick midfield, seven faceoff and seven goalie.
Princeton had the most representatives (eight), followed by Richmond (seven), and then Syracuse, Notre Dame and North Carolina with six apiece.
All-Americans were chosen by USA Lacrosse Magazine staff with input from coaches and conferences across the country.
Continue below to see the 2026 USA Lacrosse All-American teams.
FIRST TEAM
A – Willem Firth, Cornell
A – Nate Kabiri, Princeton
A – Joey Spallina, Syracuse
M – Matt Collison, Johns Hopkins
M – Evan Plunkett, Army
M – Tucker Wade, Princeton
D – Cullen Brown, Ohio State
D – Shawn Lyght, Notre Dame
D – Hunter Smith, Richmond
LSM – Will Donovan, Notre Dame
SSDM – Aidan Maguire, Duke
SSDM – Jack Pilling, Richmond
FO – Brady Wambach, North Carolina
G – Ryan Croddick, Princeton
SECOND TEAM
A – Owen Duffy, North Carolina
A – McCabe Millon, Virginia
A – Mikey Weisshaar, Towson
M – Logan Ip, Harvard
M – Joe Sheridan, Richmond
M – Max Sloat, Duke
D – Charlie Johnson, Duke
D – Alex Ross, Penn State
D – Jack Stahl, Princeton
LSM – AJ Larkin, Maryland
SSDM – Ty English, North Carolina
SSDM – Joe Juengerkes, Rutgers
FO – Jack Cascadden, Cornell
G – Thomas Ricciardelli, Notre Dame
THIRD TEAM
A – Rory Connor, Georgetown
A – Brendan Millon, Virginia
A – Chad Palumbo, Princeton
M – Ryan Colsey, Virginia
M – Gavin Creo, Richmond
M – Luke Rhoa, Syracuse
D – Ty Banks, Georgetown
D – Brendan Staub, Cornell
D – John Sullivan, Army
LSM – Jake Melchionni, Villanova
SSDM – Jon King, Penn State
SSDM – Cooper Mueller, Princeton
FO – Henry Dodge, Maryland
G – Caleb Fyock, Ohio State
HONORABLE MENTION
A – Liam Connor, Georgetown
A – Mason Cook, Loyola
A – Ryan Goldstein, Cornell
A – Leo Johnson, Maryland
A – Benn Johnston, Duke
A – Michael Leo, Syracuse
A – Aidan O'Neil, Richmond
A – Dominic Pietramala, North Carolina
A – Silas Richmond, UAlbany
A – Timothy Shannehan, Boston University
A – Jack Taylor, Jacksonville
A – Josh Yago, Notre Dame
M – John Aurandt IV, Harvard
M – Cole Cashion, Yale
M – Rhett Chambers, Providence
M – John Dunphy, Princeton
M – Tyler Fox, Boston University
M – Matt Jeffery, Notre Dame
M – Will Maheras, Notre Dame
M – Peter Moynihan, Yale
M – John Murray, Sacred Heart
M – Chuck Rawson, Johns Hopkins
M – Mason Szewczyk, North Carolina
M – Marcus Wertheim, Brown
D – Carson Brown, Johns Hopkins
D – Richard Checo, Lehigh
D – Rowan Clay, Michigan
D – Nikko DiPonio, Utah
D – Billy Dwan III, Syracuse
D – Riley Figueiras, Syracuse
D – Kyle Foster, Ohio State
D – Max Neeson, UAlbany
D – Patrick Pisano, Yale
D – Julian Radossich, Fairfield
D – John Schroter, Virginia
D – Owen Tapper, Robert Morris
LSM – Cole Cunningham, Air Force
LSM – Sam Erickson, Colgate
LSM – Brayden Penafeather-Stevenson, Richmond
LSM – Peter Thomann, North Carolina
SSDM – Dante Bowen, Syracuse
SSDM – Peter Detwiler, Marquette
SSDM – Reese DiCicco, Johns Hopkins
SSDM – Blake Eiland, Ohio State
SSDM – Luke Gilmartin, Cornell
SSDM – Jackson Green, Princeton
SSDM – Anthony McMullan, Penn
SSDM – Keagan Treacy, Army
FO – Luke Accardo, High Point
FO – Logan Banek, Siena
FO – Reid Gills, Penn State
FO – Walter Zhao, Vermont
G – Sean Byrne, Army
G – Oren Gelinas, Johns Hopkins
G – Grayson Manning, Denver
G – Owen Salenger, UMass
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