Shannehan Named to U.S. U20 World Lacrosse Championship Roster

SPARKS, Md. – Rising sophomore Timothy Shannehan of the Boston University males’s lacrosse group has been named to the ultimate 22-player roster that will characterize the United States within the 2025 World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship. The 20-team occasion takes place from August 15-24 on Jeju Island, Korea.

Shannehan is certainly one of simply 4 rising sophomores to make the squad and the primary Terrier that can compete for Team USA at this prestigious event. A local of Fairfield, Connecticut, Shannehan is the reigning Patriot League and ECAC Rookie of the Year and topped Inside Lacrosse’s remaining Freshman Impact Rankings. Shannehan was excellent in his first season with BU, incomes First Team All-Patriot League and Second Team All-New England honors after he led all NCAA rookies with 61 factors on 32 targets and 29 assists. He matched Gray and All-American Vince D’Alto the quickest Terriers to succeed in 50 factors, doing so in simply 12 video games. Shannehan recorded no less than two factors in 14 of his 16 begins, together with a career-high 5 targets on Feb. 22 towards Air Force. He set profession bests in assists (5) and factors (9) towards Bucknell on March 8 and ended the season with seven targets and 4 assists throughout remaining three video games.

Team USA will open its schedule on August 16 with a pool play recreation towards Canada and also will have pool play video games towards Australia and the Haudenosaunee. All 4 contributors from Pool A will robotically advance to the quarterfinal spherical of the playoffs which start on August 21. The gold medal recreation is scheduled for August 24. The United States has gained every of the earlier 9 World Lacrosse males’s junior discipline championships, most not too long ago in 2022.