PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers men's lacrosse welcomes the newest Scarlet Knights to the men's lacrosse program. Joining the squad this fall are 16 newcomers, a group that includes 10 freshmen and five transfers.

Scarlet Knight Newcomers:

#54 Avery Bowerman
6'3, 222
Defense
Anthem, Ariz. / Boulder Creek HS

Scholastic: USA Lacrosse All-American and Adrenaline Lacrosse All-American … All-State First Team on Defense and All-State Defensive Player of the Year in 2025 … also named Honorable Mention All-State in 2024 … two-time team captain of Boulder Creek Lacrosse Club … also played basketball and graduated with a GPA over 4.0 … member of National Honor Society and an Honor Roll student

Personal: Mother is Glenda Bowerman

#7 Dylan Finder
6'0, 193
Midfield
Chandler, Ariz. / Hamilton HS

Scholastic: USA All-American … three-time All-State selection, including twice on the First Team … two-time Arizona Lacrosse League Offensive Player of the Year … two-time team captain … named to National Honor Society, Magna Cum Laude and a 4.0 Ceremony Award winner

Personal: Parents are Kim and Jeff … has two older siblings, Megan and Trent

#42 Heath Jones
6'2, 190
Goalkeeper
Berwyn, Pa. / Malvern Prep

Scholastic: All-Inter AC … led Malvern Prep to 21-3 record and Inter-AC championship, at one point owning No. 1 ranking in the nation … named four-star recruit by Inside Lacrosse … also played two years of football and two years of rugby … four-time Distinguished Honors … Travis Manion Foundation Club Leader

Personal: Parents are Hunter and Tara … has an older brother, Hunter … father played football at the Naval Academy

#35 Evan Large
6'0, 185
Attackman
Bryn Mawr, Pa. / The Haverford School

Scholastic: All-State … All-Inter AC … PAISAA State Champion … four-star recruit by Inside Lacrosse …also played four years of varsity basketball

Personal: Parents are Ken and Leslie … has a younger brother, Grant … father played tennis at Tennessee Tech … grandfather, Gary Large, played basketball at Illinois … went to same high school as Rutgers' teammate Colin Zeller

#22 Joe Norton
6'5, 220
Midfield
Bloomfield Hills, Mich. / Detroit Country Day School

Scholastic: All-American … two-time First Team All-State … team captain … also played football

Personal: Parents are Joe and Camille … has one older sibling, Kiki, who played lacrosse at Denver University … father played football at Cincinnati

#14 Ryan Parker
5-11, 185
Midfield
Islip Terrace, N.Y. / East Islip HS

Scholastic: Named All-American and Midfielder of the Year as a senior … three-time All-County … named All-Long Island … MVP of SCC … also played football, where he was two-time All-Country, two-time All-State, and two-time All-Long Island … also was all-county in track

Personal: Parents are Daniel and Erica … has one older sister, Sarah

#27 RJ Radonis              
6'3, 219
Faceoff
Armonk, N.Y.  / Deerfield

Scholastic: Four-year starter, finishing his career with the most draws ever taken in school history … earned the Benjamin C. Haviland Trophy … as a senior, was 65% facing off and as a junior, was at 59% facing off … also competed in football and wrestling

Personal: Parents are Kathleen and Richard … has two siblings, Declan and Grace … father played lacrosse (defense) at VMI … uncle played lacrosse (faceoff) at Loyola, leading the NCAA in ground balls and faceoff percentage as a senior

#1 Hunter Sanford
6'3, 200
Defense
Charlotte, N.C. / Christ School

Scholastic: Three-time All-Conference … All-State selection … also played basketball and football

Personal: Parents are Kimberly and Danny … has an older sister, Caleigh

#6 Jordan Smikle
6-0, 180
Long-Stick Midfield
Farmingdale, N.Y. / Farmingdale

Previously played for Rutgers football team from 2022-2024

Scholastic: All-Conference selection … also played football and basketball … First Team All-Long Island, Third Team All-State and two-time All-County in football

Personal: Parents are Antonio and Christine … stepmother is Leilani … has four siblings, Antonio, CJ, Peyton and Kai

#33 Blake Tonelli
5'11, 175
Defense
Georgetown, Ontario / Culver Military Academy

Scholastic: All-Conference selection for MSLA … led team to 2025 prep national championships …  Jr. Christian Athlete of the Year … earned Leadership in Sport award … two-time selection for the honor roll

Personal: Parents are Sean and Barbara … played at same high school as Scarlet Knights' Andrew Macheca and Haydn Sommer

#15 Colten Yates
6'3, 190
Long-Stick Midfield
Ellington, Conn. / East Catholic HS

Scholastic: Four-year varsity starter and two-time team captain at East Catholic, where is the all-time leader in career ground balls, caused turnovers and points for a long-stick … in 2025, named All-Conference and was the Laxachusetts Co-Recipient of the Skip Evans Award as well as the East Catholic 2024-25 Athlete of the Year … in 2024, was First Team All-State, All-Conference, All-Academic Team and the team's Defensive Player of the Year … in 2023, was Second Team All-State and All-Conference … in 2022, was the East Catholic Varsity Lacrosse Rookie of the Year and named to the All-Academic Team … also competed in indoor track, where he qualified for state in the 4x200, 4x400 and 300 meters … played varsity football as well, being named academic all-conference

Personal: Parents are EJ and Nicole … has a younger sister, Eve … mother was the leading scorer for Baltimore County in women's lacrosse in 1988 and 1989

Transfers

#37 Deacon Adams
6'2, 200
Long-Stick Midfield
Raleigh, N.C. / Ravenscroft HS / Queens University

Previously spent two seasons at Queens

Prior to Rutgers: Played in 27 games at Queens University over the past two seasons … compiled 67 ground balls, 30 caused turnovers, eight goals and three assists

2025 (at Queens): Second Team All-Atlantic Sun … appeared in all 14 games ... had 42 ground balls and caused 19 turnovers … scored seven goals and had one assist

2024 (at Queens): Played in 13 games with 25 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers … had a goal and two assists

Scholastic: At Ravenscroft, named 2022-23 Male Athlete of the Year...in 2023 was team MVP and captain... Four-year varsity player and letterman... three-time all-conference in lacrosse … 2023 Scholar-Athlete Award... 2020-21 Coaches Award... named to Bull City All Star Team and was an Under Armour All American …also played football, with multiple all-conference selections … named to the Dean's List three times and to the National Society of High School Scholars

Personal: Parents are James and Kristi Adams … has one younger sibling, Kingston

#81 Cam Hitchcock
6-3, 210
Defense
Carmel, Ind. / Culver Military Academy / Dartmouth

Previously spent four seasons at Dartmouth

Prior to Rutgers: Played in 29 games at Dartmouth, making 23 starts on defense … had 18 ground balls and 16 caused turnovers

2025 (at Dartmouth): Played in four games, with three caused turnovers and two ground balls

2024 (at Dartmouth): Did not see game action

2023 (at Dartmouth): Played in all 12 games, starting 10 on defense while posting four ground balls and five caused turnovers … caused a turnover in consecutive games, vs. No. 20 Princeton (4/15) and at Yale (4/8) … had two ground balls at No. 13 North Carolina (3/19) … finished with two ground balls and a caused turnover at Holy Cross (2/25) … began the season with two caused turnovers at Merrimack (2/18).
 
2022 (at Dartmouth): Started all 13 games on defense … collected 12 ground balls and had eight caused turnovers … had a ground ball and caused turnover vs. No. 12 Penn (4/23) … caused a turnover in consecutive games, vs. No. 5 Yale (4/9) and four days prior against Stony Brook (4/5) … finished with two ground balls and two caused turnovers vs. St. John's (3/19) … had two ground balls and a caused turnover against Vermont (3/8) … tallied two ground balls and a caused turnover at Siena (3/5) … posted a ground ball and caused turnover at Bryant (2/26) … collected three ground balls in first collegiate game vs. Merrimack (2/19)
 
Scholastic: Named to the Under Armour All-American Watch List … Member of the Under Armour All-American Team Midwest … First team All-State honoree … won Indiana State Championship with Cathedral High School ... went to same high school as Scarlet Knights' Haydn Sommer and Andrew Macheca

Personal: Parents are Cam and Becky … has four siblings – Claudia, Carter, Caroline and Connor … father wrestled in the Big Ten at Wisconsin … has a cousin playing baseball at UCF

#91 Brenden Kelly
6'0, 180
Attackman
Manasquan, N.J. / Bergen Catholic / Penn State / Boston University

Previously spent one season at Penn State and three seasons at Boston University

Prior to Rutgers: Played in 43 games across four collegiate seasons, seeing action in one game at Penn State in 2021-22 and then 42 games at BU over the past three seasons … scored 51 career goals with 15 assists, 50 ground balls and three caused turnovers

2025 (at BU): Played in all 16 games ... totaled four goals and seven assists for 11 points ... recorded a point in four of his last five games ... notched one goal and two assists in a 14-12 win over Colgate on April 25 ... tallied one goal and one assist in a 12-7 triumph over Lehigh on April 19 as well as at Lafayette on April 12 ... scored a goal in the Patriot League title game against Colgate on May 4.

2024 (at BU): Started all 17 games ... set career highs with 43 goals, six assists and 49 points ... notched a point in all 17 games and ended year on a 16-game goal scoring streak ... notched a career-high six goals in just three quarters during a 22-6 win at Holy Cross on March 30 ... scored four goals, including triple-OT winner, in 18-17 triumph over then-No. 20 Colgate in Patriot League quarterfinals on April 30 ... notched four goals as part of five-point day in a 16-10 triumph at Brown on Feb. 20 ... recorded his first collegiate hat trick in an 18-8 victory over Vermont on Feb. 10 ... scored three goals in a 12-10 win at Loyola Maryland on March 16 and followed with three more goals in a 14-9 victory over then-No. 1 Army West Point on March 22 ... tallied three goals in PL title game against Lehigh on May 5 ... recorded at least two goals in seven of the Terriers' final eight games, including a hat trick in a 13-12 victory at Colgate on April 26 ... had multiple points in 15 of 17 games, including each of the final 14 contests.

2023 (at BU): Appeared in nine games ... scored four goals and added two assists for six points ... tallied two goals in a 16-9 win over Loyola Maryland on April 15 ... recorded one goal and his first collegiate assist in a 12-11 win at No. 9 Army West Point on April 28 that clinched Patriot League regular-season title ... notched an assist in the Patriot League semifinals against Loyola Maryland ... scored his first collegiate goal in a 23-9 victory over Holy Cross on March 18 ... made his collegiate debut at Vermont on Feb. 11.

2022 (at Penn State): Saw action in one game (redshirt season)

Scholastic: Named captain for his final two seasons at Bergen Catholic … Named the 2021 New Jersey Attackman of the Year ... Named a US Lacrosse High School All-American, a US Lacrosse Academic All-American, first-team all-state, first-team All-Gibbs Division and first-team All-Bergen County after totaling 66 points on 53 goals and 13 assists as a senior ... Earned all-conference, all-county and all-state (non-public) honors after totaling 35 goals and 20 assists as a sophomore … Named to the Nike National Lacrosse Team for New Jersey … Also played three seasons of varsity hockey at Bergen Catholic, captaining the squad as a senior and helping the team win the Bergen County Championship in 2019.

Personal: Parents are Kevin and Nicole … had two younger siblings, Connor and Brynn

#43 Jack Lonsigner
6'1, 185
Attackman
Verona, N.J. / Verona HS / Bryant University  

Previously spent four seasons at Bryant

Prior to Rutgers: Played in 46 games across past three seasons at Bryant, starting all 46 games, and scoring 88 goals with 21 assists for 109 points with 60 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers.

2025 (at Bryant): Started all 15 games, tallying 29 points on 19 goals and 10 assists, with 14 ground balls, and five caused turnovers … had for goals in win over Quinnipiac … had a hat trick against Albany, with the game-tying and game-winning goal coming within six seconds of each other

2024 (at Bryant): Started all 14 games with 27 goals and nine assists … recorded six hat tricks on the season including three straight to start off the year … had five points (three goals, two assists in win over No. 17 Boston University … posted a season high five goals against UMass Lowell.

2023 (at Bryant): Started all 17 games, with 44 points … named to America East All-Rookie Team … scored 42 goals, which was the most goals by a freshman in the program's D-I history … finished second nationally among freshmen in goals per game … recorded seven hat tricks … scored seven goals vs. BU, five goals against NJI and four goals against Manhattan and Quinnipiac

2022 (at Bryant): Did not see action (redshirted)

Scholastic: Played four seasons of lacrosse at Verona … notched 43 goals and 34 assists as a sophomore and 31 goals and 11 assists as a freshman … named Second Team All-Liberty Division as a freshman … First Team All-Klank Division and Honorable Mention All-Super Essex as a sophomore … also played hockey, where he was a team captain and all-conference selection

Personal: Parents are Fay and Bryan … has two sisters, Maggie and Bridget … Maggie playing women's lacrosse at Fairfield after four years playing at UConn, while Bridget is a junior on the Richmond women's lacrosse team

#39 Jake Rainero
5-11, 200
Faceoff
Summit, N.J. / Summit HS / Drew

Previously spent one season at Drew

Prior to Rutgers: Played in one season at Drew, where he was named a Division III All-American

2025 (at Drew): Played in 17 games (two starts) … won 306-of-408 faceoffs (75.0%) with 209 ground balls … scored six goals and had five assists … had five games of at least 20 faceoff wins, highlighted by 20-of-20 mark against Wilkes and 31-of-35 (88%) at Juaniata … named All-American, Rookie of the Year and First Team All-Landmark

Scholastic: First Team All-State … three-time All-Union County … two-time All Fitch-Pitt team … MVP of the TOC Finals … was 465-of-735 on faceoffs (63%) … won 68 percent of faceoffs as a senior (179-of-264) … named to Dean's List three times

Personal: Parents are Renee and Steven … has two siblings, Justine and Stevie