PRINCETON, N.J. – Following an extremely nationally successful Ivy League men’s lacrosse regular season that featured five nationally ranked teams, including three consistently in the top-12, the Ivy League announced the 2025 All-Ivy Teams and major award winners.

Unanimously winning Ivy League Attackman of the Year is Cornell’s CJ Kirst. Kirst, who was the 2023 Player of the Year and the Rookie of the Year Award in 2022 and is a Tewaaraton nominee this season, was the top offensive threat in the country during the 2025 season, registering NCAA and Ivy League-bests 83 points and 61 goals in 13 games played. The senior, who with 4.69 goals per game consistently led the nation in scoring all season long, scored at least two goals in every contest during his senior campaign and spearheaded a Cornell attack that led the nation with 16 goals per contest. The Bernardsville, N.J. native became the Ivy League’s all-time leading goal scorer during a career-high nine-goal performance against Yale, then, during the Ivy League outright title clinching win over Dartmouth on the final day of the regular season, Kirst broke the NCAA goal-scoring record with his 225th career goal.

The 2025 Midfielder of the Year Award went to Kirst’s teammate Hugh Kelleher. The senior had another standout all-around season, totaling 25 points on 15 goals and 10 assists while adding 14 ground balls and 3 caused turnovers on the season. Kelleher scored points in 12 of 13 games and was a catalyst in Cornell’s transition offense which contributed to their overall scoring prowess.

Cornell completed the trio of field player awards as Jayson Singer won Defensive Player of the Year honors. Singer’s efforts transcended the box score as he proved to be one of the best individual defenders in the country and contributed to a Cornell defense that allowed 10 goals per game, ranking top-25 in the nation in scoring defense. He ranked third on the team with nine caused turnovers and registered 15 ground balls on the season.

Leading the Ivy League in goals against average, saves, and save percentage, Princeton’s Ryan Croddick was named the 2025 Ivy League Goaltender of the Year. Croddick anchored a top-20 Princeton scoring defense that also led the Ivy League with 9.73 goals allowed per game. He led the Ivy League with 192 saves and ranked second in the NCAA with 14.77 saves per game, just 0.02 saves per game behind the national leader. The junior also stopped shots at one of the highest rates in the country, ranking third with a 0.604 save percentage, allowing 126 goals against 318 shots faced. Croddick had two games with 20 or more saves this season, both of which were key Big Ten wins against Penn State (22) and Rutgers (24).

The other unanimous selection of the major awards was Princeton’s Peter Buonanno who was named the 2025 Rookie of the Year. After a start in which the Providence, R.I. native had just one total goal and one total assist in his first 6 games played, Buonanno found his groove in the back half of the season and ended his rookie campaign with 13 goals and six assists in 13 games played. He has rounded into top form over the final month of the season, scoring 10 goals and 5 assists in the final five games of the regular season, a stretch that was capped-off by back-to-back four-point games. He had three goals and an assist in a win over Penn and then a career-high four-goal game in the regular season finale win over Yale.

Sharing Coaching Staff of the Year were the contingents from Dartmouth and Princeton. After finishing at the bottom of the league standings for 12 consecutive seasons, a period in which the Big Green had just five Ivy League victories, things started turning around for Dartmouth in head coach Sean Kirwan’s second season on the sidelines. The Big Green finished the year with an 8-5 record and a 2-4 record in Ivy League contests, ranking second in scoring defense in the league. After a 6-1 start, Dartmouth jumped into the national rankings for the first time since the 2007 season and spent multiple weeks in the national polls. Princeton, with 27 underclassmen, continued its ascent under Matt Madalon, finishing 5-1 in Ivy League play and 11-2 overall. The Tigers have spent nearly the entire season ranked No. 1 in the RPI, have repeatedly been a top-three team in the Inside Lacrosse rankings, and have collected six wins against top-20 RPI teams.

The All-Ivy First Team was comprised of players from four of the seven Ivy League institutions with Cornell leading the way with six selections. Kirst was a unanimous selection at attack, as was his teammate, faceoff specialist Jack Cascadden. They were joined by Kelleher, Singer, Willem Firth and Walker Wallace as Cornell’s six selections. Kirst and Cascadden were two of three unanimous selections on the All-Ivy First Team, the other being Princeton’s Coulter Mackesy. Mackesy was one of five Princeton members on the All-Ivy First Team, the others being Tucker Wade, Colin Mulshine, Cooper Mueller, and Croddick. Harvard had two honorees in Sam King and Logan Ip and Penn’s Brendan Lavelle rounded out the All-Ivy First Team at defense.

The expanded All-Ivy Second Team featured all seven Ivy League member institutions. Princeton, Cornell, Yale, and Dartmouth each had three players named All-Ivy Second Team while Harvard, Penn, and Brown had two selections each.

In addition, seven Ivies earned Academic All-Ivy honors for their outstanding performances on the field and in the classroom. Earning a spot on the team this year was Brown's Mark Witt, Cornell's Walker Wallace, Dartmouth's Griffin O'Neil, Harvard's Owen Gaffney, Penn's Emmet Carroll, Princeton's Sean Cameron and Yale's Jack Stuzin. 

ATTACKMAN OF THE YEAR
CJ Kirst, Cornell (Sr., A)*
 
MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR
Hugh Kelleher, Cornell (Sr., M)
 
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jayson Singer, Cornell (Sr., D)
 
GOALTENDER OF THE YEAR
Ryan Croddick, Princeton (Jr., G)
 
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Peter Buonnano, Princeton (Fr., A) *
 
CO-COACHING STAFF OF THE YEAR
Dartmouth
 
CO-COACHING STAFF OF THE YEAR
Princeton

ALL-IVY FIRST TEAM^
CJ Kirst, Cornell (Sr., A)*
Coulter Mackesy, Princeton (Sr., A)*
Sam King, Harvard (Sr., A)
Hugh Kelleher, Cornell (Sr., M)
Willem Firth, Cornell (So., M)
Logan Ip, Harvard (Jr., M)
Tucker Wade, Princeton (So. M)
Jayson Singer, Cornell (Sr., D)
Brendan Lavelle, Penn (Sr., D)
Colin Mulshine, Princeton (Sr., D)
Ryan Croddick, Princeton (Jr., G)
Jack Cascadden, Cornell (Jr., FO)*
Walker Wallace, Cornell (Sr., LSM)
Cooper Mueller, Princeton (Jr., SSDM)
 
ALL-IVY SECOND TEAM^
Ryan Goldstein, Cornell (So., A)
Michael Long, Cornell (Sr., A)
Thomas Power, Dartmouth (Jr., A)
Jack Speidell, Harvard (So. A)
Nate Kabiri, Princeton (So., A)
Leo Johnson, Yale (Sr., A)
Chad Palumbo, Princeton (Jr., M)
Max Krevsky, Yale (Sr., M)
Aidan McLane, Brown (Sr., M)
Griffin Scane, Penn (Jr., M)
Charlie Cave, Brown (Jr., D)
Michael Bath, Princeton (Sr., D)
Martin Nelson, Harvard (Sr., D)
Jack Stuzin, Yale (Sr., D)
Mason Morel, Dartmouth (Sr., G)
Spencer Reagan, Dartmouth (Fr., FO)
Ryan McLaughlin, Penn (Jr., LSM)
Chris Davis, Cornell (Sr., SSDM)
 
HONORABLE MENTION
Emmett Paradine, Dartmouth (Jr., M)
Thomas Goguen, Dartmouth (Jr., D)
Brendan Staub, Cornell (Jr., D)
Patrick Pisano, Yale (Jr., D)
Wyatt Knust, Cornell (Sr., G)
Emmet Carroll, Penn (Sr., G)
Machado Rodriguez, Yale (Sr., FO)
Ray Dearth, Harvard (Sr., SSDM)
Jackson Green, Princeton (So., SSDM)
Owen Guest, Harvard (Jr., SSDM)
 
*unanimous selection
^team expanded due to ties in voting