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Newsstand: Three Notre Dame men's lacrosse players picked in 2025 PLL Draft

IMG_9992by:Tyler Horka•05/08/25•

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Notre Dame graduate attackman Chris Kavanagh. (Photo courtesy of Notre Dame athletics)

The 2025 PLL Draft took place this week, and three Notre Dame players were picked. Jake Taylor went No. 9 overall, Chris Kavanagh went No. 10 and Ben Ramsey went No. 28.

Here’s a full recap of the draft.

Round 1
1. Philadelphia Waterdogs: CJ Kirst, A, Cornell
2. California Redwoods: Andrew McAdorey, M, Duke
3. California Redwoods: Sam English, M, Syracuse/Princeton
4. Boston Cannons: Coulter Mackesy, A, Princeton
5. Utah Archers: Brendan Lavelle, D, Penn
6. New York Atlas: Matt Traynor, M, Penn State
7. Maryland Whipsnakes: Aidan Carroll, M, Georgetown
8. Carolina Chaos: Owen Hiltz, A, Syracuse

Round 2
9. Philadelphia Waterdogs: Jake Taylor, A, Notre Dame
10. California Redwoods: Chris Kavanagh, A, Notre Dame
11. Denver Outlaws: Logan McNaney, G, Maryland
12. Boston Cannons: Mic Kelly, M, Denver
13. Carolina Chaos: Levi Verch, D, Saint Joseph’s
14. New York Atlas: Max Krevsky, M, Yale
15. Philadelphia Waterdogs: Dylan Hess, SSDM, Florida/Georgetown
16. Carolina Chaos: Jack McDonald, LSM, Maryland

Round 3
17. Maryland Whipsnakes: Scott V. Smith, D, Johns Hopkins
18. Utah Archers: Sam King, A, Harvard
19. Denver Outlaws: Pace Billings, D, Michigan/Princeton
20. Maryland Whipsnakes: Emmet Carroll, G, Penn
21. Utah Archers: Michell Dunham, D, Richmond/Mount St. Mary’s
22. New York Atlas: Michael Grace, D, Syracuse/RIT
23. Philadelphia Waterdogs: Ben Wayer, LSM, Virginia
24. Maryland Whipsnakes: Christian Mazur, SSDM, Army

Round 4
25. Philadelphia Waterdogs: Jimmy Freehill, D, Denver
26. Denver Outlaws: Kevin Parnham, D, Penn State
27. Denver Outlaws: Jack Gray, SSDM, Duke
28. Boston Cannons: Ben Ramsey, SSDM, Notre Dame
29. California Redwoods: Carter Rice, SSDM, Syracuse
30. New York Atlas: Hugh Kelleher, M, Cornell
31. California Redwoods: Griffin Schutz, M, Virginia
32. Utah Archers: Bryce Ford, M, Maryland/Fairfield

Kavanagh leads the Irish with 56 points (33 goals, 23 assists). Taylor is second on the team with 30 points (26 goals, 4 assists). Ramsey is one of the team’s best defenders and is second on the team with 30 ground balls.

The Fighting Irish (8-4) begin their defense of back-to-back national championships at No. 4 Ohio State (14-2) this Sunday, May 11, at noon ET.

Notre Dame tweets of the day

The outlook for the 2025 Fighting Irish football season is looking good.

Also looking good: the newest cover of Blue & Gold Illustrated.

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Fighting Irish quote of the day

“They’ve told me they need speed in the receiver room. Coach Denbrock let me know that he doesn’t mind me playing inside or outside in different packages. It would be a good offense for me.”

— Four-star wide receiver Brayden Robinson on his recruitment

Blue & Gold headlines of the day

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• Four-star OL Cameron Wagner excited to join Notre Dame coach Joe Rudolph for June camp
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