SPARKS, Md. —  Second-year Navy faceoff specialist Zach Hayashi (North Potomac, Md.) has been named a 2025 USA Lacrosse Preseason All-American it was announced by USA Lacrosse Magazine on Wednesday. The publication identified 89 players overall as Preseason All-Americans that were split into first (14 players), second (14) and third-team (14) squads, as well as honorable mentions (47). Hayashi was named to the honorable mention team.

Hayashi's body of work from his freshman season was spectacular. He closed out his first season at Navy ranked second in the Patriot League and 18th nationally in faceoff winning percentage (214-372, 57.5), was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week 4 times, the Patriot League Faceoff Specialist of the Week 4 times and earned a spot on the USILA National Team of the Week twice. Garnering Second-Team All-Patriot League recognition, Hayashi is one of only 5 Navy freshmen all-time to garner All-Patriot League accolades, joining midfielder Basil Daratsos (2007), faceoff specialist Brady Dove (2014), defenseman Jackson Bonitz (2021) and long-stick midfielder AJ Marsh (2024). Additionally, Hayashi was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Year, becoming just the third Navy player to earn the award (2004 - midfielder Billy Looney and 2011 - attackman Tucker Hull). Meanwhile, he is the fourth faceoff specialist in Patriot League history (since 1991) to earn the award, joining Colgate's Peter Strid (1993), Lehigh's Craig Brown (1995) and Colgate's Parker Gibson (1998). He was also named the ECAC Rookie of the Year.

He finished his freshman campaign at Navy breaking several school records, including the single-season faceoff mark. He stands alone as the only player in program history to reach 200 faceoff wins in a single season, breaking the previous record of 185 wins. He also broke the Navy freshman records for faceoff wins (214) and attempts (372) which were both previously held by Brady Dove (163-289 / 2014). Remarkably, after just one season of action, Hayashi already stands seventh on Navy's career faceoff wins leader board.

Hayashi also broke the school record for single-season ground balls (105) and joins Dove as the only two players in Navy history to reach 100 ground balls in a single season. He also shattered the Navy freshman mark by 22 ground balls (Dove, 83 / 2014).

A member of the 2024 Patriot League All-Tournament Team, Hayashi also broke the school records for most faceoffs won (18) and attempted (26), along with most ground balls (11) in a Patriot League Tournament contest in the Mids' win over Loyola in the Patriot League Quarterfinals.

Navy will open its 118th year of varsity lacrosse on Feb. 1 when it travels to North Carolina to battle High Point. The contest is slated for a 12-noon faceoff and will be streamed live on ESPN+. There will not be a radio broadcast of this game. The Mids will open their home slate a week later when they welcome first-year program Iona on Feb. 8 (12:00 pm).

Single-game tickets for home Navy men's lacrosse games are on sale now and may be purchased by stopping by the Navy Ticket Office at Ricketts Hall, by calling 1-800-US4-NAVY, via the internet at www.navysports.com or at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on game day. Ticket prices for home games are $10 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under, while groups of 20 or more will be offered a discounted ticket (in advance only, contact Jordan Albright at 410-293-8791 / grouptickets@usna.edu). Ticket prices for the Army-Navy game held in Annapolis are $20 for adults and $10 for kids. Additionally there is a $10 charge (credit card only) to park at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium for all games.


2025 USA LACROSSE DIV. I MEN'S PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS

First Team 
A – Chris Kavanagh, Notre Dame
A – CJ Kirst, Cornell
A – Joey Spallina, Syracuse
M – Andrew McAdorey, Duke
M – Evan Plunkett, Army
M – Mikey Weisshaar, Towson
FO – Will Lynch, Notre Dame
SSDM – Ben Ramsey, Notre Dame
SSDM – Casey Wilson, Denver
LSM – Will Donovan, Notre Dame
D – Jimmy Freehill, Denver
D – Brendan Lavelle, Penn
D – Scott Smith, Johns Hopkins
G – Emmet Carroll, Penn

Second Team 
A – Sam King, Harvard
A – Coulter Mackesy, Princeton
A – McCabe Millon, Virginia
M – Matt Traynor, Penn State
M – Griffin Schutz, Virginia
M – Michael Leo, Syracuse
FO – Will Coletti, Army
SSDM – Noah Chizmar, Virginia
SSDM – Aidan Maguire, Duke
LSM – Ben Wayer, Virginia
D – Billy Dwan, Syracuse
D – Shawn Lyght, Notre Dame
D – Ty Banks, Georgetown
G – Jack Fracyon, Penn State 

Third Team 
A – Ryan Bell, Providence
A – Owen Duffy, North Carolina
A – Michael Long, Cornell
M – Matt Collison, Johns Hopkins
M – Sam English, Syracuse
M – Devon McLane, Notre Dame
FO – James Ball, Georgetown
SSDM – Jack Gray, Duke
SSDM – Jack Monfort, Johns Hopkins
LSM – Max Yates, Colgate
D – Richard Checo, Lehigh
D – Colin Mulshine, Princeton
D – Levi Verch, Saint Joseph's
G – Michael Gianforcaro, North Carolina 

Honorable Mention
A – Aidan Carroll, Georgetown
A – Ryan Cohen, Michigan
A – Jackson Eicher, Army
A – Owen Hiltz, Syracuse
A – Leo Johnson, Yale
A – Nate Kabiri, Princeton
A – Chris Lyons, Yale
A – Aidan McLane, Brown
A – Silas Richmond, UAlbany
A – Eric Spanos, Maryland
A – Ryan Stines, Utah
A – Jake Taylor, Notre Dame
A – Tynan Walsh, Penn

M – Jack Aimone, Penn State
M – Jordan Faison, Notre Dame
M – Willem Firth, Cornell
M – Johnny Hackett, Virginia
M – Benn Johnston, Duke
M – Max Krevsky, Yale
M – Chad Palumbo, Princeton
M – Charlie Pope, Vermont
M – Cam Rubin, Penn
M – Finn Thomson, Syracuse

FO – Zach Hayashi, Navy
FO – Machado Rodriguez, Yale
FO – Brady Wambach, North Carolina

SSDM – Mike Grace, Syracuse
SSDM – Pace Billings, Michigan

LSM – Jack Combs, Vermont
LSM – Juliann Radossich, Fairfield
LSM – Jack Stuzin, Yale

D – Michael Bath, Princeton
D – Charlie Cave, Brown
D – Greg Campisi, Notre Dame
D – Ricky Figueiras, Syracuse
D – Patrick Pisano, Yale
D – Alex Ross, Penn State
D – John Shroter, Virginia
D – Jayson Singer, Cornell
D – Peter Thomann, North Carolina
D – Bobby Van Buren, Ohio State

G – Kevin Ellington, Delaware
G – Wyatt Knust, Cornell
G – Logan McNaney, Maryland
G – Anderson Moore, Georgetown
G – Mason Oak, Quinnipiac
G – Zach Vigue, Richmond

### Go Navy ###