ANNAPOLIS, Md. —  Navy All-American defenseman  AJ Marsh (So / D / Reisterstown, Md.) has been named to the 2026 Tewaaraton Award Men's Watch List presented by Stifel it was announced Tuesday by the Tewaaraton Foundation. This is the second-consecutive year Marsh has been named to the watch list.

Marsh, who garnered Honorable Mention All-America honors by the USILA, USA Lacrosse and Inside Lacrosse last spring, is a two-time All-Patriot League selection earning second-team honors as a freshman and first-team recognition a year ago. After spending his rookie year as a long-stick defensive middie, he flourished last season in his role down low on a Navy defense that held its opponents to 10.60 goals per game. He was named to the USILA National Team of the Week following his performance against Lafayette where he held First-Team All-Patriot League attackman Riley Sullivan, who was the nation's #2 point producer (6.67) and #1 assist distributor (3.89) at the time, to just ONE point (G) in the contest. Active on the ball, Marsh, along with 205 graduate Jacob Darrow and All-Patriot League long-stick midfielder Sean Gallagher (Sr / Garnet Valley, Pa.), led the team with 14 caused turnovers.

In addition to his defensive efforts, he's one of the most dynamic players in the country in the transition game. Marsh recorded 9 points on 5 goals and 4 assists this spring. In just 2 seasons, he has recorded 14-career points (7G, 7A), the third-most points by a Navy pole, while his 5 goals are tied as the fourth most.

Marsh has already been named the Patriot League Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and was named a 2026 Honorable Mention All-American by Inside Lacrosse and USA Lacrosse Magazine. 

Marsh is one of six players to represent the Patriot League on the Tewaaraton Award Watch List, joining Army's Sean Byrne and Evan Plunkett, Boston U.'s Timothy Shannehan, Colgate's Hunter Drouin and Lehigh's Richard Checo. 

Recognized as the most prized award in college lacrosse, the Tewaaraton Award Foundation will announce additions to the Watch List on March 5 and March 26.  The field, however, will be narrowed to 25 nominees on April 16 and the five finalists will be announced in early May and invited to the Tewaaraton Award Ceremony in Washington, D.C. set for May 28.


Tewaaraton Award Watch List

A - Owen Duffy, North Carolina, Jr.
A - Willem Firth, Cornell, Jr.
A - Ryan Goldstein, Cornell, Jr.
A - McCabe Millon, Virginia, Jr.
A - Aidan O'Neil, Richmond, Sr.
A - Dominic Pietramala, North Carolina, Jr.
A - Jack Regnery, Tufts, Sr.
A - Silas Richmond, Albany, Sr.
A - Tim Shannehan, Boston U., So.
A - Joey Spallina, Syracuse, Sr.
A - Eric Spanos, Maryland, Gr.
A - Jack Speidell, Harvard, Jr.
A - Mikey Weisshaar, Towson, Sr.
M - Hunter Aquino, Penn State, So.
M - Matt Collison, Johns Hopkins, Sr.
M - Hunter Drouin, Colgate, Sr.
M - Logan Ip, Harvard, Sr.
M - Benn Johnston, Duke, Jr.
M - Michael Leo, Syracuse, Sr.
M - Kyle Lewis, Adelphi, Sr.
M - Chad Palumbo, Princeton, Sr.
M - Evan Plunkett, Army, Sr.
D - Ty Banks, Georgetown, Jr.
D - Cullen Brown, Ohio State, Sr.
D - Richard Checo, Lehigh, Sr.
D - Billy Dwan III, Syracuse, Sr.
D - Charlie Johnson, Duke, Sr.
D - Shawn Lyght, Notre Dame, Jr.
D - AJ Marsh, Navy, Jr.
D - Max Neeson, Albany, Sr.
D - Julian Radossich, Fairfield, Jr.
D - Alex Ross, Penn State, Sr.
D - Will Schaller, Maryland, Sr.
D - John Schroter, Virginia, Sr.
D - Hunter Smith, Richmond, Sr.
D - Bobby Van Buren, Ohio State, Gr.
LSM - Will Donovan, Notre Dame, Sr.
LSM - Jake Melchionni, Villanova, Jr.
SSDM - Eric Kolar, Maryland, Sr.
SSDM - Aidan Maguire, Duke, Sr.
SSDM - Jack Pilling, Richmond, Sr.
GK - Sean Byrne, Army, Sr.
GK - Ryan Croddick, Princeton, Sr.
GK - Caleb Fyock, Ohio State, Jr.
GK - Anderson Moore, Georgetown, Jr.
GK - Cardin Stoller, Rutgers, Jr.
FO - Jack Cascadden, Cornell, Sr.
FO - Henry Dodge, Maryland, Sr.
FO - Brady Wambach, North Carolina, Jr.
FO - John Mullen, Syracuse, Jr.

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