BALTIMORE, Md. - Inside Lacrosse is excited to unveil the 2026 Nike Lacrosse Midseason Media All-Americans, naming High Point University's Luca Accardo to the third team. The designation comes as the calendar switches to April and teams focus on conference play in the march to May. 
 
Accardo has been a prominent factor in HPU's recent win streak, holding his ground at the faceoff. He is 137-214 on the season with a .640-win percentage ranking seventh in the nation. He ranks second in the nation in ground balls averaging 10.33 per game, collecting 93 total this season. He set the program record in ground balls in a single-game with 19 at Delaware and tied his own single-game record with 22 faceoff wins against UMass.
 
The Nike Lacrosse Media All-Americans are selected by several voters who also vote in the weekly Media Poll. Voters submitted first-, second-, third- and honorable mention teams; those were tallied, with players receiving the highest vote totals sorted into teams. Honorable Mention players consist of players who did not earn enough votes to make one of the three teams but still had a significant number of votes. The Nike Lacrosse All-American list aims to honor players a more traditional-sized roster, avoiding extra numbers unless an unbreakable voting tie dictates it.
 
Nike Lacrosse Media All-Americans — Midseason
FIRST TEAM
A-Owen Duffy, North Carolina
A-Joey Spallina, Syracuse
A-Aidan O'Neil, Richmond
M-Evan Plunkett, Army
M-Joe Sheridan, Richmond
M-Logan Ip, Harvard
FO-Brady Wambach, North Carolina
SSDM-Aidan Maguire, Duke
SSDM-Jack Pilling, Richmond
LSM-Will Donovan, Notre Dame
D-Shawn Lyght, Notre Dame
D-Alex Ross, Penn State
D-Hunter Smith, Richmond
G-Grayson Manning, Denver
 
SECOND TEAM
A-Willem Firth, Cornell
A-Silas Richmond, UAlbany
A-McCabe Millon, Virginia
A/M-Michael Leo, Syracuse
M-Matt Collison, Johns Hopkins
M-Tucker Wade, Princeton
FO-Henry Dodge, Maryland
SSDM-Reece DiCicco, Johns Hopkins
SSDM-Joe Juengerkes, Rutgers
LSM-Jake Melchionni, Villanova
D-Cullen Brown, Ohio State
D-Jack Stahl, Princeton
D-Charlie Johnson, Duke
G-Ryan Croddick, Princeton
 
THIRD TEAM
A-Mikey Weisshaar, Towson
A-Rory Connor, Georgetown
A-Colin Kurdyla, Rutgers
M-Mason Szewczyk, North Carolina
M-John Aurandt IV, Harvard
M-Max Sloat, Duke
FO-Luca Accardo, High Point
SSDM-Jon King, Penn State
SSDM-Ty English, North Carolina
LSM-AJ Larkin, Maryland
D-Riley Figueiras, Syracuse
D-Billy Dwan III, Syracuse
D-Will Schaller, Maryland
G-Sean Byrne, Army
 
HONORABLE MENTION
A-Jack Speidell, Harvard
A-Brendan Millon, Virginia
A-Josh Yago, Notre Dame
A-Benn Johnston, Duke
A-Dominic Pietramala, North Carolina
A-Timothy Shannehan, Boston U
A-Chad Palumbo, Princeton
A-Ryan Stines, Utah
A-Nate Kabiri, Princeton
A-Patrick Radomski, Siena
M-Luke Rhoa, Syracuse
M-Gavin Creo, Richmond
M-Peter Buonanno, Princeton
M-Matt Jeffery, Notre Dame
M-Will Maheras, Notre Dame
FO-John Mullen, Syracuse 
FO-Reid Gills, Penn State
FO-Cal Girard, Duke
FO-Vincent Gaylord, Richmond
SSDM-Leif Hagerup, North Carolina
SSDM-Cooper Mueller, Princeton
SSDM-Jackson Green, Princeton
SSDM-Hudson Hausmann, Virginia
SSDM-Anthony McMullan, Penn
LSM-Brayden Penafeather-Stevenson, Richmond
LSM-Ryan Splaine, Rutgers
LSM-Jack Combs, Vermont
LSM-Jack Carrabine, Colgate
LSM/D-Richard Checo, Lehigh
LSM/D-Peter Thomann, North Carolina
D-Brendan Staub, Cornell
D-Nikko DiPonio, Utah
D-Ty Banks, Georgetown
D-Julian Radossich, Fairfield
D-Patrick Pisano, Yale
D-John Schroter, Virginia
D-Connor Kehm, Boston U.
G-Caleb Fyock, Ohio State
G-Jimmy McCool, Syracuse
G-Graham Stevens, Harvard
G-Connor Knight, Richmond
 
High Point will host senior day on Saturday, April 4 at Vert Stadium at 1:00 p.m. against St. Bonaventure. Fourteen seniors will be honored prior to the game.