Hempstead, NY – Hofstra University Men's Lacrosse junior Ryan Tierney has been named to the 2019 Tewaaraton Award Men's Watch List, the Tewaaraton Foundation announced Thursday. The list includes the top players across all three divisions of NCAA lacrosse and highlight the early contenders for the 2019 Tewaaraton Award.

Tierney, a junior attackman from Massapequa, New York, is a two-time All-Colonial Athletic Association selection, including a first team pick last season, and was named the 2017 CAA Rookie of the Year. In four games this season, he has recorded 11 goals and two assists. Tierney tallied five goals at Villanova on February 23 and four goals against Utah on February 16. He topped the 100-point mark of his career in just his 30^th game. He currently has 69 goals and 40 assists in 32 career games.
 
The Tewaaraton Award annually honors the top male and female college lacrosse player in the United States. The selection committees are made up of premier collegiate coaches and are appointed annually by The Tewaaraton Foundation.

Players not named to the initial lists have several opportunities to play their way into a spot as the season progresses. Watch list additions, if applicable, will be announced on March 21 and April 4. On April 25, the field will be narrowed to 25 men's and 25 women's nominees. Nominees can be players on the watch lists or players not on the watch lists, effectively allowing for a third round of additions.

Five men's and five women's finalists will be announced on May 9 and invited to the 19th annual Tewaaraton Award Ceremony in Washington, D.C., on May 30.
For more information on the Tewaaraton Foundation or to attend this exciting event, visit tewaaraton.com.

The 50 men's watch list candidates, with school, year and position include:

Men's Watch List:
Dox Aitken, Virginia - Jr., Midfield
Grant Ament, Penn State - Jr., Attack
Gerard Arceri, Penn State - Jr., Face Off
Jared Bernhardt, Maryland - Jr., Attack
Charlie Bertrand, Merrimack - Jr., Attack
Tate Boyce, Providence - Sr., Goalie
Daniel Bucaro, Georgetown - Sr., Attack
Adam Charalambides, Rutgers - Redshirt Sophomore, Attack
Craig Chick, Lehigh - Sr., Defense
Bryan Costabile, Notre Dame - Jr., Midfield
Brendan Curry, Syracuse - Soph., Midfield
Chris Fake, Yale - Soph., Defense
Dylan Gaines, Denver - Sr., Defense
JT Giles-Harris, Duke - Jr., Defense
Brendan Gleason, Notre Dame - Sr., Attack
Zach Goodrich, Towson - Sr., Midfield
Phil Goss, Brown - Jr., Goalie
Chris Gray, Boston University - Soph., Attack
Teddy Hatfield, Richmond - Sr., Attack
Alex Heger, Robert Morris - Sr., Goalie
TD Ierlan, Yale - Jr., Face Off
Connor Kirst, Villanova - Soph., Midfield
Michael Kraus, Virginia - Jr., Attack
Tre Leclaire, Ohio State - Jr., Attack
Kyle Marr, Hopkins - Sr., Attack
Simon Mathias, Penn - Sr., Attack
Nick Mellen, Syracuse - Jr., Defense
Jackson Morrill, Yale - Jr., Attack
Kieran Mullins, Rutgers - Jr., Attack
Tehoka Nanticoke, Albany - Soph., Attack
Asher Nolting, High Point - Soph., Attack
Brent Noseworthy, Michigan - Sr., Midfield
Isaac Paparo, Massachusetts-Amherst - Sr., Defense
Ryland Rees, Stony Brook - Sr., Defense
Jack Rowlett, Carolina - Sr., Defense
Brad Smith, Duke - Sr., Midfield
Michael Sowers, Princeton - Jr., Attack
Patrick Spencer, Loyola - Sr., Attack
Jacob Stover, Loyola - Sr., Goalie
Johnny Surdick, Army West Point - Sr., Defense
Jeff Teat, Cornell - Jr., Attack
Ryan Terefenko, Ohio State - Jr., Midfield
Ryan Tierney, Hofstra - Jr., Attack
Jack Tigh, Yale - Sr., Midfield
Greyson Torain, Navy - Sr., Midfield
Tim Troutner Jr., High Point - Sr., Goalie
Max Tuttle, Sacred Heart - Sr., Midfield
Cade Van Raaphorst, Duke - Sr., Defense
Ethan Walker, Denver - Jr., Attack
Alex Woodall, Towson - Sr., Face Off