The Utah Archers are a professional field lacrosse team based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area that competes in the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). The Archers are one of the six founding members of the PLL for the 2019 season. Notable players include Tom Schreiber, Grant Ament, and Graeme Hossack.
After an 8–2 season where they were the #1 seed and Tom Schreiber won MVP, they won the 2023 PLL championship, defeating the Waterdogs 15–14.
Roster 2026 Utah Archers#NameNationalityPositionShotHeightWeightCollegeGrad yearHigh schoolHometownRef.1Aidan O'NeilAttackLeft6 ft 0 in200 lbsRichmond2026Tabor AcademyCenterville, Massachusetts2CK GiancolaMidfieldRight6 ft 1 in190 lbsWesleyan2025Trinity-PawlingFort Myers, Florida4Leo JohnsonAttackR/L5 ft 9 in175 lbsMaryland2026Avon Old FarmsGreenwich, Connecticut 5 Connor FieldsAttack Left5 ft 11 in180 lbsAlbany2017Bishop Timon – St. JudeEast Amherst, New York6Ryan StinesAttackRight5 ft 11 in190 lbsUtah2026Panther CreekCary, North Carolina7Mac O'KeefeAttackLeft6 ft 0 in190 lbsPenn State2021SyossetSyosset, New York9Sam KingAttackR/L5 ft 9 in174 lbsHarvard2025GilmanBaltimore, Maryland11Matt Moore AttackRight6 ft 2 in195 lbsVirginia2022Garnet ValleyGarnet Valley, Pennsylvania 13Ryan AmblerMidfield Left6 ft 2 in200 lbsPrinceton2016AbingtonAbington Township, Pennsylvania16Grant Ament MidfieldR/L5 ft 9 in170 lbsPenn State2020HaverfordDoylestown, Pennsylvania17Mitchell DunhamDefenseLeft6 ft 2 in205 lbsRichmond2025Everest AcademyHamilton, Ontario18Nick WashutaGoalieLeft6 ft 3 in215 lbsVermont2020The Blake SchoolOrono, Minnesota20Cam WyersDefenseLeft6 ft 5 in220 lbsLoyola2023Everest AcademyOttawa, Ontario21Colin SharkeySSDMRight6 ft 1 in205 lbsMaryland2024Archbishop StepinacYonkers, New York22Bryce FordMidfieldR/L5 ft 8in190 lbsMaryland2025John JaySouth Salem, New York23Aidan MaguireSSDMLeft6 ft 2 in210 lbsDuke2026St. Sebastian'sHingham, Massachusetts24Gannon Matthews**AttackR/L6 ft 0 in185 lbsOhio State2025EagleEagle, Idaho26Tom Schreiber (C)Midfield R/L5 ft 11in195 lbsPrinceton2014St. Anthony'sEast Meadow, New York 27Warren JeffreyDefenseLeft6 ft 3in225 lbsVermont2019St. Michael's College SchoolMimico, Ontario31Connor MaherSSDMLeft6 ft 1in187 lbsNorth Carolina2023Calvert HallTimonium, Maryland40Tommy StullLSMRight5 ft 9 in175 lbsRichmond2025Deerfield AcademyNiantic, Connecticut44Tre LeclaireMidfieldRight6 ft 2in205 lbsOhio State2021Elgin ParkSurrey, British Columbia45Brett DobsonGoalieRight6 ft 2in200 lbsSt. Bonaventure2022The Hill AcademyOshawa, Ontario46Brendan LavelleDefenseRight6 ft 0in210 lbsPenn2025RyeRye, New York54Piper BondSSDMRight6 ft 2in200 lbsPenn2023GilmanBaltimore, Maryland77Mason WoodwardLSMLeft6 ft 2in210 lbsMarquette2024St. Paul'sTowson, Maryland89Beau PedersonSSDMRight6 ft 4in210 lbsMichigan2024Park CityPark City, Utah99Mike SisselbergerFaceoffRight5 ft 9in200 lbsLehigh2023Southern LehighCenter Valley, PennsylvaniaNikko DiPonioDefenseLeft5 ft 11 in190 lbsUtah2026CulverBloomfield Hills, Michigan
**Indicates player is on PUP list Source:
(C): Captain
Coaching staff Head coach – Chris Bates Assistant coach – Tony Resch Assistant coach – Brian Kavanagh
All-time draft selections 2019 College Draft Rnd. Pick # Player Pos. College Conf. 2019 accolades 1 1 Pat Spencer Attack Loyola Patriot League Tewaaraton Award winner, First-Team All-American, Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year, First-Team Patriot League *Note* (Spencer will spend the 2019–2020 season playing men's Division 1 basketball for Northwestern. He elected to pursue a professional basketball career rather than lacrosse.) 2 12 Curtis Corley Defense Maryland Big Ten Conference Third-Team All-American, First-Team Big Ten 3 13 Colton Jackson Midfield Denver Big East Conference Honorable Mention All-American, Second-Team Big East: *Note* (Jackson chose to play in the MLL for the Atlanta Blaze who drafted him with the 26th pick in the 2019 draft) 4 24 John Prendergast Midfield Duke Atlantic Coast Conference Honorable Mention All-American, First-Team ACC: *Note* (Prendergast was designated to the Player Pool [Free Agent] on June 12, 2019) 2020 Entry Draft
The 2020 player entry draft occurred on March 16 for teams to select players arriving from rival Major League Lacrosse. On March 4, Paul Burmeister and NBCSN hosted an entry draft lottery for selection order. Out of 100 balls to select from, Waterdogs had 40, Chrome had 25, Atlas had 15, Archers had 10, Chaos had 6, Redwoods had 3, and the champion Whipsnakes had 1.
Rob Pannell was announced to be transferring to the PLL on March 9, followed by 15 other players the following day, which comprised the selection pool for the entry draft. A total of 14 players were selected in the entry draft with remaining new players entering the league player pool. +Draft resultsRnd.Pick #PlayerPos.College14Eli GobrechtDefenseIthaca211Christian MazzoneMidfieldRutgers
2020 College Draft Rnd. Pick # Player Pos. College 2020 Accolades 1 1 Grant Ament Attack Penn State First-team All-American 2 11 Jack Rapine Defense Johns Hopkins 2021 Entry Draft +Rnd.Pick #PlayerPos.College12Graeme HossackDefenseLindenwood210Ryan McNamaraMidfieldMarquette318Warren JeffreyDefenseVermont 2021 College Draft +Rnd.Pick #PlayerPos.College15Jared ConnersLonf Stick MidfieldVirginia213Tre LeclaireMidfieldOhio State318Jeff TrainorMidfieldUMass321Conor GaffneyFaceoffLehigh
2022 College Draft +Rnd.Pick #PlayerPos.College14Matt MooreAttackVirginia212Brett DobsonGoalieSt. Bonaventure318Justin InacioFaceoffOhio State428Jon RobbinsLong Stick MidfieldBellarmine429Ryan AughavinMidfieldBrown
2023 College Draft +Rnd.Pick #PlayerPos.College15Mike SisselbergerFaceoffLehigh213Connor MaherDefensive MidfieldNorth Carolina321Piper BondDefensive MidfieldPenn429Cameron WyersDefenseLoyola
2024 College Draft +Rnd.Pick #PlayerPos.College18Mason WoodwardDefenseMarquette213Beau PedersonDefensive MidfieldMichigan216Dyson WilliamsAttackDuke324Colby BarszDefenseTowson
2025 College Draft +Rnd.Pick #PlayerPos.College15Brendan LavelleDefensePenn318Sam KingMidfieldHarvard321Mitchell DunhamDefenseRichmond432Bryce Ford MidfieldMaryland
2026 College Draft +Rnd.Pick #PlayerPos.College11Aidan MaguireSSDMDuke29Ryan StinesAttackUtah317Will SchallerDefenseMaryland425Leo JohnsonAttackMaryland
Season results +2019WeekLocationDateOpponentResult1 Boston, MassachusettsJune 1, 2019ChromeW 13–12 (OT)2New York, New YorkJune 8, 2019RedwoodsW 10–93Chicago, IllinoisJune 15, 2019WhipsnakesL 10–11 (OT)4Baltimore, MarylandJune 23, 2019ChaosL 13–145Atlanta, GeorgiaJune 28, 2019AtlasL 12–136Washington, DCJuly 6, 2019RedwoodsL 8–9 (OT)All-Star BreakLos Angeles, CaliforniaJuly 21, 2019ByeBye7Denver, ColoradoJuly 28, 2019ChromeW 9–78San Jose, CaliforniaAugust 11, 2019AtlasW 15–119Hamilton, OntarioAugust 17, 2019ChaosL 10–11 (OT)10Albany, New YorkAugust 25, 2019WhipsnakesW 11–8Playoffs Round 1Columbus, OhioSeptember 6–7, 2019RedwoodsL 12–16Playoffs Round 2New York, New YorkSeptember 14, 2019ChromeW 12–10First Draft Pick GamePhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaSeptember 21, 2019AtlasW 25–7
+2020GameLocationDateOpponentResult1 Herriman, UtahJuly 27, 2020AtlasW 11–102Herriman, UtahJuly 28, 2020WaterdogsW 9–73Herriman, UtahJuly 30, 2020ChromeW 13–124Herriman, UtahAugust 2, 2020WhipsnakesL 11–175 (Elimination)Herriman, UtahAugust 4, 2020AtlasW 11–96 (Semifinal)Herriman, UtahAugust 6, 2020ChaosL 9–13 +2021GameLocationDateOpponentResult1 Foxborough, MassachusettsJune 5, 2021AtlasW 18–62Kennesaw, GeorgiaJune 13, 2021ChaosW 12–83Baltimore, MarylandJune 26, 2021WaterdogsW 17–84Hempstead, New YorkJuly 2, 2021ChromeL 7–85Hempstead, New YorkJuly 4, 2021WhipsnakesL 14–156Eagan, MinnesotaJuly 11, 2021CannonsL 12–137Colorado Springs, ColoradoJuly 31, 2021RedwoodsW 15–128Albany, New YorkAugust 13, 2021ChaosL 9–119Albany, New YorkAugust 14, 2021WhipsnakesW 15–1410 (Quarterfinal)Sandy, UtahSeptember 5, 2021ChaosL 10–13
+2022GameLocationDateOpponentResult1Albany, New YorkJune 5ChromeL 10–112Charlotte, North CarolinaJune 10ChaosW 17–123Hempstead, New YorkJune 18CannonsW 20–94Baltimore, MarylandJune 25AtlasL 12–115Eagan, MinnesotaJuly 1RedwoodsW 10–96Fairfield, ConnecticutJuly 24CannonsW 17–127Frisco, TexasJuly 30AtlasL 9–148Denver, ColoradoAugust 6WhipsnakesL 8–169Herriman, UtahAugust 13AtlasW 11–810Tacoma, WashingtonAugust 20WaterdogsW 16–1211 (Quarterfinal)Foxborough, MassachusettsSeptember 3RedwoodsW 13–812 (Semifinal)Washington D.C.September 11ChaosL 7–9
+2023 Championship SeriesGameLocationDateOpponentResult1Springfield, VAFebruary 22ChromeW 23–22 (OT)2Springfield, VAFebruary 23WhipsnakesW 26–233Springfield, VAFebruary 24AtlasL 26–314 (Semifinals)Springfield, VAFebruary 25ChromeL 18–21
+2023GameLocationDateOpponentResult1Albany, New YorkJune 3CannonsW 16–132Charlotte, North CarolinaJune 9ChromeW 12–73Columbus, OhioJune 17ChaosL 10–154Eagan, MinnesotaJuly 9WhipsnakesW 15–125Fairfield, ConnecticutJuly 14RedwoodsW 10–36Frisco, TexasJuly 30WaterdogsW 19–187Baltimore, MarylandAugust 5AtlasW 14–13 (OT)8Denver, ColoradoAugust 11ChromeW 13–59Tacoma, WashingtonAugust 18WhipsnakesW 16–1110Herriman, UtahAugust 25WaterdogsL 13–1411 (Semifinal)Uniondale, New YorkSeptember 10RedwoodsW 14–612 (Championship)Chester, PennsylvaniaSeptember 24WaterdogsW 15–14
+2024 Championship SeriesGameLocationDateOpponentResult1Springfield, VAFebruary 15WaterdogsL 18–212Springfield, VAFebruary 16CannonsL 19–263Springfield, VAFebruary 17RedwoodsL 16–184 (Semifinals)Springfield, VAFebruary 18WaterdogsL 21–27
+2024GameLocationDateOpponentResult1Albany, New YorkJune 1WaterdogsW 12–112Charlotte, North CarolinaJune 7OutlawsL 17–18 (OT)3Villanova, PennsylvaniaJune 15ChaosW 9–74Eagan, MinnesotaJune 28CannonsL 9–145Cambridge, MassachusettsJuly 6WhipsnakesW 16–116Fairfield, ConnecticutJuly 20RedwoodsW 15–87Baltimore, MarylandAugust 4ChaosL 14–158Denver, ColoradoAugust 10AtlasL 11–159Herriman, UtahAugust 16RedwoodsW 13–1210Herriman, UtahAugust 17OutlawsW 13–911 (Semifinal)Uniondale, New YorkSeptember 7ChaosW 10–112 (Championship)Chester, PennsylvaniaSeptember 15WhipsnakesW 12–8
+2025 Championship SeriesGameLocationDateOpponentResult1Springfield, VAFebruary 12CannonsW 29–212Springfield, VAFebruary 14AtlasW 23–203Springfield, VAFebruary 15WhipsnakesW 29–254 (Championship)Springfield, VAFebruary 17CannonsL 14–21
PLL award winners Jim Brown Most Valuable Player Tom Schreiber: 2023 Eamon McEneaney Attackman of the Year Grant Ament: 2021 Gait Brothers Midfielder of the Year Tom Schreiber: 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 Dave Pietramala Defensive Player of the Year Graeme Hossack: 2021 Brendan Lavelle: 2026 George Boiardi Short Stick Midfielder of the Year Dominique Alexander: 2019 Latrell Harris: 2023 Oren Lyons Goalie of the Year Brett Dobson: 2026 Jimmy Regan Teammate of the Year Ryan Ambler: 2024 Brendan Looney Leadership Award Tom Schreiber: 2023, 2024 Welles Crowther Humanitarian Award Scott Ratliff: 2019 Mason Woodward: 2026
Head coaches # Name Term Regular season PlayoffsGPWLPctGPWLPct 1 Chris Bates 2019– 53 33 20 11 7 4
All-time record vs. PLL Clubs Atlas74Lost 1Cannons32Lost 1Chaos48Won 1Outlaws73Won 2Redwoods82Won 7Waterdogs61Won 2Whipsnakes54Won 4Totals3923
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