Commercial Appeal boys and girls All-Metro lacrosse teams for 2019
Khari ThompsonGirls lacrosse player of the year
Virginia Horton
St. Mary's, So.
Position: Midfielder
Why chosen: The TGLA all-state selection led St. Mary's to a region-best 17-4 record and the private school state semifinals.
Player of the year nominees
Ginny Bratton
St. Mary's, Sr.
Position: Defense
Why chosen: Bratton was a TGLA all-region selection.
Anne Cater
Hutchison, Sr.
Position: Goalkeeper
Why chosen: The all-state selection made 82 saves with an .845 save percentage.
Mary Jones
St. Mary's, Jr.
Position: Midfielder
Why chosen: Jones was a TGLA all-state selection.
Janessa Mai
Hutchison, Jr.
Position: Midfielder
Why chosen: Mai was a TGLA all-state selection and scored 33 goals with 15 assists.
Kate Murphy
St. George's, Sr.
Position: Midfielder
Why chosen: The Vanderbilt signee was a TGLA all-state selection and scored 104 goals.
Becca Shutzberg
St. Mary's, Sr.
Position: Defense
Why chosen: The senior captain helped St. Mary's go undefeated in region play.
Audrey Still
Hutchison, So.
Position: Defense
Why chosen: Still was a TGLA all-state selection who had 23 ground balls and 16 interceptions.
Rest of first team
Natalie Ziomek
Houston, Sr.
Position: Midfielder
Why chosen: Ziomek was a TGLA all-state selection.
Ella Garner
Houston, Sr.
Position: Attack
Why chosen: Garner was a TGLA all-state selection.
Caroline Swaim
Hutchison, Jr.
Position: Attack
Why chosen: Swaim was a TGLA all-state selection.
Reagan Killebrew
Houston,
Position: Midfielder
Why chosen: Killebrew was a TGLA all-state selection.
Coach of the year
John Bartholomew
St. Mary's
Why chosen: St. Mary's finished 17-5 and made an appearance in the private school state semifinals. The Turkeys went 6-0 in district play.
Boys lacrosse player of the year
Will Johns
Christian Brothers, Sr.
Position: Faceoff
Why chosen: Johns scored 11 goals and had a faceoff percentage of .761.
Player of the year nominees
Ethan Boucher
Collierville, Sr.
Position: Attack
Why chosen: Boucher scored 54 goals and had 31 assists.
Will Bowen
ECS, Sr.
Position: Attack
Why chosen: Bowen scored 56 goals and had 19 assists.
Ben DiMento
Collierville, Jr.
Position: Attack
Why chosen: The Hofstra commitment scored 30 goals and had 30 assists.
Jojo Fogarty
MUS, Sr.
Position: Attack
Why chosen: Fogarty scored 24 goals and had four assists.
Raymond Fracchia
Christian Brothers, Sr.
Position: Attack
Why chosen: Fracchia scored 68 goals and had 32 assists.
Parker Green
Briarcrest, Sr.
Position: Goalkeeper
Why chosen: The High Point signee made 128 saves with a .653 save percentage.
Billy Weiss
MUS, Sr.
Position: Defense
Why chosen: The Loyola, Maryland, signee anchored the Owls' defense.
Rest of first team
Will Beutelschies
Collierville, Sr.
Position: Defense
Why chosen: The all-region selection helped lead Collierville to a 14-2 record.
Will Buchanan
Collierville, Sr.
Position: Midfielder
Why chosen: The all-region selection primarily focused on defense, but scored five goals as well.
Jack Shelton
ECS
Position: Midfielder
Why chosen: The all-region selection helped lead the Eagles to the state title game.
Darby Smith
Houston, So.
Position: Midfielder
Why chosen: Smith scored 47 goals and had 10 assists.
Coach of the year
Collin Welsh
Christian Brothers
Why chosen: Welsh led the Purple Wave to an appearance in the DI private school state title game.