Nov. 6, 2009

BALTIMORE, MD - U.S. Lacrosse recently announced the final 23-man roster for the 2010 U.S. men's national team that will compete in the FIL World Championships in Manchester, England next summer (July 14-24). Among the 23 are three former Johns Hopkins standouts as Paul Rabil '07, Stephen Peyser '07 and Shawn Nadelen '01 all made the final cut. Rabil and Peyser are two of the 10 midfielders named to the team, while Nadelen is one of the six defenders selected.

"Our men's lacrosse program is very proud of the accomplishments of Paul, Stephen and Shawn," Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse coach Dave Pietramala noted. "We are confident they will represent the United States with great character and integrity, much the same way they represented Johns Hopkins University during their time here."

Since the World Championships debuted in 1974, Rabil, Peyer and Nadelen are the 24th, 25th and 26th Johns Hopkins players to be selected to the U.S. Team and each will be making their first appearance on the team. Johns Hopkins has been represented by at least two players in each of the 10 championships.

Rabil was a four-time All-American and three-time first team selection during his career at Johns Hopkins from 2005-08. A member of JHU's 2005 and 2007 NCAA Championship teams, he graduated as JHU's career scoring leader among midfielders with 111 goals and 67 assists for 178 points. He is also JHU's career scoring leader in NCAA Tournament games with 28 goals and 23 assists for 51 points in 14 games. He has continued his career at the professional level as a member of the MLL's Boston Cannons.

Peyser twice earned All-America honors during his career from 2005-08. He garnered third team honors as a junior and second team honors as a senior. He was also a member of JHU's 2005 and 2007 NCAA Championship teams and finished his career ranked eighth in school history in career faceoffs taken (500) and ninth in school history in career faceoffs won (285) and career faceoff winning percentage (.570). In addition, he ranks 20th in career ground balls (235) and totaled 49 goals and 23 assists. Peyser is a member of the MLL's Long Island Lizards.

Nadelen was a four-year regular for the Blue Jays from 1998-2001 and served as a captain during Pietramala's first season as the head coach at Johns Hopkins. Nadelen earned Second Team All-America honors as a senior and twice guided the Blue Jays to the Final Four during his career. He is entering his sixth season as the defensive coordinator at Towson University and has had a very successful professional career with the Washington Bayhawks. He is the last remaining original member of the franchise as he has been with the Bayhawks since the formation of the league in 2001.

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