BALTIMORE, Md. -   Rutgers University freshman Brian Shemesh (Hillsborough, N.J.) has been selected to represent the United States in the 2008 International Lacrosse Federation (ILF) Under-19 World Championships. Shemesh joins the 23-player squad which will compete in the World Championships from July 3-12, 2008, in Coquitlam, British Columbia.

The team was selected by a 24-person Player Selection Committee following tryouts at UMBC from July 12-15. U.S. Lacrosse invited 120 players to the tryouts and those not selected will be considered alternates for the team. The roster includes 16 recent high school graduates, five rising high school seniors and two current collegians.

Shemesh, a midfielder from Immaculata High School (N.J.), garnered First Team All-State and All-American honors during his 2007 high school season. He was also named to All-Area, All-League, and All-State first teams during both his sophomore and junior seasons and tallied 91 goals and 36 assists in his career.

2008 U.S. Men's U-19 Team

Name - Pos - Hometown - High School - College
Robert Boyle  D (Atlantic Highlands, N.J. Lawrenceville '07) Georgetown
Shamel Bratton  M (Huntington, N.Y. Huntington '07) Virginia
C.J. Costabile  D (New Fairfield, Conn. New Fairfield '08)
Matthew Dolente  M (Phoenixville, Pa. Malvern Prep '07) Johns Hopkins
Tim Donovan  M (Parkton, Md. Loyola Blakefield '07) Johns Hopkins
Craig Dowd  A (East Northport, N.Y. Northport '06) Georgetown
Nicholas Elsmo  M (Edgewater, Md. Severn '07) Virginia
Peter Fallon  D (Baltimore, Md. Gilman '07) Brown
Tyler Fiorito  G (Phoenix, Md. McDonogh '08)
Adam Ghitelman  G (Syosset, N.Y. Cold Spring Harbor '07) Virginia 
Dean Gibbons  A (Garden City, N.Y. Garden City '07) Harvard
James Green  M (Doylestown, Pa. Central Bucks East '06) Ohio State
John Lade  D (Randolph, N.J. Randolph '07) Villanova
Matthew MacKrides  A (Newtown Square, Pa. Malvern Prep '08)
Thomas Malphrus  D (Chevy Chase, Md. Georgetown Prep '07) Virginia
Jack McBride  A (Madison, N.J. Delbarton '07) Princeton
Anthony Mendes  M (Chapel Hill, N.C. East Chapel Hill '07) Maryland
Max Schmidt  D (Columbus, Ohio Upper Arlington '07) Maryland
Brian Shemesh  M (Hillsborough, N.J. Immaculata '07) Rutgers
Steele Stanwick  A (Baltimore, Md. Loyola Blakefield '08)
Justin Turri  M (West Islip, N.Y. West Islip '07) Duke
Joel White  M (Cortland, N.Y. Cortland '07) Syracuse
Ryan Young  A (Manhasset, N.Y. Manhasset '07) Maryland