Not many college coaches would choose a freshman recruit over a top transfer. But that was the exact decision of Marquette men’s lacrosse head coach Joe Amplo.
One year ago, Thomas Washington was in his final year as a faceoff specialist at The Blake School in Minnesota, dominating all of his competition.
University at Albany sophomore Zack Ornstein was coming off a freshman season where he went 56 percent at the faceoff dot, but he lost the starting role to the nation’s top faceoff man, TD Ierlan.
Both Washington and Ornstein were interested in becoming Golden Eagles, leaving Amplo with a choice to make.