SMU men's lacrosse coach Jim Mitchell has been busy in his first week on the Hilltop.
The coach, who was hired to lead the new program just last week, has already signed 13 players to SMU's inaugural class, the program announced Thursday.
The 13-player group includes seven All-Americans, three conference champions, two national champions and 340 career goals.
"The First Class is the standard we're establishing for everything we do with SMU Lacrosse," Mitchell said in a statement. "We're bringing in proven winners who have won national championships, earned recognition as the best players in the country and understand what it takes to succeed at the highest level. But just as important, these are young men who want to be part of building something special and are embracing the opportunity to establish the foundation and culture of this program."
It is made up of Ryan Goldstein (Cornell), Max Goldstein (Vermont), Luke Gilmartin (Cornell), Peter Grandolfo (Bucknell), Carson Krammer (Princeton), Nick Lucchesi (Villanova), Jake Melchionni (Villanova), Declan Monahan (Penn), AJ Nikolic (Cornell), Matthew Till (Penn), Matt Tully (Cornell), Colin Vickrey (Princeton), and Tucker Wade (Princ...