Unveiling Our Regional Rankings: The Northeast’s Top 75 Seniors

Unveiling Our Regional Rankings: The Northeast&#8217;s Top 75 Seniors

Ty Xanders November 26, 2025 @ 06:09 PM

The Prep Lacrosse staff is excited to introduce a new wrinkle to our rankings: a regional edition.

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We're starting with today's Class of 2026 rankings release for the Northeast, which includes players who compete for high schools in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, and Vermont. Rankings for the Mid-Atlantic, South, Midwest, and West will follow in the months leading up to the start of the 2026 season, along with an updated national edition.

Plenty has changed both nationally and within the Northeast since this class was first ranked nationally before Sept. 1, 2024, the opening of the Class of 2026 recruiting period. In what was a massive development first reported by Inside Lacrosse, former top-ranked '26 Dylan Faison of St. Andrew's (Fla.) will enroll early at Notre Dame, where he'll join the football and lacrosse program in January. As a result, there's a new No. 1 overall, and that player hails from the Northeast.

Here's a look at a few of the more notable storylines — head to the rankings landing page for the full Top 75:

Lucas Garcia Lucas Garcia 5'11" | A/M | Right Hand Brunswick | 2026 #6 Nation CT to No. 1: Ranked No. 9 nationally and No. 4 in the Northeast heading into last fall, Virginia-bound Brunswick (Conn.) attackman has climbed to the No. 1 spot in both sets of rankings after showing significant year-over-year progression. Garcia erupted for 49 goals and 30 assists as a junior for 'Wick, routinely taking over games in the spring and summer despite being the focal point of every opponent's scouting report. Duke recruits (Chaminade, N.Y.) and (Bedford, N.H.) round out the Northeast's top three.

Five-Star Additions in August: Back in August, we gave a fifth star to five more '26s, including Northeast standouts (Chaminade, N.Y. / Virginia), (Penfield, N.Y. / Army), and (Loomis Chaffee, Conn. / Harvard), along with two Mid-Atlantic prospects who will see major bumps in that region's upcoming update.

New Five-Stars in This Release: In this update, A/M (Winchester, Mass. / Georgetown) and goalie (Chaminade, N.Y. / Notre Dame) have been elevated to five-star status.

Three Players Lose a Fifth Star: Three '26s in the region dropped from five-star status heading into their senior seasons—each with the chance to earn it back this spring.

Fast-Rising Seniors: Several '26s saw major jumps, including (Belmont Hill, Mass. / Virginia), (Choate, Conn. / Dartmouth), (Deerfield, Mass. / Georgetown), (St. Anthony's, N.Y. / Maryland), and (Salisbury, Conn. / Maryland). We'll have more on them—and several others—in the coming days.