California Redwoods (lacrosse) Last updated September 16, 2025 History Following the assignment of home markets for the 2024 season, the team was rebranded as the California Redwoods. On January 1, 2024, the PLL revealed the Redwoods would be based in San Diego, hosting their homecoming weekend at Torero Stadium.
Roster 2025 California Redwoods # Name Nationality Position Shot Height Weight College Grad year High school Hometown Ref. 2 Andrew McAdorey Midfield R/L 5 ft 8 in 190 lbs Duke 2025 St. Anthony's Manorville, New York [ 1] 3 Carter Rice SSDM Left 5 ft 11 in 191 lbs Syracuse 2025 Boston College High School Milton, Massachusetts [ 2] 4 Dylan Molloy Attack Right 6 ft 0 in 215 lbs Brown 2017 St. Anthony's Setauket, New York [ 3] 5 Romar Dennis Midfield R/L 6 ft 5 in 225 lbs Loyola 2017 St. Mary's Ryken Huntingtown, Maryland [ 4] 6 TD Ierlan (C) Faceoff Right 5 ft 9 in 190 lbs Denver 2021 Victor Victor, New York [ 5] 10 Sam English Midfield Right 5 ft 11 in 169 lbs Syracuse 2025 Culver Academy Burlington, Ontario [ 6] 12 Brian Tevlin (C) SSDM Right 5 ft 11 in 190 lbs Notre Dame 2023 Seton Hall Prep Livingston, New Jersey [ 7] 14 Wes Berg Attack Right 6 ft 2 in 205 lbs Denver 2015 Dr. Charles Best Coquitlam, British Columbia [ 8] 17 Ryland Rees LSM Right 6 ft 2 in 200 lbs Stony Brook 2019 Terry Fox Port Coquitlam, British Columbia [ 9] 19 Brendan Nichtern Attack Right 6 ft 0 in 185 lbs Army 2022 Massapequa Massapequa, New York [ 10] 20 Chris Conlin Defense Left 6 ft 2 in 210 lbs Notre Dame 2024 Chatham Chatham, New Jersey [ 11] 21 Carter Parlette SSDM Left 5 ft 11 in 190 lbs Notre Dame 2024 Ponte Vedra Ponte Vedra, Florida [ 12] 22 Chayse Ierlan Goalie Right 6 ft 1 in 210 lbs Johns Hopkins 2024 Victor Victor, New York [ 13] 23 Chris Merle (C) SSDM Right 6 ft 1 in 200 lbs Virginia 2021 Westhampton Beach Westhampton Beach, New York [ 14] 24 Marquez White SSDM Right 6 ft 0 in 185 lbs Princeton 2024 Poway Poway, California [ 15] 26 Sam Handley Midfield R/L 6 ft 5 in 235 lbs Penn 2023 Jesuit Portland, Oregon [ 16] 28 Jared Conners LSM Right 6 ft 5 in 215 lbs Virginia 2021 Pittsford Pittsford, New York [ 17] 31 Chris Fake Defense Right 6 ft 1 in 220 lbs Yale 2023 Hun School Allentown, New Jersey [ 18] 34 Josh Balcarcel Midfield Left 5 ft 7 in 175 lbs Marist 2025 Delaware Valley Milford, Pennsylvania [ 19] 39 Cole Kastner Defense Right 6 ft 7 in 215 lbs Virginia 2024 Menlo School Palo Alto, California [ 20] 40 Arden Cohen Defense Left 6 ft 2 in 220 lbs Notre Dame 2022 Darien New York, New York [ 21] 41 Charlie Bertrand Midfield Left 6 ft 3 in 215 lbs Virginia 2021 Baldwinsville Baldwinsville, New York [ 22] 43 Matt Knote Goalie Right 5 ft 10 in 220 lbs UMass 2024 Eastport-South Manor Speonk, New York [ 23] 47 Cole Kirst Midfield R/L 6 ft 2 in 210 lbs Syracuse 2023 Seton Hall Prep Bernardsville, New Jersey [ 24] 50 Ryder Garnsey (C) Attack Left 5 ft 9 in 180 lbs Notre Dame 2019 Brewster Academy Wolfeboro, New Hampshire [ 25] 70 BJ Farrare SSDM Left 5 ft 8 in 175 lbs Penn 2023 McDonogh Owings Mills, Maryland [ 26] 81 Connor Cmiel Midfield Right 6 ft 2 in 195 lbs Ohio State 2025 St. Ignatius Rocky River, Ohio 88 Aidan Danenza Midfield Right 6 ft 3 in 220 lbs Duke 2024 St. Anthony's Muttontown, New York [ 27] 94 Jack Kelly Goalie Right 6 ft 1 in 225 lbs Brown 2016 West Islip West Islip, New York [ 28] 96 Chris Kavanagh Attack Right 5 ft 10 in 180 lbs Notre Dame 2025 Taft Rockville Centre, New York [ 29] Zach Vigue Goalie Right 6 ft 0 in 200 lbs Richmond 2025 Apex Apex, North Carolina
Source: [ 30] [ 31]
* Indicates player is on Unable to Travel list [ 32] [ 33]
** Indicates player is on injured reserve
^Indicates player is on holdout list
(C) Indicates captain
(R) indicates rookie [ 34]
Coaching staff Head coach – Anthony KellyAssistant coach – Chris CollinsAssistant coach – Chris BockletAll-time draft selections 2019
2020 Entry Draft
The 2020 player entry draft occurred on March 16 for teams to select players arriving from rival Major League Lacrosse. On March 4, Paul Burmeister and NBCSN hosted an entry draft lottery for selection order. Out of 100 balls to select from, Waterdogs had 40, Chrome had 25, Atlas had 15, Archers had 10, Chaos had 6, Redwoods had 3, and the champion Whipsnakes had 1.
Rob Pannell was announced to be transferring to the PLL on March 9, followed by 15 other players the following day, which comprised the selection pool for the entry draft. A total of 14 players were selected in the entry draft with remaining new players entering the league player pool.
Draft results Rnd. Pick # Player Pos. College 1 6 Finn Sullivan Defense Hofstra 2 13 Greg Puskuldjian Faceoff Adelphi
2020 College Draft
Rnd. Pick # Player Pos. College 1 6 Peyton Smith Faceoff Marist 2 13 Chris Price Defense High Point
2021 Entry Draft
Draft results Rnd. Pick # Player Pos. College 2 11 Ryan Lee Attack RIT 3 19 Isiah Davis-Allen SSDM Maryland
2021 College Draft
2022 College Draft
Rnd. Pick # Player Pos. College 1 3 Arden Cohen Defense Notre Dame 3 19 Nakeie Montgomery Midfield Duke 4 27 Mitch Bartolo Attack Rutgers
2023 College Draft
2024 College Draft
2025 College Draft
Rnd. Pick # Player Pos. College 1 2 Andrew McAdorey Midfield Duke 1 3 Sam English Midfield Syracuse 2 10 Chris Kavanagh Attack Notre Dame 4 29 Carter Rice Defensive Midfield Syracuse 4 31 Griffin Schutz Midfield Virginia
Season results 2019 Week Location Date Opponent Result 1 Boston, Massachusetts June 2, 2019 Atlas W 11–92 New York, New York June 8, 2019 Archers L 9–103 Chicago, Illinois June 15, 2019 Chaos L 11–12 (OT)4 Baltimore, Maryland June 22, 2019 Chrome W 13–115 Atlanta, Georgia June 29, 2019 Whipsnakes W 14–116 Washington, DC July 6, 2019 Archers W 9-8 (OT)All-Star Break Los Angeles, California July 21, 2019 Bye Bye 7 Denver, Colorado July 27, 2019 Atlas L 15–188 San Jose, California August 10, 2019 Chaos L 10–139 Hamilton, Ontario August 18, 2019 Whipsnakes L 4–1710 Albany, New York August 24, 2019 Chrome W 18-7Playoffs Round 1 Columbus, Ohio September 6, 2019 Archers W 16–12Playoffs Round 2 New York, New York September 14, 2019 Chaos W 12-7Finals Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 21, 2019 Whipsnakes L 11-12 (OT)
2020 Game Location Date Opponent Result 1 Herriman, Utah July 25, 2020 Whipsnakes L 9–132 Herriman, Utah July 28, 2020 Chrome L 11–123 Herriman, Utah July 29, 2020 Chaos W 8–74 Herriman, Utah August 1, 2020 Atlas W 11–105 (Elimination) Herriman, Utah August 4, 2020 Waterdogs W 11–86 (Semifinal) Herriman, Utah August 6, 2020 Whipsnakes L 12–13
2021 Game Location Date Opponent Result 1 Foxborough, Massachusetts June 4, 2021 Cannons W 12–112 Foxborough, Massachusetts June 6, 2021 Chrome W 14–113 Kennesaw , Georgia June 12, 2021 Atlas L 9–124 Baltimore, Maryland June 26, 2021 Chaos L 9–115 Hempstead , New York July 3, 2021 Waterdogs W 19–166 Eagan, Minnesota July 10, 2021 Whipsnakes W 13–77 Colorado Springs, Colorado July 31, 2021 Archers L 12–158 Albany , New York August 13, 2021 Whipsnakes L 12–149 Albany , New York August 15, 2021 Chaos W 10–910 (Quarterfinal) Sandy, Utah August 21, 2021 Whipsnakes L 13–14
2022 Game Location Date Opponent Result 1 Albany , New York June 4 Atlas L 11–172 Charlotte, North Carolina June 10 Chrome L 3–123 Hempstead , New York June 18 Chaos W 11–74 Baltimore, Maryland June 24 Whipsnakes L 11–125 Eagan, Minnesota July 1 Archers L 9–106 Fairfield, Connecticut July 23 Atlas W 16–157 Frisco, Texas July 31 Chaos L 12–148 Denver, Colorado August 5 Cannons W 15–129 Herriman, Utah August 12 Waterdogs W 14–1210 Tacoma , Washington August 20 Chrome L 12–1311 (Quarterfinal) Foxborough, Massachusetts September 3 Archers L 8–13
2023 Game Location Date Opponent Result 1 Albany , New York June 3 Atlas W 13–122 Charlotte, North Carolina June 9 Waterdogs W 10–93 Columbus, Ohio June 17 Whipsnakes L 11–184 Eagan, Minnesota July 9 Chaos W 13–85 Fairfield, Connecticut July 14 Archers L 3–106 Frisco, Texas July 29 Cannons L 10–167 Baltimore, Maryland August 6 Chaos L 12–148 Denver, Colorado August 12 Cannons W 16–15 (OT) 9 Tacoma , Washington August 19 Chrome W 11–10 (OT) 10 Herriman, Utah August 25 Atlas W 12–711 (Quarterfinal) Foxborough, Massachusetts September 4 Chaos W 15–912 (Semifinal) Uniondale , New York September 10 Archers L 6–14
2024 Game Location Date Opponent Result 1 Charlotte, North Carolina June 7 Chaos L 11–122 Villanova, Pennsylvania June 16 Atlas L 15–203 Eagan, Minnesota June 29 Outlaws L 8–134 Cambridge, Massachusetts July 5 Cannons W 9–75 Fairfield, Connecticut July 20 Archers L 8–156 San Diego, California July 27 Chaos W 10–87 San Diego, California July 28 Whipsnakes L 13–188 Baltimore, Maryland August 3 Outlaws L 5–189 Denver, Colorado August 9 Waterdogs W 13–1210 Herriman, Utah August 16 Archers L 12–13
PLL award winners Rookie of the Year
Dave Pietramala Defensive Player of the Year
Paul Cantabene Face-Off Athlete of the Year
Comeback Player of the Year
Brendan Looney Leadership Award
Jimmy Regan Teammate of the Year
Welles Crowther Humanitarian Award
Head coaches # Name Term Regular Season Playoffs GP W L Pct GP W L Pct 1 Nat St. Laurent 2019 -2024 53 25 28 .472 9 4 5 .444 2 Anthony Kelly 2025 - Current 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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