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The first month of the new year saw seven players from the South in the 2023 class commit to DIs, brining the total number of commits from the region in the class to 73.

Virginia leads the way in number of commitments with 18 while Georgia and Florida sit behind them with 15 and 14, respectively. Texas has seen 11 players in the class find homes at DI while North Carolina has seen 11. Alabama and South Carolina have each produced one DI commit in the class.

Here is a state-by-state breakdown of the movement seen in the South amongst the 2023 class over the past month.

Florida

Arguably the biggest commitment from the region over the past month came out of the Sunshine State as Oxbridge (Fla.) Defenseman/LSM Noah Prissert verbaled to Brown on the 19th of the month. Prissert had taken visits to UAlbany, Lafayette, and Penn State, in addition to Brown back in October.

The 6-foot, 185-pound pole is a ground ball machine, always seeming to come up with the ball in nearly every situation. Able to run the field very well and comfortable crossing the midline regularly, Prissert’s skillset should fit well into the fast-paced style of play seen from Mike Daly teams. He could play close or LSM at the next level and be an impact all over.

Georgia

The Peach State saw two players in the ’23 class verbal to DIs this past month.

Creekview (Ga.) midfielder Jackson Sedlack committed to Bellarmine and Milton (Ga.) midfielder Franklin Schulhofer has verbaled to the VMI Keydets.

Sedlack is a strong presence on the perimeter as both a shooter and a dodger. Schulhofer has shown an ability to be of impact on both ends of the field, being a strong presence at midfield as an offensive and defensive player.

North Carolina

A Tar Heel State native, Virginia Episcopal (Va.) goalie Bryce Ledwith verbaled to the Bellarmine Knights on the ninth of the Month. The 5-foot-10, 145-pound goalie is a two-year varsity starter for the Fighting Bishops. Especially good at stopping shots from in close, Ledwith was a second team All-State selection in 2021.

Texas

Westlake (Texas) midfielder Jarett Bessette was the only commitment out of the Lone Star State during the month of January, announcing that he would play his college lacrosse for Jon Torpey and the High Point Panthers.

Through his first two seasons of high school ball, Bessette has shown to be able to use his speed and length as a strong downhill dodger. He has also shown to be able to be a solid off-ball talent, being able to cut to the crease and make plays happen.

Virginia

Two players in the ’23 class from Virginia verbaled to DIs over the past month.

Just days into the new year, Dominion (Va.) midfielder Gavin Burke announced his commitment to the Drexel Dragons. Burke is coming off a strong sophomore season where he racked up 54 points off 37 goals and 17 assists while helping lead his team to a 14-0 undefeated season and a state championship. Burke also had 12 caused turnovers and 54 ground balls last spring.

Riverside (Va.) attackman Chase Paschuck has committed to play for John Galloway and the Jacksonville Dolphins. While not the biggest, Paschuck is a quarterbacking attackman with a quick first step that makes him a hard cover, and he has one heck of a shot to further add to his skillset as well.

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Full list of 2023 commits from the South:

State	Player	Position	High School	Commitment	Commitment Date
Georgia	Hill Plunkett	Attack	Roswell	Army West Point	7/1/2021
Virginia	Matt Han	Midfield	Paul VI	Michigan	9/3/2021
Virginia	Eli Petty	Defense/LSM	Collegiate	Virginia	9/5/2021
Florida	Luke Lowery	Defense	Ponte Vedra	Dartmouth	9/12/2021
Georgia	Niko Karetsos	Attack	Pace Academy	North Carolina	9/13/2021
North Carolina	Cayden Hollar	Midfield	Hoggard (N.C.)	Hofstra	9/15/2021
North Carolina	Brayson Wilson	Goalie	Cannon School	North Carolina	9/16/2021
Texas	Colin Vickrey*	Goalie	Culver (Ind.)	Princeton	9/16/2021
Virginia	Quintan Kilrain	Defense	Lawrenceville (N.J.)	Syracuse	9/16/2021
Florida	Andrew Klis	Defense	American Heritage	Dartmouth	9/16/2021
Georgia	Donny Scott	Defense	The Hill Academy (Ont.)	Syracuse	9/17/2021
Virginia	Nolan Gilmartin	Attack	Benedictine Prep	UAlbany	9/17/2021
Georgia	Jack Marlow	Midfield	Cambridge	Michigan	9/19/2021
Alabama	Anderson Moore	Goalie	Briarwood Christian	Georgetown	9/21/2021
Florida	Jordan Faison	Midfield	Pine Crest	Notre Dame	9/21/2021
Georgia	Ezekiel Lomax	Midfield	IMG Academy	Jacksonville	9/23/2021
Virginia	Nate Kabiri	Attack	Georgetown Prep (Md.)	Georgetown	9/24/2021
Florida	Zach Mesa	LSM	Culver (Ind.)	Lehigh	9/25/2021
North Carolina	Kenan Everhart	Attack	Ashley (N.C.)	Loyola	9/25/2021
Georgia	Carson Hall	Faceoff	Harrison (Ga.)	Loyola	9/28/2021
Florida	Colin Kruger	Attack	Tampa Jesuit	Boston U.	9/28/2021
Florida	Jack Schulte	Attack	St. Andrew’s	Air Force	9/28/2021
Florida	Maddox Johnson	A/M	Ponte Vedra	Denver	9/29/2021
Virginia	Sam McAvoy	Midfield	Lake Braddock (Va.)	Penn State	9/29/2021
North Carolina	Karter Willams	Defense	Hough	Notre Dame	9/30/2021
Virginia	Jack Schubert	Attack	Lake Braddock (Va.)	Georgetown	9/30/2021
Florida	Turner Ashby	A/M	Plant	Air Force	10/1/2021
Georgia	Alex Lobel	Attack	Roswell	Michigan	10/1/2021
Virginia	Miles Harvey	Midfield	St. Christopher’s	High Point	10/1/2021
Texas	Jake Park	Attack	St. Mark’s	Air Force	10/3/2021
North Carolina	Hunter Bisbee	Attack	Greensboro Day	Air Force	10/6/2021
Georgia	Myles Quandt	Faceoff	Roswell	Towson	10/7/2021
Texas	Cooper Coleman	Goalie	Dallas Jesuit	Jacksonville	10/11/2021
Georgia	Garrett Krsul	D/LSM	Milton	VMI	10/13/2021
Florida	Elijah Stobaugh	Midfield	IMG Academy	Maryland	10/14/2021
Florida	Bronson Dowdell	A/M	Winter Park	Mercer	10/14/2021
Texas	Ben Abel	Goalie	Highland Park	Loyola	10/15/2021
North Carolina	Carter Malone	Midfield	Cardinal Gibbons (N.C.)	Monmouth	10/19/2021
North Carolina	Nicholas Hampton	Goalie	Southwest Guilford (N.C.)	St. John’s	10/20/2021
Georgia	Robbie Walker	Attack	King’s Ridge	Jacksonville	10/20/2021
North Carolina	Alec Levy*	Attack	East Chapel Hill	North Carolina	10/21/2021
Texas	Kaden Davis	Midfield	Lake Travis	Utah	10/22/2021
Virginia	Nate Murphy	Defense	Paul VI	Richmond	10/26/2021
Texas	Brody Rhee	Defense	Houston Memorial	High Point
Virginia	Adam Dembicki	Faceoff	Robinson Secondary	Richmond	11/4/2021
North Carolina	Michael Provenza	Midfield	Trinity-Pawling (N.Y.)	Denver	11/5/2021
Georgia	Brayden Wilson	Goalie	Mill Creek	Mercer	11/14/2021
Florida	Scott Moore	Faceoff	Tampa Jesuit	High Point	11/16/2021
Virginia	AJ Riley	Faceoff	Colonial Forge	VMI	11/16/2021
Florida	Jack Coombs	Defense	Holy Trinity Episcopal	Vermont	11/18/2021
Florida	Luke Pisani	Midfield	Benjamin School	Virginia	11/22/2021
Virginia	Caulley Deringer	Attack	Episcopal	Virginia	11/23/2021
Texas	Luke Sganga	Attack	Southlake	Utah	11/26/2021
Virginia	Parker Love	LSM	Paul VI	Navy	12/1/2021
Virginia	Owen Faris	Defense	Blue Ridge School	Canisius	12/3/2021
Texas	Rudy Zarate	Goalie	Saint Mary’s Hall	Wagner	12/7/2021
Georgia	James Canipe	Midfield	Greater Atl. Christian	St. Joe’s	12/10/2021
Florida	Caleb Coleman	A/M	Bolles	Vermont	12/11/2021
Texas	Peyton Tallo	Attack	McKinney Boyd	Jacksonville	12/11/2021
South Carolina	Jacob Watt	Midfield	J.L Mann	Air Force	12/14/2021
North Carolina	Collin Patrick	Attack	Middle Creek	Marist	12/15/2021
Georgia	Aidan Wooley	Midfield	Westminster	Richmond	12/20/2021
Virginia	Matthew Dineen	Goalie	Paul VI	Utah	12/20/2021
Texas	Jack Manero	Midfield	Southlake	Army West Point	12/26/2021
Florida	Ethan Rubenstein	Attack	Taft (Conn.)	Colgate	12/29/2021
Virginia	Henry Fleckner	Attack	Paul VI	Boston U.	12/29/2021
Virginia	Gavin Burke	Midfield	Dominion	Drexel	1/4/2022
North Carolina	Bryce Ledwith	Goalie	Virginia Episcopal	Bellarmine	1/9/2022
Florida	Noah Prissert	Midfield	Oxbridge	Brown	1/19/2022
Texas	Jarett Bessette	Midfield	Westlake	High Point	1/25/2022
Georgia	Jackson Sedlacek	Midfield	Creekview	Bellarmine	1/25/2022
Virginia	Chase Paschuck	Attack	Riverside	Jacksonville	1/27/2022
Georgia	Franklin Schulhofer	Midfield	Milton	VMI	1/29/2022