New York Atlas (lacrosse)

The New York Atlas, formerly known as Atlas Lacrosse Club, is a professional men's field lacrosse team in the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL).

History
The Atlas LC was one of the six founding members of the PLL for the 2019 season. The inaugural roster was made up of several former Johns Hopkins players, most notably PLL co-founder, Paul Rabil, as well as Tucker Durkin, Ryan Brown, John Crawley, and Joel Tinney. The Atlas has an unofficial rivalry with the Whipsnakes as several of the Whipsnakes players are former Maryland Terrapins, a collegiate rivalry carrying over to the pros. The Bulls struggled in their first 2 seasons going 7-10. However, in 2021 and 2022 they were among the league's best with a combined record of 13-9. This success was largely due to the breakout of Attackman Jeff Teat and the 2022 MVP campaign from Faceoff Athlete Trevor Baptiste. In 2023 it was announced that the Atlas LC would become the New York Atlas with the introduction of home cities for the 2024 season. The decision to place the Atlas identity in New York was attributed to iconography like the Wall Street Bull Statue and the tough, hard-nose nature of New York sports.

Roster
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* Indicates player is on the holdout list

** Indicates player is on the PUP list

(C): Captain

Coaching staff

 * Head coach – Mike Pressler
 * Assistant coaches – Steven Brooks, Kevin Unterstein

2019 College Draft
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.

2020 College Draft
2021 Entry Draft

PLL Award Winners
Jim Brown Most Valuable Player Paul Cantabene Faceoff Athlete of the Year George Boiardi Short Stick Midfielder of the Year Rookie of the Year Dave Huntley Sportsmanship Award Welles Crowther Humanitarian Award
 * Trevor Baptiste: 2022
 * Trevor Baptiste: 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
 * Danny Logan: 2021, 2022
 * Jeff Teat: 2021
 * Eric Law: 2021, 2022
 * Eric Law: 2023