OF LACROSSE rising tide lifts all boats.
College coaches and US Lacrosse took the early recruiting fight to the NCAA —
collaboration that could yield real change
Seldom do you see college women’s and men’s lacrosse coaches collaborate the way they have in the effort to push through early recruiting legislation that seemingly had no shot, but now stands on the precipice of adoption. Throw US Lacrosse’s reach and influence into that equation, and now you have a recipe to make a difference. Legislation originally authored by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association, then endorsed
by the Intercollegiate Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Association and US Lacrosse, got a major boost when the NCAA Division I Council stamped it for the 2016-17 NCAA legislative cycle.
BETTER TOGETHER
Lacrosse at its Best Camaraderie
#SNOWCON
With more than 30 inches of snow Jan. 22- 24, Baltimore recorded its biggest blizzard, but it was no match for the US Lacrosse Convention. Keynote speaker Amy Van Dyken Rouen, an Olympic gold medalist swimmer learning to walk again after a 2014 spinal cord injury, delivered a humorous yet powerful message. As hashtags like #SnowCon graced Twitter and adjustments were made to the schedule, locals stepped up to the plate. Paul Rabil broke out his snowshoes to walk two miles from his Baltimore home to meet participants, and Johns Hopkins coach Dave Pietramala filled in for Duke’s John Danowski, whose flight was cancelled.
WALL BALL WARRIORS
More than 2,000 miles apart, William Cate of Nevada and Gavin Jones of Virginia made their reps count in the US Lacrosse Wall Ball Challenge, a fundraiser powered by an app developed by SNYPR and sponsored by LaxWorld.
The duo finished in the top two spots nationwide – Jones as the overall leader with 111,111 reps, and Cate with 100,001. More than 9,000 players totaled more than 3.8 million reps – 16 people individually logged at least 20,000 reps– while helping to raise nearly $40,000 for the First Stick Program, which fosters lacrosse teams beyond the sports’ traditional geographic and socioeconomic boundaries.
40 US LACROSSE MAGAZINE December 2016 SHOOTOUT FOR SOLDIERS
On Aug. 2, the Shootout for Soldiers RV caught on fire in Utah en route to Dana Point, Calif., where its eight-city summer tour would conclude. Founder Tyler Steinhardt and his team lost most of their personal items, but it was with the help of hundreds of donors that the final 24-hour lacrosse game benefitting military members went as planned. Within one hour, the lacrosse community raised $25,000 to offset costs. By the end of the week, they received Under Armour apparel to replace what they lost in the fire. Ultimately, the tour raised $465,004 for their four national charities.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
Private donors from all walks of the lacrosse community contributed to the $15 million capital campaign that funded the new US Lacrosse headquarters, which promises to be a hub of game-changing innovation in the sport for years to come. The new
headquarters — including the IWLCA Building and Tierney Field — debuted publically in September.
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©JOHN STROHSACKER
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