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GROWING THE GAME LACROSSE-STARVED MILLENNIALS FIND REFUGE IN STRIPES
BY PAUL KROME
Zach Hinton had reached the summit of college lacrosse. As a four-year defenseman at Maryland in the mid-2000s, Hinton battled ACC rivals and national powers for position atop the most-scrutinized level of play. Lacrosse represented, in many ways, his life. But life changes. Like most college players, Hinton
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offi cial — an avocation that provides lacrosse enthusiasts with fl exibility, involvement in the sport and additional income. “When my priorities started to change and lacrosse couldn’t be as big a part of my life as it had been, I found that offi ciating was a way for me to stay involved in
the game,” Hinton said. “But it provided a lot of fl exibility. I could set my own schedule and still be around the game.” Hinton will enter his third season of offi ciating following an eight-year post-collegiate club playing career, a trend US Lacrosse hopes will continue nationally as its recently produced “Become an Offi cial” video circulates among the lacrosse community. Several former college players participated in the shoot, bringing to life the joys of offi ciating with behind-the-scenes footage and interviews. “Offi ciating has been a great outlet for me, post-college and during college,” said Maddy Blakeman, a former All- Patriot League attacker at Loyola. “For people coming out of college, it’s a perfect outlet to stay involved.” USL
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