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Why legend Bob Hartranft considers the Carroll Award to be the greatest accomplishment of his career By Chris R. Vaccaro


Bob Hartranft describes himself as a basketball guy. He started teaching in Farmingdale, N.Y., in 1966, the same year he began coaching lacrosse, a sport he never played. There was a basketball job in reach if he just coached lacrosse to fi ll a vacancy. He primarily wanted to teach and be a role model for his students. Hartranft got the hoops gig, but 47 years later, he’s still coaching lacrosse. In nearly half a century, Hartranft took


his passion for sports and teaching and changed the lives of thousands of former and current players. For his dedication to players and their development as young men, Hartranft was presented with the 2013 Gerald J. Carroll Exemplary Coaching Award at the US Lacrosse Convention National Convention, presented by Champion, in Philadelphia in January, an honor he said he’s most proud of in his legendary career.


Farmingdale coach Bob Hartranft has plenty of hardware, including the 2011 New York Class A state title (left) and the 2013 Gerald J. Carroll Award.


And even though Hartranft’s 673 career wins rank third all-time nationally — behind National Lacrosse Hall of Famers and fellow New York high school legends Mike Messere (772) and Joe Cuozzo (747) — he said he’s proudest of the Carroll Award. “It’s about the bigger game, which is the game of life,” Hartranft said. “I’m as competitive as the next guy, but it’s


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Only two months left to register your team for the US Lacrosse Championships in June or the


World Festivals July 10-19 in Denver. Info at USLacrosse.org/Events.


The USL events staff heads to Denver for meetings with the FIL World Championship local organizing committee and partners.


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US Lacrosse's associate director of diversity and inclusion Eboni Preston travels to New York to attend the


CityLax Gala benefi tting NYC public school lacrosse programs.


The Coaching Education Program (USLacrosse.org/CEP) hosts Level 2 clinics in Foxboro, Mass.,


Naperville, Ill., and Middletown, Md.


The US Lacrosse Offi cials Education Program


(OEP) hosts a women’s


developmental clinic in Boise, Idaho. Clinics are designed for both established and developing areas that need help in basic training, recruiting, retaining, observing and advancing education of offi cials. Register at USLacrosse.org/ Offi cials.


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