Lacrosse People in the News

Hannah Nielsen has been named the first assistant women's lacrosse coach in University of Colorado history, head coach Ann Elliott announced Thursday. More

University of New England head men's lacrosse coach Jon Hunt will be resigning from his post at the end of June, as officially announced Monday (June 11) by UNE Interim Director of Athletics Curt Smyth. Hunt has accepted the position of head lacrosse coach at Bridgton Academy (Maine). More

Germantown Academy (Pa.) athletic director Jim Fenerty has announced that Brian Grady will be the school's next varsity boys' lacrosse coach. Grady has spent the past eight seasons as an assistant coach under former head coach David Martin. More

Bridgewater head coach Kim Lowry has announced the hiring of former Hamilton College women's lacrosse standout Lauren Sokol as the Eagles' assistant coach for the 2012-2013 academic year. More

Guilford College head women's lacrosse coach Matthew Grosso resigned his position after eight seasons to become the head coach at Southwestern University. The Georgetown, Texas school is adding women's lacrosse and will begin varsity play in the spring of 2014. More

St. Margaret's Episcopal School Athletic Director Susie Maga announced today the appointment of Glen Miles as the next head coach of St. Margaret's boys' varsity lacrosse team. More

University of Denver women's lacrosse volunteer assistant head coach Lauren Benner has been promoted to assistant coach, head coach Liza Kelly announced. More

Furman University director of athletics Dr. Gary Clark announced today that Rachel Shuck Whitten, associate head coach at the University of Denver, has been named Furman's first women's lacrosse coach. More

The IWLCA has named three student-athletes as recipients of the Community Awarness Award for the 2011-2012 year, with one honoree coming from each division. Widener's Anna Geeter, Southern Connecticut's Erica Martino, and St. Francis' Catherine Helming were each recognized for their contributions to the community throughout the year. More

Cortland defender Jamie Flood (East Islip) has earned the NCAA's Elite 89 award for the 2012 Division III women's lacrosse season. The award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's 89 championships across three divisions. More

WASHINGTON, May 3, 2012 – The Tewaaraton Foundation has named former Cornell University men's lacrosse coach Richie Moran as the recipient of the 2012 Spirit of Tewaaraton Award. Moran will be honored at the Tewaaraton Award Ceremony May 31, 2012, at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. More

After an outstanding athletic career at both Port Jervis High and Cortland, Robert Hoppey demonstrated his equally successful talent as an educator and coach during the past three decades in the Brentwood Public School System, which is proud to be able to name and dedicate the lacrosse field for him. More

Last night, Mike Messere, long-time head coach at West Genesee (NY) High School, became the all-time winningest lacrosse coach, notching his 748th career victory when his Cats defeated rival Oswego High School, 7-3. The game was touch and go for a while, but West Genesee pulled away late. More

Hall of Fame coach Mike Messere, who is in his 37th season at West Genesee High School (N.Y.), got career coaching win #743 on Saturday, when his Cats defeated Fayetteville-Manlius. More

The women's lacrosse program will be the 17th varsity sport and ninth women's athletic program at Elon. A national search will begin immediately to identify a head coach, and the 2012-2013 season will be utilized for recruiting, scheduling, and player development. More

The Loyola University Maryland community is mourning the loss of Adam Pomper, a member of the Class of 2015, who died on Monday, June 11. A native of Huntington, N.Y. and a graduate of St. Anthony's High School, Pomper was a student-athlete on the men's lacrosse team and a communication major. More

Jacksonville University men's lacrosse player Corey Lovrich lost his valiant fight against colon cancer and passed away overnight in New York, according to teammate Jake Ziegler. More

Long-time former Yale head men's lacrosse coach Bob McHenry, 76, passed away on April 11, 2012 from complications due to pneumonia. He was also a long-time collegiate and high school official and a member of the Connecticut Lacrosse hall of Fame. More