Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Olivia Hompe, the All-American from Princeton who helped England win a bronze medal at the Federation of International Lacrosse World Cup this summer, was named Wednesday as one of the 30 finalists for the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Hompe, the school's all-time leader in goals (198) and points (285), graduated from Princeton as a Woodrow Wilson School concentrator with a certificate in Near Eastern Studies. Proficient in Arabic, she focuses on security studies in the Middle East and North Africa.
2. National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee John Tucker has a long connection to the U.S. National Team Program, and will now help English Lacrosse after being named the head of men's performance. Tucker played for the 1986, 1990 and 1994 U.S. teams that all won world championships and he was an assistant coach for the 2003 U.S. U19 team that won gold. His son, Ryan, played on the 2012 U.S. U19 team that also won a world championship.
3. US Lacrosse CEO Steve Stenersen spoke on a panel at the Project Play Conference on Wednesday in Washington D.C. The panel, "What's Fair for Parents to Ask of Youth Coaches" related to coaching education, of which US Lacrosse has a longstanding commitment. Moderated by Rebecca Lowe of NBC Sports, the panel included former Major League Baseball star Harold Reynolds, USOC Chief of Sport Performance Alan Ashley and Michelle Mundey, the mother of a young basketball prodigy.
4. The Roman numeral doesn't define the experience. In our Myth Busters series we look at the options to play lacrosse in college beyond the Division I ranks.
5. A picture is worth a thousand words, and proof that lacrosse shafts and heads aren't so rigid once the game starts.
What We’re Reading
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Great read as Loyola's Charley Toomey talks about his evolution as a coach.
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How important is the Mann Cup, which begins Friday, to Canadian lacrosse players? Read about the effort Adam Jones has put in to chase another shot at a title.
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On the IWLCA’s Behind the Whistle blog, Winthrop coach Julika Blankenship gives insight into the differences between NCAA Division I, II and III – and puts to rest some of the stereotypes about the divisions.
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Cool story by Dan Aburn of Inside Lacrosse on Duke’s Sean Cerrone’s summer internship with the Sustainable Duke program.
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Pretty impressive – four of the final 49 players in the U.S. men’s team selection process coming from one high school.
Be the best! Mike Ehrhardt '10, Tim Muller '13, Matt Kavanagh '11, Brendan Fowler '10 in final round of tryouts for World Games US lax team! pic.twitter.com/kMuN0vMbOf
— Chaminade HS (@Chaminade_HS) September 6, 2017
What We’re Watching
Michigan is excitedly waiting for the completion of its news lacrosse complex, but it’s still got to be pretty cool to practice in the Big House.
We represent the Block #goblue pic.twitter.com/ikwVBlbhVH
— Michigan Lacrosse (@UMichWLAX) September 6, 2017
Ohio Machine goalie Scott Rodgers spent some time working out at the MedStar Strength and Conditioning Center at US Lacrosse headquarters yesterday...and my muscles are sore just watching him work under Ryan Carr's direction.
What’s On Tap
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Jenna Collins helped lead Navy's women's lacrosse team to the final four in 2017. She's our featured Give and Go subject from our September/October issue.