Press Release
SPARKS, Md. – Registration for the USA Lacrosse Regional ID Clinics, the first phase of the National Team Development Program leading to U.S. Youth National Teams, is now open. There are currently 10 sites confirmed for girls and nine sites for boys for Regional ID Clinics at the U17 and U19 age groupings and three sites for the new U15 age group. Virtual applications are also accepted for all age groups and additional site locations will be announced in the coming weeks.
HOF Class of 2024, pictured left to right, Kristen Kjellman Marshall, John Grant, Jr., Betsy Meng Ramsey, Paul Rabil, Carol Daly Cantele, Brodie Merrill, and Patti Klecha-Porter. Not pictured: Vin LoBello (inducted posthumously).
Eight lacrosse greats were formally inducted as the newest members of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Saturday evening during the annual induction ceremony at Baltimore’s Renaissance Harborplace Hotel.
SPARKS, Md. – USA Lacrosse has announced a partnership with GoLiveSports to deliver live streaming services for a variety of USA Lacrosse national events and select college and high school games from USA Lacrosse headquarters.
To kick off the partnership, GoLiveSports will livestream the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Ceremony, which begins at 7 p.m. (Eastern) on January 11. The stream for the ceremony is available free of charge.
The U.S. Women’s Field National Team will hold a training camp in Chestnut Hill, Mass., from Jan. 7-9, 2025 and head coach Acacia Walker-Weinstein has invited 36 players to the camp. This will be the second camp led by Walker-Weinstein, who was named the program’s head coach earlier this year.
The U.S. team will hold one more training camp at USA Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md., ahead of the Pan American Lacrosse Association Women’s Continental Qualifier, which will be held in Auburndale, Fla., in June 2025.
National Lacrosse Hall of Fame member Dave Urick, who won 10 national championships as head coach at Hobart and built Georgetown into a national power, died on Tuesday.
After helping Hobart to three national championships as an assistant coach in the 1970s, Urick was co-head coach of the Statesmen in 1979 and took over as head coach in 1980. He led the Statesmen to the inaugural NCAA Division III championship in 1980 and proceeded to win 10 straight championships before leaving in 1990 to take over as the head coach at Georgetown.
SPARKS, Md. – For nearly a decade, USA Lacrosse has offered an age verification service to member leagues and events. The service has gained momentum over the last 18 months as USA Lacrosse works in collaboration with programs and event operators around the country. Here are four things to know about age verification and USA Lacrosse.
SPARKS, Md. – The USA Lacrosse National Team Development Program (NTDP) is set to expand in 2025 with a U15 age bracket included in the program.
Launched in 2019, the NTDP has been a big success in opening up the pipeline for the U.S. National Team Program. Each year, approximately 1,500 high school-aged players participate in the various stages of the program, culminating with USA Youth National teams competing against international competition.
Sparks, Md -- USA Lacrosse announced today that it has awarded 184 new national grants to support groups and organizations in initiating and promoting local lacrosse opportunities. The awards include equipment grants, physical education grants, education grants and financial grants.
SPARKS, Md. – The USA Lacrosse Women’s National Tournament, one of the longest-running events in the sport, is heading to Amherst, Mass., from May 24-25, 2025. The National Tournament dates to 1933 and has evolved into one of the nation’s marquee recruiting events for high school girls’ lacrosse players.
SPARKS, Md. – Atlas Restaurant Group will be the presenting sponsor for the 2025 National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Post-Ceremony Reception and the USA Lacrosse Alumni Reception. Both events will take place in Baltimore on Jan. 11, 2025 with the alumni reception event at the Waterfront Hotel in Fells Point and the Hall of Fame reception at The Choptank in Fells Point.
The Waterfront Hotel and The Choptank are among the Atlas Restaurant Group’s more than 50 properties spread across five states.