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An absolute stud, Abby Bosco is one of the country's returning superstars for the 2023 season!2022 IWLCA First Team All-American2022 Big Ten Defender of the Year2022 USA Lacrosse Magazine First Team All-American2022 First Team All-Big Ten2022 Tewaaraton NomineeFOLLOW ABBY:IG: @abosc5  |  @marylandwlax

Erik Turner won a National Lacrosse League (NLL) title with the Colorado Mammoth.Turner played in 17 games for the Mammoth, registering two goals and six assists for eight points. He added 51 ground balls, nine caused turnovers and even faced off 32 times on the season. Colorado topped Buffalo in the finals 2-1, rallying after losing game one and clinching with a 10-8 triumph on June 18. At Cornell, Turner played in 24 career games and posted a pair of assists with five ground balls.FOLLOW ERIK:IG: @erikturner41

Michele is the founder of Ultimate Lacrosse, established in January of 2001. Based in Philadelphia & New Jersey, Ultimate is dedicated to growing the sport, by increasing the skill development, competitiveness, and overall lacrosse IQ of the young women who play it. Specifically, Ultimate creates and supports teams and clinics ranging from fifth through eleventh grade. In her tenure as President of Ultimate, Michele has helped developed thousands of lacrosse players and placed several hundred in the  college game.A long standing member of Team USA, DeJuliis captained the 2009 U.S. Women's World Cup team that won the 2009 FIL World Cup in Prague. A member of U.S. National Team program since 1994, Michele retired from her playing career after winning the gold. She joined Team USA as an assistant coach and was part of the 2013 Gold Medal winning World Cup team. In 2014, DeJuliis was named as an assistant coach for the 2015 U-19 Women's World Cup that played in the FIL World Championships in Edinburgh, Scotland in the summer of 2015.As a collegiate coach, Michele spent eight seasons as an assistant coach with the Princeton University women's lacrosse program (2004-2012), where she served as the offensive coordinator. During her tenure at Princeton, DeJuliis was recognized as the IWLCA Assistant Coach of the Year in 2011.

Three-sport athlete in high school who played soccer, basketball and lacrosse … spent last two seasons as an assistant women's lacrosse coach at Johns Hopkins … also served as an assistant coach at North Carolina, Delaware, Stanford and Ohio State … brother, Nick, played lacrosse at Ohio State … known to her teammates and coaches as “Cookie.”Follow Kristen Carr at:IG: @kristencarr8TW: @kristen_carr8

Fedorowski comes to True after a highly successful collegiate playing career. Since its founding in 2008, True Lacrosse has grown to host programs in over 18 states, training and developing girls and boys across the country and helping hundreds of players continue their careers in college.Before True Lacrosse, Fedorowski was the director of the Minnesota Loons Girls Program. She also coaches at Stillwater High School in Minnesota. She earned a master's degree in business administration in 2021 when she graduated from Lindenwood University. Fedorowski was a two-time captain of the Lindenwood women's lacrosse team. She led her team to win the NCAA national championship in 2021. She was a three-time NCAA All-American and appeared in 85 games, more than any player to do so at Lindenwood; she started in 79 of those games. Additionally, Fedorowski holds the record at Lindenwood for caused turnovers and ground balls and ranks third in school history in goals (147) and fourth in points (218).A native of Stillwater, MN, Fedorowski attended Stillwater Area High School, where she was an All American and a Ms. Lacrosse Finalist, and East Metro Player of the Year (2016). In addition to lacrosse, Fedorowski also played hockey and soccer.

Everything you need to know about the incredible human that Chris Bocklet is can be found in the words of the article linked below. Humbled to have been able to share an hour with this inspiration of a person!https://www.usalaxmagazine.com/pro/pll/dance-like-everybody%E2%80%99s-watching-chris-bocklet%E2%80%99s-miraculous-recoveryFollow Chris at:IG: @chrisbockletTW: @CRockN10

Ingrid Burchfield Latham has been an academic adviser for over twenty years, providing guidance in course selection, standardized testing, college applications, career planning, and practice interviews.  She has an engineering degree from Northwestern University and worked in environmental remediation and information technology before becoming a full-time academic adviser.  Ingrid has also been through the recruiting process with her son George, who started with True in fifth grade is now playing lacrosse at Carthage College.  Academic advising is included as part of your True Lacrosse experience for student athletes and their parents.ingrid_burchfield@yahoo.com630-699-3064

Named the winner of the George Boiardi SSDM Hard Hat Award in 2019, Dominique Alexander's contributions on both sides of the field for Archers LC propelled the team to success. Alexander started all thirteen games for Archers LC in 2019 and picked up 18 ground balls along the way. Alexander is a Baldwin, NY native who attended Baldwin High School. A graduate of the Ohio State University, Alexander was All-Conference for the Big 10 in 2011 and was Team Captain and an All-American in 2013. He's played professionally since 2013, winning a championship 2017, and is known for his tough defense and vocal disposition. Alexander continued his stellar play throughout the 2020 PLL Championship Series, where he led the team to a 4-2 record in Utah.Follow DominiqueIG: @dalexander_23TW: @Mr_Alexander23

Head Coach  |  Notre Dame Women's LacrosseFollow Coach Halfpenny:TW: @NDcoachPenny  /  @NDWomensLaxIG: @ndwomenslax

DR. JOSH FUNK, DPT   //   IG: @rehab2perform   //   TW: @Rehab2PerformFounder / CEO - Rehab2PerformA lifelong athlete, Josh became interested in becoming a physical therapist when going through PT as a D1 lacrosse player at Ohio State. After avoiding shoulder surgery for a torn labrum and rotator cuff, Josh has been entrenched in the world of physical therapy and sports performance. Over the years, he has continually developed his knowledge base and expertise as a physical therapist through continuing education courses and working with athletes of all ages. A Montgomery County resident, Josh is heavily involved in all areas of the community throughout the region.Dr. Josh Funk was born and raised in Montgomery County, MD and attended Poolesville High School. Josh went on to play Division 1 lacrosse and earn a B.S. degree from The Ohio State University before earning his Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree from the University of Maryland-Baltimore. It was a little over 3 years after graduating from Maryland, that Rehab 2 Perform was founded in late 2014.In addition to his physical therapy expertise, Dr. Funk has been equally, if not more committed to the growth of his role as CEO of Rehab 2 Perform. He has made sure that his personal development is not just reserved for the clinical side of things, but also to ensuring that Rehab 2 Perform is one of the most well-run and well-known health care companies in the area. Dr. Funk has immersed himself in business programs and community initiatives over the past few years in his efforts to ensure that the team and clients of Rehab 2 Perform are receiving everything they need to be at their best. It is his goal to push Rehab 2 Perform to the forefront of the community through innovation, progressive business operations, strategic growth and clinical excellence.

U.S. Club Lacrosse is the go-to site for the lacrosse community to obtain information on tournaments, rankings, tryouts, clinics, and further details on Club teams. We created a single site to conduct your research in order to find the best fit for your player or team's developmental needs. USCLUBLAX.com is simple to use and provides a forum for Club and Tournament Directors to keep their information up to date with the rest of the lacrosse community.Our hope is by providing options, each player and team will be able to find the best fit for them, resulting in more competitive and fun lacrosse experience played across the nation.FOLLOW THEM:TW: @USClubLaxIG: @usclublax

Angie Beisner - Senior DirectorBeisner has focused her career on the care and prevention of athletic injuries within collegiate organizations for more than two decades and aims to bring her extensive knowledge to USCAH operations. She collaborates with valued partners as a reliable resource for innovative solutions and first-class resources. Most recently the head athletic trainer at Ohio State, Beisner also serves as the lead athletic trainer for the USA U19 Men's Lacrosse team.Schools worked: Oklahoma State, Ohio StateEducation: Ohio State, Eastern KentuckyFollow Angie & USCAH at:IG: @4athleteshealthTW: @theBize  //  @4athleteshealth

Follow Navy Women's LacrosseIG: @navywlaxTW: @NavyWLaxBrooke Shriver joined the Navy women's lacrosse program as the associate head coach in August of 2021. In her role, Shriver works with the Midshipmen's offense and midfielders, as well as having an active role in recruiting. Prior to joining the Navy women's lacrosse staff, Shriver was an assistant athletic director and varsity lacrosse coach for the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Md. She helped the Mawrtians to a 21-17 overall record in four seasons, which included a shortened season due to the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to her coaching responsibilities, Shriver served as a scheduling coordinator for all sports. She scheduled all games for all teams, as well as organized and planned athletic-wide events, including NLI Signing Day, sports assemblies and spirit days. Shriver also ran a leadership program for team captains of every sport and led discussions on ways to improve leadership. Shriver served as an assistant coach for the USA U-19 Women's Lacrosse Team (2018-19), helping the U.S. win the gold medal at the 2019 World Cup Championship in Peterborough, Ontario. Shriver primarily coached the defense and assisted with scouting and film breakdown sessions. Shriver worked as an assistant coach at Penn State for five years (2012-17). She helped lead the team to an overall record of 71-31 with five NCAA Tournament appearances, including four NCAA Quarterfinals (2013, '15, '16, '17) and a pair of Final Fours (2016, '17). Penn State won the 2015 B1G Tournament Championship, while earning a share of the American Lacrosse Conference (ALC) regular-season title and reaching the ALC Tournament semifinal game in 2013.Collegiately, Shriver was a four-year starting midfielder for Northwestern (2008-11). She was a part of 85 wins, three national championships (2008, ‘09, ‘11) and four American Lacrosse Conference titles (2008, '09, '10, '11). She finished her career with 106 points (88 goals, 18 assists), including a career-high 32 (25 goals, 7 assists) in her senior season, 74 ground balls, 34 draw controls and 18 caused turnovers. Appearing in four-consecutive NCAA Championship contests, Shriver totaled 14 goals in 16 NCAA postseason games. Also an excellent student, Shriver was a three-time ALC Academic Honor Roll and Academic All-Big Ten honoree, and a two-time recipient of the Big Ten Distinguished Honors Scholar Award (2009, '10). 

Follow Deemer at:IG: @22classy   //   @firstclasslacrosseTW: @22classy  //  @firstclasslax_www.1stclasslax.comDeemer  Class Bio:Born in Baltimore, MD, Deemer has played in the highest levels of the game – professionally, Division 1, and the most elite high school conference in the country. Deemer is widely regarded as one of the best outside shooters in lacrosse, and has developed a reputation for coaching offensive techniques from shooting, dodging and re-dodging, stick work, IQ and offensive sets. Coach Class attended Loyola Blakefield, where he helped lead Loyola to a MIAA championship game appearance and was a 2x USL All American and Under Armour all American.Coach Class is sponsored by East Coast Dyes, a Baltimore based company that he signed with in June of 2016.Deemer began his coaching career helping run the men's offense at McDonogh school (Baltimore, MD), and ran player development. Coach worked with over 20 current and future D1 players at the time.Coach went on to become the Women's Offensive Coordinator at the University of Southern California, a D1 program. In his 3 seasons, Coach Class was a part of 1 Pac 12 Championship team, ranked as high as #7 in the country, and coach of 2 Pac 12 Midfielders of the Year.Coach has built FCL into a trusted resource in lacrosse, from drills and concepts being used from college & pro coaches, down to numerous clubs and programs nationwide. Class has run training in over 35 states and for programs such as Crabs, FCA, 91 Lacrosse, Alcatraz Outlaws, Team Carolina, Alcatraz Outlaws, Ironhorse, Highland Park, Maddog, Taft Schooland more. FCL has also run virtual webinars for players in Germany, Italy and Japan, expanding the global reach. In 2021, Coach Class started the Best In Class recruiting and training events, quickly becoming one of the most coveted events in the space. FCL will continue to grow its presence in the lacrosse community.

Doogs: Co-Host "The Crease Dive" Podcast, Barstool SportsIG: @thecreasedive   |   @mickdoogsTW: @thecreasedive   |   @d00gsWebsite: https://www.barstoolsports.com/topics/the-crease-dive

Mike Gabel is founder and co-owner of True Lacrosse. From the time he first picked up the sport as a child in Massachusetts to his professional experience playing Major League Lacrosse, Gabel has dedicated himself to mastering the game. Gabel and his fellow MLL teammate Jake Deane founded True Lacrosse in 2008 to provide their vast experience and knowledge of the game to young players across the country. In that time, Gabel and Deane have helped countless young people improve their skills and continue playing the game at the collegiate level.Gabel, a goalie, has played for the Chicago Machine, Rochester Rattlers, and the Chesapeake Bayhawks throughout his professional lacrosse career in the MLL. A 2005 graduate of the University of Vermont, Gabel was the 2003 NCAA Division I record holder for saves. He was also named the defensive MVP in 2003 and 2005 at the University of Vermont. 

Ingrid Burchfield Latham has been an academic adviser for over twenty years, providing guidance in course selection, standardized testing, college applications, career planning, and practice interviews.  She has an engineering degree from Northwestern University and worked in environmental remediation and information technology before becoming a full-time academic adviser.  Ingrid has also been through the recruiting process with her son George, who started with True in fifth grade is now playing lacrosse at Carthage College.  Academic advising is included as part of your True Lacrosse experience for student athletes and their parents.ingrid_burchfield@yahoo.com630-699-3064

"We take a serious look at those kids and try to build a great team out of that that we can go and showcase around the country and the unique part about that is that we have kids from Idaho and some kids from Florida playing with kids from Maryland and Chicago, two of the bigger markets here in True. I think that cool part is that if a coach sees a kid from Idaho play with our National Program, he might want to try and see him again and the next chance he has might be when he is playing with his Idaho team...which gives every other kid on that Idaho team a chance to be seen by a high-level college coach..."-Corey Bulken, True Lacrosse National Team DirectorFollow CoreyTW: @cbulken18

The GOAT.The all-time winningest coach in NCAA lacrosse history.12x National Champion.28x Final Four.32 straight NCAA Tournament appearances.National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

"We start off with 'there's no question that is inappropriate or out of bounds'. We say that at the beginning because admissibility and affordability are the two most important pieces and are the two least talked about, frankly. So, if you don't want to ask that question because you may get 'blackballed' or whatever the term is, then I would ask the question 'when is it appropriate to talk about these things in your program?'. That way the coach is telling you, ask about them when you need to." -Ricky Fried, Georgetown University Women's Lacrosse & Team USASocial MediaTW: @HoyasWLaxIG: @hoyaswlax

"I think that's a great point and that's something I'm thinking a lot about right now is that at some point, and it's probably now or soon for ECD, you tip the scales and you're no longer the disruptor or the person coming up but you're now the incumbent. And we're probably leaning more towards being an incumbent than we are a disruptor these days and that's somewhere I really don't want to go into. That is why we are going to put a lot of emphasis on telling the startup story and keeping the startup culture. One of those quotes I talk about is 'The Bigger You Get, The Smaller You Have To Act'. "- Greg Kenneally, Founder, East Coast Dyes LacrosseFollow Greg & ECDIG: @ecd_ greg  /  @ecdlaxTW:@EastCoastDyesYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ecd

"I'd be finding the next level of competition to move up to. And deciding, do you want to be the big fish in the small pond for the rest of your life or do you want to compete to be at the highest level of competition that you can. That was always a question that I had with my dad and myself growing up and it was always that I wanted to play at the highest level competition. It was never 'I want to be on the field', it was just 'I want to compete at the highest level'. And in doing that, I think that, at a young age, I was never scared of people that were great around me. It was more that I was inspired by them." - Alex Aust, UMD Alum and Team USAFollow AlexIG: @alexaust_TW: @AAust10'The Power of Positive Self Talk': https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/aust-the-power-of-positive-self-talk-/56931Give & Go Foundation: https://givegofund.com/

"It's trust, it's authenticity, it's being a get better every day addict with everything you do and always looking for an edge. And it's having a genuine love for the people that you work with and the people that work under you or for you. You start to develop bonds with guys where the conversations post-practice is less about what they did wrong in practice and more about who they are and what they're doing or how life is going." -Jon Torpey, HC @ High Point University  /  Episode 4

Kip Turner is in his sixth season at Virginia and his 11th season under Lars Tiffany.Last season, Turner helped guide fourth-seeded Virginia to its seventh NCAA title after a 17-16 triumphant victory over third-seeded Maryland at Rentschler Field (East Hartford, Conn.) on May 31. With no NCAA Tournament held in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), UVA's 2021 title marked the first time in men's lacrosse program history it won back-to-back national championships, having done so in 2019. In 2021, Virginia became just the seventh men's lacrosse program in Division-I history to win back-to-back national championships and the first D-I men's lacrosse program to win six straight games in the NCAA finals (1999, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2019 and 2021).For the fourth consecutive season (excluding 2020 due to COVID-19), Turner conducted a Cavalier unit that was the NCAA Division-I statistical champions in ground balls per game (41.94). Turner also mentored goalie Alex Rode, who one of nine USILA All-American selections for the Cavaliers in 2021. At the 2021 NCAA Tournament, Rode was named an all-tournament selection after recording a tournament-best 53 saves, including a combined 27 saves at championship weekend against North Carolina and Maryland, the nation's top-2 scoring offenses that year. Rode's standout moment of the championship game was when denied the Terrapins of a potential game-tying goal with six seconds remaining left in the fourth quarter.Turner also practiced his trade in the professional ranks, including leading the Chesapeake Bayhawks to two consecutive MLL Championships in 2012 and 2013. Turner was originally selected second overall in the Major League Lacrosse draft by the Boston Cannons, the highest goalie ever picked in a draft. He made an immediate impact, being named the Cannons' Defensive MVP in 2008. A three-time MLL Defensive Player of the Week in 2010, Turner was named the MLL Goalkeeper of the Year for his outstanding play. Turner was also selected the starting goalie in the MLL All-Star game in 2013. After a nine-year stint in the MLL, Turner decided to retire in the spring of 2016.A 2007 graduate of the University of Virginia with a bachelor's degree in government, Turner was a four-year letterwinner for the Cavaliers. He was a USILA Third Team All-American and the UVA defensive MVP in 2006, leading the Cavaliers to the ACC Championship and NCAA title. Turner was a First Team All-ACC selection and USILA All-American Honorable Mention in 2007, and named to the All-ACC Tournament Team in 2006 and 2007.

Janine Tucker is the all-time winningest coach at Johns Hopkins with a 303-171 (.639) record in 28 seasons, including a 235-155 (.603) mark at the Division I level. She took over the Blue Jay women's lacrosse program in August 1993 and successfully guided the program's transition from Division III to Division I without missing a beat.She has coached 29 IWLCA All-Americans, one IWLCA Defensive Player of the Year and one Attacker of the Year. In addition, 11 of her former players have been inducted into the Johns Hopkins Athletic Hall of Fame.Coach Tucker is also a member of the Positive Coaching Alliance National Board of Advisors as well as the Collegiate Officials Association (COA) and the US Lacrosse Long-term Lacrosse Athlete Development Model Committee.

We sit down with "The Beast" to talk the evolution of the face-off game, the mental side to competition and the pursuit of maximizing potential.Greg is a Springfield, Pennsylvania native and played college lacrosse at Penn State. He was a 6x Professional Lacrosse All-Pro,  and a member of the 2018 Team USA Gold Medal team. He is also a founder of The FaceOff Academy.Make sure to follow him on social media:Twitter - @GregBeast32   /   @TheOBeastLabInstagram - @gregbeast32  /  @TheFaceOffAcademy