College lacrosse

I gripped my lacrosse stick like a blanket on a cold winter night, scared down to my bones about what I was about to do. I peeked the back door open to see if anyone was watching, but I knew that no one would be up at this time of night. I grabbed my backpack from the table and quickly ran out the door toward the woods not sure what was lurking in its darkness. I ran through the trees as briskly as I could, nimble on my feet. I knew no one could catch me now, no one knows what I’ve done. I was…

Lacrosse Lacrosse is a full body contact sport where you really only need to know three things, catching, cradling and passing. What You Need What you need to play lacrosse is a stick, shoulder pads, elbow pads, helmet, and gloves. The ball is a white ball made of a tough rubber. The stick is broken up into three parts. The head, which is the top, the shaft, is the metal pole in the middle, and the butt, which is a small rubber end at the bottom of the stick. The head has netting between each…

I talked to some people that I knew were playing lacrosse and told them that I was going to play. The first person that I told was my friend, Mike. Ironically, I met Mike, a kid who was my height and had very curly hair, at a basketball camp that my high school was hosting during the summer. I told him…

sports all my life, including dance, soccer, track, and lacrosse, so I know how to follow structure and love a team dynamic. I was very selective when looking for a school, and University of Pittsburgh seemed like the perfect fit for me. I wanted a big school with lots of football games and student activities…

For three months in the spring, my life revolves around one thing, lacrosse. I spent the cold morning before class and the hot afternoons after, on the field, I always met the expectations for someone on the team. I ran until I could no longer run, I played in the drills, and I showed up to every game. However, I never played in the games, and that was because I only ever reached the expectations, never raising them. I remember at the end of my freshman year, my coach sat me and a group…

and best lacrosse player to come out of my high school, my personal goal was to play Division I college lacrosse. You can image my personal satisfaction when I signed on to play Division 1 lacrosse in college. I thought there was nothing else I wanted to do for the next four years. I only went about looking at schools that fit my “lacrosse” blueprint, instead of looking at my college experience as something more than that. I didn’t take the proper steps to find the best-suited college for me…

influenced my transition to college. You asked us to right about the last year and how our journey transitioned us for college well, my transitioning started my junior year. I was never nervous about the transition from high school to college until my sister went away to colleges five hours away and called home crying every night saying how much she hated it and want to come home. That was a huge eye opener for me to really understand how important it was for me to find the right college that…

Lacrosse is the best sport to try in the spring or summer because it’s a very engaging activity, it requires a large amount of skill,strength, and cardio. It’s a beautiful sport because I love how it was discovered and the history behind it. I also love the complex rules towards the game. Finally I love interacting with the different people I meet from playing the game of lacrosse. Last year during my last summer as an 8th grader my friends and I went every where we biked, long-boarded, and ran.…

life, in the last four years, has had ups and downs. One of my biggest setbacks was being let go from the lacrosse team my junior year of high school. Up until my junior year, I had played lacrosse for 10 extremely successful years. Growing up I was always one of the best elite lacrosse players in the state. As a result, I played for teams that represented Rhode Island and even New England. Lacrosse was something that came easily to me. The parts of the sport that did not come easy, I enjoyed…

For as long as I can remember lacrosse has been a huge part of my life. My dad and his cousin helped to start the lacrosse program in Rocky River. He has been coaching for 18 years so in the spring my weekends and sometimes weekdays were filled with travelling to different venues to watch the team play. My brother and sister both play lacrosse. My brother who graduated last year played for four years at the high school and my sister who was a freshman last year on the varsity team. My dad has…