College: California Players in the NCAA DI Tournament

Twenty-nine California players are on the rosters of the sixteen-team NCAA DI Tournament. Here's the list of California players in the Big Dance:

College	Seed	Player Name	Yr	Pos	High School	Hometown	Region	In >50% of games
Syracuse	1	------------
Notre Dame	2	Edwin Glazener	Fr	D	Bishop’s School	La Jolla	SoCal
		Bobby Gray	Fr	A/M	St. Ignatius	San Rafael	NorCal
		Ryan Mix	Jr	A	Corona Del Mar	Newport Beach	CenCal	•
		Kyle Runyon	So	A	Coronado	Coronado	SoCal
Ghio State	3	------------
Denver	4	Eric Adamson	So	A	Foothill - S. Ana	Anaheim Hills	CenCal	•
		N.Eggemeyer	Sr	D	Bishop’s School	Rancho Santa Fe	SoCal
		Tyler Eckeroth	So	M	Rancho Bernardo	San Diego	SoCal
		Mike Riis	So	D	La Costa Canyon	Carlsbad	SoCal	•
		H. Schuette	Sr	M	Santa Fe Christian	Encenitas	SoCal
		Tyler Simmons	Jr	A	Redwood	Belvedere	NorCal
North Carolina	5	M. Tagliaferri	Fr	M	San Ramon Valley	Danville	NorCal
Maryland	6	Zach Fixen	Fr	M	Palos Verdes	Rolling Hills Estates	CenCal
Duke	7	Chad Cohan	Fr	A	St. Ignatius	San Francisco	NorCal
		Dax Cohan	Jr	M	St. Ignatius	San Francisco	NorCal
		Ben Krebs	So	G	Foothill - Pleasanton	Pleasanton	NorCal	•
Penn State	8	Erik Myers	So	M	Salisbury School	Del Mar	SoCal	•
		Steven Bogart	Jr	D	La Costa Canyon	Carlsbad	SoCal
		J. LaTendresse	Fr	D	San Ramon Valley	Danville	NorCal
		Jordan Wiess	Fr	M	San Ramon Valley	Danville	NorCal
Yale	9	Michael Keasey	Fr	M	Corona Del Mar	Newport Beach	CenCal
		JW McGovern	Fr	A	St. Ignatius	San Francisco	NorCal	•
		Alex Moffit	Jr	D	Cathedral Catholic	Rancho Santa Fe	SoCal
Loyola	10	Will Fredericks	Sr	A	St. Ignatius	San Francisco	NorCal
		B. Burkhardt	So	FO/M	Corona Del Mar	Newport Beach	CenCal	•
Cornell	11	Sean Doyle	Fr	A/M	Torrey Pines	San Diego	SoCal
		Connor Hunt	So	D	De La Salle	Alamo	NorCal
Lehigh	12	Will McKee	Fr	FO/M	St. Ignatius	Oakland	NorCal
		Noah Molnar	Sr	M	Corona Del Mar	Newport Beach	CenCal	•
Albany	13	------------
Towson	14	------------
Detroit	15	------------
Bryant	16	Niko Dutra	Jr	G	Monte Vista	Danville	NorCal

Here are some slices of the data:

• 10 players are from SoCal (think San Diego), 6 are from Central California (think greater LA) and 13 players are from NorCal
• 11 of the 16 tournament teams have players from California
• By position, there are 2G, 7D, 2 FO/M, 9M, 2A/M, and 7A
• 10 attended parochial schools, while 19 attended public schools

• By year, there are 4 Seniors, 6 Juniors, 8 Sophomores, and 11 Freshmen
• High Schools with more than one player in the Tournament are led by St. Ignatius with 6, Corona Del Mar with 4, San Ramon Valley with 3, La Costa Canyon with 2, and Bishop's School with 2
• 8 California players saw the field in more than half their team's games. They are indicated with a dot following their profiles. Three are from SoCal, three are from CenCal, and 2 hail from NorCal

Two High Schools, both from NorCal High Schools – San Ramon Valley and St Ignatius – each have multiple players on one team participating in the tourney. Penn State has a pair from San Ramon Valley and Duke has a pair of brothers from St. Ignatius

                 

Youth: Report on the successes of Oakland Lacrosse Club

This report from Oakland Lacrosse Club's Kevin Kelley makes me happy. Thanks to those of you who contributed to the cause after reading my post here!

Oakland Lacrosse Supporters: Last July we had a vision of making it possible for all youth attending Oakland public schools to be able to play the sport of lacrosse. Now, eight months later, because of your dedication and support we are well on the way to making that happen. We are just about to wrap up our spring season. Here is some important information about our youth program From September to February we partnered with 7 Oakland Public Schools and exposed lacrosse to over 800 Oakland Public School students through P.E. classes and after school programs This spring we had 55 6th and 7th graders participate in our comprehensive spring program   54/55 participants had never played lacrosse before88% of our students receive a scholarship to participate75% qualify for reduced lunch In addition to learning the basics of lacrosse, we conduct nutrition workshops and provide healthy snacks at each practice and game. We have established a mentor series, which features local leaders discussing their careers with our players. We also have our kids tour local colleges with current lacrosse players. Here are a few quotes from our kids: From our mentor series: " I learned that when you want to do something you should not let what other people say put you down. When you want to do something just do it to the best of your ability and you probably get what you want." Jeremiah Vaughn, 7th Grader From our nutrition workshop: " I learned energy drinks have a lot of sugar and that you can make your own healthy energy drink without spending a lot of money." Glendy Santos 7th Grader From the field: "I scored two goals, but I want to work on not getting so mad when a penalty is called on me."     Jake Norman, 7th grader  An email from one of my players asking me to change the summer schedule so he can participate:     "Please coach is it possible to change time, because a summer to me without my new favorite sport is like me throwing away the most precious thing I love and that's lacrosse. Is there anything you can do?" Henry Guo 7th grader Once again thank you for your support and making it possible for kids in Oakland to be part of our program. If you want to check us out on the field here is our schedule: Boys: Saturday, May 4 pm @ Morton Field San Francisco Saturday May 11 am @ Treasure Island(TBD) Girls: Saturday May 4 9 am & 11 am @ Tech Saturday May 18th in Danville (TBD)

College: MCLA DI – The Big Game: Stanford v Cal

Claude Lyneis, the best lacrosse videographer in the western United States, presents his highlights of  The Big Game between Stanford and Cal. Though Stanford prevails, this vid shows lots of former NorCal HS stars in action. Nice crowd, too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QFzfiC60n4&feature=player_detailpage

High School: SI v Chaminade Video

Here is a beautiful, artistic, video of the SI v Chaminade game. It features lots of slow-motion footage and tells a great story. Worth watching this 5 minute piece of cinematic drama even if you aren't a lacrosse fan!

http://lacrosserecruits.com/news/featured/game-recap-video-st-ignatius-ca-at-chaminade-ny/

Thanks to the folks at Lacrosserecruit.com for producing it!