2008 Woodie Awards
A Lacross Team?
John Watson
Issue date: 2/26/07 Section: Sports
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Going around campus, there is a lot of talk about starting a lacrosse team. It is one of the many sports that are popular at high schools we went to and other colleges. However, we don't seem to have one here at Rollins. Nobody sees on the soccer field
lacrosse players practicing. Or you don't see an 'Athlete of the Week' fall in the sport of lacrosse. In order for me to get more insight about the topic, I have spoken with Chi Psi Fraternity member Drew Bernstein. He is an advocate for a lacrosse team at Rollins and is willing to play when one gets started. He told me Rollins does have a lacrosse team. At the end of last November, they officially made it a Rollins sport-something many people did not notice. He said the lacrosse team will start next fall and will have its first playing season in the Spring of 2008. Saint Leo University
just got a team for next season as well. He also told me it was a big sport in the Northeastern part of the United States where a lot of Rollins students live. Drew is
from Long Island, NY where he played lacrosse in high school.
Other people I have talked to are also interested. But the question is now; will we have a successful lacrosse team? Only time will tell that. In preparation for the fall, we are still in need of a girls and guys lacrosse coach. We will definitely need to work on recruitment over the summer. Other things that still need to be taken into account are funding. How much funding will the team actually receive? Will it be enough for the sport to carry on throughout the first season? As low-key as the sport is right now, we hope it will have a successful
season. Every coach and athlete knows the pain to go through to receive funding for their sport. The more funding a sport has
then the more publicity and recruitment they will receive. Nevertheless, recruitment is
another key issue. How many players are willing to play on the lacrosse team? Do they have enough? A men's lacrosse team
consists of ten players where a women's team consists of twelve. Right now, I know of three men willing to be on the team and no
women. Rollins will have to do better than that if they want to have a successful team next year.
As an athlete at Rollins, I know how much pain a sport goes through with funding,
recruitment, and winning in the sport itself. Being a runner on the Cross Country team is not easy and takes a lot of effort. Neither is being a member of any other sport
at Rollins. So, if lacrosse wants to succeed at Rollins they will go through the same procedures every other sport goes through to
have it be a popular and ongoing sport here at Rollins. I wish every person on the lacrosse team the best of luck in the fall and hope you kick some butt next spring!
lacrosse players practicing. Or you don't see an 'Athlete of the Week' fall in the sport of lacrosse. In order for me to get more insight about the topic, I have spoken with Chi Psi Fraternity member Drew Bernstein. He is an advocate for a lacrosse team at Rollins and is willing to play when one gets started. He told me Rollins does have a lacrosse team. At the end of last November, they officially made it a Rollins sport-something many people did not notice. He said the lacrosse team will start next fall and will have its first playing season in the Spring of 2008. Saint Leo University
just got a team for next season as well. He also told me it was a big sport in the Northeastern part of the United States where a lot of Rollins students live. Drew is
from Long Island, NY where he played lacrosse in high school.
Other people I have talked to are also interested. But the question is now; will we have a successful lacrosse team? Only time will tell that. In preparation for the fall, we are still in need of a girls and guys lacrosse coach. We will definitely need to work on recruitment over the summer. Other things that still need to be taken into account are funding. How much funding will the team actually receive? Will it be enough for the sport to carry on throughout the first season? As low-key as the sport is right now, we hope it will have a successful
season. Every coach and athlete knows the pain to go through to receive funding for their sport. The more funding a sport has
then the more publicity and recruitment they will receive. Nevertheless, recruitment is
another key issue. How many players are willing to play on the lacrosse team? Do they have enough? A men's lacrosse team
consists of ten players where a women's team consists of twelve. Right now, I know of three men willing to be on the team and no
women. Rollins will have to do better than that if they want to have a successful team next year.
As an athlete at Rollins, I know how much pain a sport goes through with funding,
recruitment, and winning in the sport itself. Being a runner on the Cross Country team is not easy and takes a lot of effort. Neither is being a member of any other sport
at Rollins. So, if lacrosse wants to succeed at Rollins they will go through the same procedures every other sport goes through to
have it be a popular and ongoing sport here at Rollins. I wish every person on the lacrosse team the best of luck in the fall and hope you kick some butt next spring!
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