SPARKS, Md. – Chris Dax, a veteran fundraising professional with nearly 25 years of experience in the field, has been named VP, Philanthropy for USA Lacrosse, the governing body for the sport in the United States.

“Chris brings a level of expertise that will help USA Lacrosse to succeed,” said USA Lacrosse CEO Marc Riccio. “With lacrosse in the LA28 Olympics, we have a tremendous platform to impact lacrosse in the U.S. Chris is well-equipped to help us raise the additional resources we need to fulfill our mission. We’re excited to get started.”

Four live rules interpretation webinar sessions, hosted by USA Lacrosse, are still available in February to help coaches and officials prepare for the 2024-25 season. 

The rules interpretation webinars cover boys’ and girls’ youth and high school rules, and the changes being introduced for the 2025 season. Each session includes both a USA Lacrosse staff member and a rules interpreter on the webinar to help answer any questions.

High school rivalry games, league championship contests, and Top 20 college matchups are among the featured events on USA Lacrosse’s Tierney Field for the 2025 spring season. The current schedule includes over 35 high school and college games, with additional games still being added.

Use of the green card, managing safe play within the 8-meter arc, and offensive fouls inside the critical scoring area have been identified as the points of emphasis by both the high school girls’ and youth girls’ lacrosse rules committees for the 2025 season.  The committees also approved some minor rule changes and editorial changes to the rulebooks.

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) and USA Lacrosse collaborate annually on boys’ rules changes and have identified changes and points of emphasis that will be effective for the 2025 youth and high school seasons.

SPARKS, Md. – The Box Lacrosse League (BLL), a thriving nationwide adult box lacrosse league, has joined the USA Lacrosse membership program.

World Lacrosse has announced that Tokyo will be the host city for the 2026 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship. Japan was earlier announced as the host country, but additional details have been finalized and the event will be held from July 24 through August 2 in Tokyo.

This will be the first world lacrosse championship hosted by Japan since 1997 when the U.S. women edged Australia to bring home the World Cup in the Edogawa ward of Tokyo.

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.