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Derek Reinhold sat in his car while his oldest son, Alexander, practiced with the Junior Waterdogs team ahead of the PLL Junior Championships round robin earlier this month.
While sitting there, the North Wales, Pa., resident completed USA Lacrosse’s age verification for his younger son, Dimitrios.
Reinhold opened his USA Lacrosse account on his phone and scrolled to Dimitrios’ profile.
He clicked “Edit Age Verification.”
He loaded a saved image of Dimitrios’ birth certificate.
It took less than 90 seconds.
Asking Sarah Bullard McDaniel about her favorite memory as a U.S. national team player is a little like asking a parent who their favorite child is. That’s what happens when nearly a dozen years in the national team program includes four gold medals. Her connection to USA Lacrosse goes back even further as the Massachusetts native represented the New England region three times at the historic USA Lacrosse Women’s National Tournament as a young high school player.
I started as CEO of USA Lacrosse on August 24, 2021.
When I took the seat, the mandate was to build off the incredible work my predecessor Steve Stenersen had accomplished. I walked into an organization that was financially sound and had a significant amount of knowledge and experience.
With that said, we were still coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Return to play and return to business were uncertain.
A little over a year ago, USA Lacrosse and the National Lacrosse Federation announced a partnership to bring age verification to boys’ club lacrosse. After launching with pilot events run by Prime Time Lacrosse and MADLAX last fall and winter, USA Lacrosse’s age verification program has made significant strides in the first spring and summer of implementation in concert with the NLF.
WHAT IS AGE VERIFICATION?
SPARKS, Md. – Dwane Morgan, a results-driven strategist with a proven track record in data analysis, has been named to the newly-created position of Chief of Staff, Business Intelligence for USA Lacrosse.
“We’re excited to bring Dwane into this position focused on business intelligence and insight-led decision making,” said Marc Riccio, CEO of USA Lacrosse. “His experience will accelerate our ability to have an impact and he brings sophistication that will make us better.”
As a second year player for the PLL’s Boston Cannons, Ethan Rall has quickly established himself as one of the league’s premier long stick midfielders, earning second team All-Pro honors as a rookie in 2023. He was also a three-time All-American LSM at Rutgers who graduated as the school’s all-time leader with 85 caused turnovers.
The Ohio Lacrosse Hall of Fame will induct its Class of 2024 on August 10 at its annual banquet at the Ohio Union in Columbus. The Class of 2024 includes two players, two coaches, and two long time contributors to the growth of the game in the state of Ohio.
Over the last several years, True Lacrosse has evolved into one of the largest organizations in the sport. True Lacrosse now has more than 500 teams in 23 states – stretching from coast to coast.
USA Lacrosse, the governing body for the sport in the United States and a Recognized Sports Organization by the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, has announced a renewal of a partnership with Stack Sports, the leading provider of sports technology solutions, for an additional two years. As part of this continued collaboration, Sports Connect will serve as an Official League Registration Partner of USA Lacrosse. As an official league registration partner, Sports Connect is helping to streamline registration and league management processes for associated leagues.