The number of Californians on D1 men’s lacrosse rosters in 2022 is pretty startling: 143. More impressive still is the number of those players that come from the same high school. CIF Central Coast Section champion Sacred Heart Prep, located in the Palo Alto area, currently has 8 graduates on D1 lacrosse rosters. Among those…
Players from outside traditional lacrosse hotbeds have been honored as the Under Armour All-Americans since the event’s inaugural game in 2006. That first game, for instance, included a 6’6, 260 lb. attackman from Rancho Bernardo High School and San Diego who more closely resembled an N.F.L. lineman—something which he ultimately became. But Will Yeatman was…
Is California a D1 college lacrosse hotbed? Yes and no. California is by no means a traditional hotbed for D1 lacrosse. There isn’t a single D1 lacrosse program in California. There wasn’t even a D1 game played in the state until 2005. And it wasn’t even until that year, 2005, that Hopkins, for instance, even…
