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FULLERTON
SEES FIRST MLL ACTION
On Saturday June 14,
Army Lax '08 grad Adam
Fullerton stepped into the
Rochester Rattlers' cage for
the first time in action
against the New Jersey
Pride. Click on Fullerton
MLL Release for
details.
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ARMY
LAX 2008 SEASON REVIEW
Click on Year
in Review for an
impressive recap of the
team's accomplishments over
this past season.
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MASSIE
NAMED SCHOLAR ALL AMERICA
Craig
Massie has been named a
Scholar All America by the
United States
Intercollegiate Lacrosse
Association and selected to
the Lowe’s All-Senior
All-America first team.
Click on Massie
AA Honors for
details.
Congratulations
Craig!
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FULLERTON
GARNERS MORE HONORS
Adam Fullerton added
to his impressive list of
post season honors with 3rd
Team All America selection
and the LaxPower.com Fan’s
Choice Senior Goalkeeper of
the Year Award. Click on Fullerton
AA Release for
details.
Subsequently,
Adam was the first
goalkeeper selected in Major
League Lacrosse 2008 draft
... at #28 by the Rochester
Rattlers. Click on Fullerton
MLL Draft for
details.
Congratulations
Adam!
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Congratulations
Jay and Bok!
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ARMY
LAX PARENTS NEEDS SECRETARY
AND LOGOWEAR MANAGER
The Army Lacrosse
Parents group still needs a
Secretary and someone to
take over the the Logowear
position. There are 6
boxes that will need to be
stored for the summer and
we'd appreciate any plebe,
yearling or cow parent that
can take the 6 boxes and
store them. See your
Logowear link to contact
Elizabeth LoRusso if you
have any questions or
purchases.
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ARMY
YEAR END AWARDS PRESENTED
Head Coach Joe
Alberici and others
presented the 2008 Army
Lacrosse awards at the
Annual Army Lacrosse Awards
Picnic on May 11 in the
Firstie Club. Click on
2008
Army Lax Awards for
details.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL WINNERS!
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PENN
TOPS ARMY 13-9
Pennsylvania
extinguished Army's NCAA
Tournament hopes when they
jumped out to an early lead
and held off the cadets
frantic comeback effort.
Go to Game
Summaries for links
to each team's press
releases and to the box
score.
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JOHN
FERNANDEZ '01 IN THE NEWS
Click on
MSN
Fernandez for an
extended Brian Williams
interview with
2001 Army Lacrosse captain
John Fernandez about his
experiences, his wounds, his
mission now with the Wounded
Warrior Project, and the
Heroes Cup
Army-Navy Alumni box
lacrosse game on
Saturday, April 26, in
Madison Square Garden
preceding the NY Titans-Rochester
Nighthawks
game. After the brief
broadcast interview ends,
wait through the commercial
for a more complete version.
Also click on
NT
Times Fernandez
& Heroes Cup and
on
MSN
Fernandez for two
other inspiring stories. Unfortunately, the
Army Alumni lost 10-6, but
in a good cause; the Heroes Cup evening benefited
the Wounded Warriors
Project.
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ROSENSHEIN
IS PATRIOT LEAGUE SCHOLAR
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
The Patriot League
announced on April 29 that
Army junior defenseman Scott
Rosenshein has been named
Patriot League Lacrosse
Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Go to
Army
Rosenshein Release
and
PL
Release for details.
Congratulations
Scott!
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ARMY FALLS IN APRIL 28 POLLS
Army
lost ground in all major
polls released April 28. The USILA
Coaches Poll
moved Army down seven
spots from #11 last week to
#18 and the
Nike/Inside Lacrosse Men's
Division I
Media Poll has Army at #17, down four spots from #13 last week. The
LaxPower
Forum Poll dropped
Army
to #13 from #10.
The
Swami’s ranking comes out
on Thursdays; on April 17, he
ranked Army #10 ... click on
The
Swami for his
latest extravagant
prognostication.
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FIVE ARMY PLAYERS
& COACH ALBERICI EARN
PATRIOT
LEAGUE HONORS
The Patriot League
named Adam Fullerton, Kevin
LoRusso, and Jay Larson to the
the All Conference first team and Jason
Peyer and Craig Massie to
the second team. Click on
Army
PL All-Conference Release for
details and a link to the
league's
All-Conference release. The
Patriot League also named
Fullerton "Goalkeeper
of the Year" and Coach
Joe Alberici as "Coach
of the Year." For
details of those last two
honors, click on PL
Major Awards Release.
Congratulations to
Adam, Kevin, Jay, Jason, Craig,
and Coach Alberici!
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PATRIOT
LEAGUE HONORS FULLERTON AND McCALLION
The Patriot League
named Adam as Goalkeeper of
the Week and Rob was chosen
for a 3rd time as Rookie
of the Week. Click on
Army-PL
Release for
details.
Congratulations to
Adam and Rob!!
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ARMY
LAX SWEEPS PL WEEKLY AWARDS
Justin Bokmeyer,
Adam Fullerton, Craig
Massie, and Jeremy Boltus
won all four of the Patriot
League weekly awards after
their performances against
Navy. Click on Army
PL Release and Patriot
League Release for
details.
Congratulations
Justin, Adam, Craig, and
Jeremy!
Congratulations
Justin!
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ARMY
TOPS NAVY 9-6!
Army
came out smoking and jumped
out to a 3-0 lead by the
middle of the first quarter,
and then responded with two
goals after Navy came back
to tie the game early in the
second. Army never trailed.
Coming off their 5-3 lead at
the midpoint, the cadets
outscored the midshipmen 4-3
in the second half to seal
the win.
Go to Game
Summaries for links
to each team's press
releases, to the box score, and
to any press articles we can
find. Go to
Photos
for shots from the game as
we receive them.
The
night before, the Army Alumni
also bested their Naval
Academy counterparts, and
then hosted them in a gala
reception in the Foley
Center. The annual A-N
Alumni Game
seeks to raise money for the
Wounded Warrior Project ...
check
Wounded
Warrior Project for
more information on this
worthy cause, and click on
A-N
Alumni Game Donation
to contribute.
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FIRSTIE
PARENTS ALERT
Please
let Mena Hansinger know your
head count for the upcoming
Graduation Banquet and
Pinning Ceremony.
There is a $25 pp fee for
all guests and parents and
the lacrosse players are
complimentary. The
event will be at the First
Club.
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PLEBE,
YEARLING, AND COW PARENTS
ALERT
The West
Point Parent's Lacrosse
Group is in need of your
help. The Firstie
Parents havE committed
their time and energy during
last couple of years to
making our club a great
success. Now we need
some new parents to step up
and fill some leadership
roles. The following
positions are open:
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Co-Chairmen (Parents of
Elected Captains):
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Secretary:
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Treasurer:
Shawn Henderson
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Tailgates Home:
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Tailgates Away:
Sally and Dave Harrison
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Army Lax Logowear (this job
generates a lot of our
club's revenues):
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Hotel
Reservations for
Away Games: Deb and Joe
Conroy
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Team Buttons: Mary
Stuart Gephart
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Paper Products for
Tailgates: Rob
McCallion
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Website: Deb Conroy
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JASON
PEYER NAMED AAA ATHLETE OF
THE WEEK
Click on
Peyer
Release for
details.
CONGRATULATIONS
JASON!
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PATRIOT
LEAGUE HONORS LARSON AND
McCALLION
The Patriot League
named Jay as Defender of
the Week and Rob as Rookie
of the Week. Click on
Army-PL
Release for
details.
CONGRATULATIONS
JAY AND ROB!
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COACH
ALBERICI FORMS FRIENDS OF
ARMY LAX
Building
on the strong Army Lax
Parents organization and the
close knit Army Lacrosse
alumni, Coach Alberici has
formed a new organization
called Friends of Army
Lacrosse to more closely
embrace the whole Army
Lacrosse community. Click on
Friends
of Army Lacrosse
Announcement to read
the group's introductory
letter.
The
current Army Lax Parents
organization will be an
integral part of Friends of
Army Lax, the Executive
Committee of which will next
meet at the beginning of
Army-Navy weekend. Members of
the committee will be
available over the weekend to
discuss the new organization's
goals and plans. Perhaps the
best opportunity will be at
the Army Lax Parents tailgate
and adjacent Army
"A" Club Army
Lacrosse Post-Game Reception
on the 4th floor of Kimsey
(see announcement
below).
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ARMY
D NEAR TOP
Based on NCAA
Lacrosse Stats
released March 25 for games
played through March 23, the
Army defense ranks 5th in
Scoring Defense and 9th in
Man Down Defense.
Individually, Adam Fullerton
is 7th in Goals Against
Average (6.36) and 4th in
Save Percentage (.643).
Keep it up, guys!
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THREE BLACK KNIGHTS LAND
PATRIOT LEAGUE HONORS THIS
WEEK
Army senior
Adam Fullerton was named
the Patriot League
Goalkeeper of the week,
while junior attackman
Jason Peyer landed
Offensive Player of the Week
recognition and freshman
midfielder
Rob McCallion garnered
Rookie of the Week honors,
Monday, after leading the
Black Knights to a pair of
conference victories last
week.
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FULLERTON
GARNERS 2nd STRAIGHT PL
HONOR
Army Firstclassman Adam Fullerton
garnered his second-straight
Patriot League Goalkeeper of
Week honor after
his efforts in the Black
Knights showdown at No. 8
Cornell on Saturday, March
8.
Click on
Fullerton
PL Release for
details.
Congratulations
Adam!
Congratulations
Craig!
CLICK ON THE PHOTO LINK for
new pictures by Photographer
Bill Kennedy.
ARMY
LAX HOME GAMES AVAILABLE
ON KNIGHT VISION
If you can't make
it to all the remaining
Army Lax home games, you
can watch them on your
computer via Knight
Vision. Click on
Knight
Vision Lax for
details.
SCHEDULE
UPDATE AVAILABLE
Go to
Schedule
for two start time
changes: Rutgers to 3:00
PM CDT and Duke to 12:00
EDT.
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PARENTS
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION DUE
Any
parents who have not
contributed their annual
allocation to the
parents club, please forward
it to Mena Hansinger, the
Army Lax Parents treasurer,
as soon as possible. This
allocation is Army Lax
Parents' primary source of
funding for home
and away game tailgates
throughout the season and at
Fall Ball
and preseason events, for
our annual post
season Army Lacrosse Awards
Picnic, and for our role at the
traditional Army Lacrosse
Graduation Party and
Commissioning Ceremony.
If you have any questions,
contact Mena Hansinger at:
menatoo@verizon.net.
ARMY
2008 GAME VIDEOS AVAILABLE
Seth
Bokmeyer has arranged for parents to
be able to purchase video
copies of all of the Army
Lacrosse games this year.
The games are available on
DVD’s for $15.00 per game,
or a “Complete Season
Package” can be purchased
for $190.00 (a $20 savings
over buying the games
individually). The DVD’s
are professionally produced
from the same video used by
the coaching staff. Mena is taking orders and
will give them to Seth
Bokmyer during the Rutgers
game weekend in Dallas. If you are
interested contact to place
your order. ORDERS
WILL BE TAKEN THROUGH APRIL.
One
hundred percent of the
proceeds from the sale of
these videos goes to the Army
Lax Parents organization to
support our players. You
can get your order forms by
e-mailing Seth Bokmeyer (seth.bokmeyer@cubic.com)
or you can pick one up from
Mena Hansinger at the games.
Please do
not contact the
coaching staff regarding these
videos.
Congratulations
Adam!
#43-Senior Jay Larson
Army men's lacrosse coach Joe
Alberici was appointed to the
United States Intercollegiate
Lacrosse Association (USILA)
Board of Directors last week
during the organization's
125th-annual meetings.
Click here for the full press
release ...
then click on your browser's
back button to return to this
page.
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IL FACE OFF YEARBOOK
RANKS ARMY #23
The annual Inside
Lacrosse Yearbook released
December 12 ranks the 2008
edition of Army Lacrosse as
#23 in the country. Go to
Face Off Ranking for
details. Army is fourth
among Patriot League teams
ranked, following Navy (#9),
Bucknell (#17), and Colgate
(#21).
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Lax Players visit
Walter Reed and Capital
On December
6, twenty-nine members of
the
Army lacrosse team and four
Officer Representatives traveled to Washington, D.C, to visit the Walter Reed Medical
Center. In conjunction with the
Wounded Warrior Project and the
Warrior Transition Brigade, the
group spent the
afternoon visiting with the
wounded soldiers recovering at
the facility, after taking a
tour of the Capitol Building and
the Department of Homeland
Security earlier that morning.
Click on
Wounded Warrior Release
for Army's release and on
the thumbnail below for a
photo of the participating
players ... then click on
your browser's Back button
to return to this page.
Click on the thumbnail to
enlarge
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2008 ARMY LAX SCHEDULE
AVAILABLE
Click on
Schedule to see the
2008 Army Lacrosse
schedule, and go to
Schedule Press Release
for more information. There
are several day and time
changes from the tentative
schedule posted previously. Highlights include
hosting service academy
rivals VMI, Air Force, and
Navy at Michie, and
traveling to Dallas, Texas
to play a "home" game
against Rutgers. As always
this early in the preseason,
dates, times, and locations
are still subject to change.
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LATEST CHRIS
LARSEN '05 PROGRESS REPORT
Readers of this page
will know that 1LT
Christopher Larsen '05 was
wounded in Iraq on Friday,
August 17. Both his hands
were injured seriously.
When visiting Ft. Hood on
December 2, your editor was
pleased to run into Chris
and his wife Jessica, who
had come up from Brooke Army
Medical Center (BAMC) in San
Antonio to welcome Ben
Harrow and Chris Couch, both
'05, home from Iraq (see
story and photo at
Army Lax Alumni).
Chris’s
recovery is going very well
and as you can see in the
photo, he is as upbeat as
anyone who knows him would
expect. He still has another
six to eight months of
rehabilitation ahead of him,
mostly at BAMC. Chris’s left
hand has recovered
essentially full function,
though it is still weak and
sore. His right hand and
wrist are still healing from
multiple surgeries and
grafts. The prognosis is
good. Although his range of
motion is still very
restricted, once the healing
is completed he will begin regaining full use
of the hand. It will be a
long and painful process,
but anyone who knows Chris
knows he will succeed fully.
As regards Fischer House,
Mark Larsen, Chris's dad, encourages
everyone to consider making
a donation. He writes that
Fischer House, "... allows
parents/spouses to stay next
to the hospital ... without
any financial worries ..."
and "does so much to help
these young hurt people get
better quicker by allowing
their families to be with
them." Click on
Fischer House to
visit the foundation's
website.
OTHER ALUMNI NEWS
Click on
Army Lax Alumni for
information on prior classes
of Army Lax players ... and
please send any news,
photos, etc., you may have
on the doings of alumni
players and parents to
laxdad@aol.com.
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CLASS OF 2008 BRANCH ASSIGNMENTS
When the
seventeen Army Lax firsties received their
branch assignments on Sunday
evening, November 4, 2007, they
continued a three-year pattern
of congregating in Field
Artillery. In 2006, eight of
the twelve Army Lax grads
went FA, two to Engineers,
and two to Aviation (the
2005 lax grads were more
spread out: 6 Infantry, 3
FA, 2 ADA, and one each in Armor, Aviation, Engineers, and
Military Intelligence). Last
year, three of five lax
grads branched FA. This year
it is twelve of seventeen
(eighteen, including long
time manager Richard
Camacho).
Here's the
Class of 2008 lineup:
Air Defense Artillery
Erik Haniuk
Armor
Tom Gossweiler
Aviation
Richard Camacho
Mark Salvati
Infantry
Reed Hayes
Craig Massie
Field Artillery
Justin
Bokmeyer
Adam Fullerton
Patrick Fullerton
Michael Hanna
Adam Hansinger
JP Keneally
Jay Larson
Ryan McClure
Alex Morse
Roy Ragusa
Andrew Supiano
Paul Wigdzinski
Click on this thumbnail to
see a photo
of the Army Lax Class of 2008
FA contingent shortly after
receiving their assignments;
then use your web browser's
Back button to return to
this page.
Bottom row: COL Johnson,
Adam Fullerton, Andrew Supiano,
LTC Waters.
Top row: Roy Ragusa, Alex
Morse,
Jay Larson, Adam
Hansinger,
JP Keneally,
Justin Bokmeyer, Paul Wigdzinski,
Patrick Fullerton,
and Michael Hanna.
Not pictured: Ryan McClure.
CONGRATULATIONS FIRSTIES on
taking another big step
toward graduation.
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NEW ARMY LAX LOGOWEAR
ITEMS!
Abbe Gossweiller has added
two Army Lax Logowear
items for 2008:
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Hooded Zip Sweat Jacket
Black, with
embroidered Army Lax logo for
$45.00.
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Army Lax Italian Charms,
for $7.00;
Charm with key chain, for
$10.00; charm with bracelet,
for $12.00.
Click on
Army
Lax Logowear to
check out the full line of
proprietary Army lax items.
Army Lax family, alumni, and
friends of Army Lacrosse are
all welcome to order.
You can order items
for delivery at Army
Lacrosse events and games
or,
for an extra fee, you can
have your order shipped to
you. Contact
Abbe Gossweiller (onemomile58@msn.com) if you have
any questions.
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IL NAMES ADAM
FULLERTON A 10-BEST KEEPER
Insidelacrosse.com
has named Adam Fullerton as
it's #5 goal keeper leading
into the 2008 season. Click
on
IL Top-10 for Army's
release.
Congratulations Adam!
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ARMY
LAX FIRSTIES GET THEIR RINGS
On Friday, August
24, 2007, the Army lacrosse
players in the Class of 2008
received their class
rings. Click on this thumbnail to see
a full-size picture of the
firsties showing off their
rings, then use your web
browser's Back button to
return to this page.
(Mena Hansinger photo)
Oh
my Gosh, Sir … what a
beautiful ring!
What a crass mass of brass
and glass.
What a bold mold of rolled
gold.
What a cool jewel you got
from your school.
See how it sparkles and
shines?
It must have cost a fortune.
May I touch it, please Sir?
CONGRATULATIONS FIRSTIES!
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CONGRATULATIONS
ARMY LACROSSE CLASS OF 2007
On Saturday, May 26,
Army's lacrosse Class of 2007
graduated. Click on the thumbnail
below to see
a full-size Rick Wakeland
photo of the new "old grads"
in the Michie Stadium North
Crease, shortly after the hat
toss.
Then use your web browser's
Back button to return to this page.
(l to r): Coach
Emmer,
Jack Pinney, Nick LaRusso,
Ryan Chase, Brian Ivany, Eddie
Clark, Hunter Wakeland,
Coach Alberici, Maximus
Alberici
Click
on Archives
to find salient and
interesting items from
this page, reaching back from
last season to 2003.
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you have any questions or
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