True Lacrosse - Michigan

State Team: Summer Practice Schdule

Wednesday's starting June 12, 2013

Location: Chippewa Middle School (Okemos, MI.)

2014, 2015, 2016:  6:00pm - 7:30pm

2017, 2018, 2019/20: 7:30pm - 9:00pm 

State Team: True State teams represent the top players from the state and compete in national caliber tournaments against the best teams in the country.  Players are divided based on recruiting year i.e. 2015 (sophomore).  All practices are held in lansing weekly and players compete exclusively in recruiting showcase events.

Regional Team: True Lacrosse Michigan has 3 regions.  Lakeshore (Holland, Kalamazoo, Springlake area, Grand Rapids), Flint, and Eastside (Brighton, Ann Arbor, South Detroit).  These teams are divided into U19, U17, U15, and U13 levels.  Players compete throughout the Midwest and practice locally each week.

Teams are designated by their high school graduation year.

2014s

A junior team that will play in 4 recruiting showcases: one fall tournament and three summer tournaments.  The team practices year round in Lansing.  

2015s

A sophomore team that will compete in 4 recruiting showcases: this team will mirror the 2013s at events including the fall tournament and three summer tournaments.  

 2016s

A freshman team that will compete in 4 recruiting showcases: this team will mirror the 2013s at events including the fall tournament and three summer tournaments.

2017s

An 8th grade team designed to prepare players for our high school recruiting teams.  This team will participate in one fall as well as three summer tournaments to compete against the best teams in the country.  

2018s

All 7th grade team designed to expose newly identified, talented players to the best national level players for their age group.  The team attends one East Coast tournaments and two Midwestern tournament in the summer.  

2019/20s

Our introductory team designed for player development.  This team will attend the Cherry Bomb, Lax'N'nati, Brighton, and have a primary focus on players skill development.  

Lakeshore: Holland, Kalamazoo, Grand Haven, Springlake.  Home base is located at the Soccer Stop.

Flint Coalition: Formerly the Lacrosse Coalition, the True Coalition will operate out of the greater Flint area as well as northern Detroit. Home base is located Premier Sports.

Delta: Comprised of players from Lansing, Ann Arbor, Brighton, and all areas east of US 127.  Future home is located in Brighton.  Facility opening in summer of 2013.

True Lacrosse Michigan's mission is to develop strong young men through life lessons learned on the lacrosse field.  Every True Lacrosse player is expected to hold himself to our guiding principles.

• Talent gets you noticed, grades get you in
• Player accountability never stops
• Embrace "your goal" and work tirelessly toward it
• Play hard and stick together

Players typically leave Friday morning on a bus headed to one of the various tournaments.  Players are picked up by coach bus and transported to our team hotel where players and parents all stay together.  We have a practice Friday night followed by a team dinner.  We typically play 3-4 games on Saturday, have lunch at the fields and then have another team dinner on Saturday night.  10 pm is lights out.  We have 2-3 games Sunday morning.  Our last game is usually done by 1 pm, after which, we head to home.  We stay in hotels with a continental breakfast, kids at most miss one day of school, and we have a blast moving together as a team!

2014 Commitments

Paulie Schalau - UMass DI
Nick Wood - Virginia DI
PJ Bogle - Michigan DI
Danny Low - High Point DI
Matt Neufeldt - Maryland DI
Riley Mann - Georgetown DI
David Glynn - Quinnipiac DI
Lucas Munoz - Bucknell DI
Jack Moran - Furman DI

2013 Commitments

Bennett Dipzkinski - University of Hartford

Luke Durchame - University of Detroit Mercy D1
David Stafford - St. Johns D1

Bryan Matney- University of Detroit Mercy D1

Kento Nakano - Robert Morris D1

Will De Bord - Air Force Academy DI
Michael Germano - Naval Academy DI
Mason Quinn- Quinnipiac DI
Dan Ferrel - Virgina Military Institute DI
Andrew Romano - Eastern University DIII
Cam Irwin - Tufts University DIII
Jon Conley - Tufts University DIII
Brendan Walker - Salisbury University DIII
Tanner Barco - Bellarmine University DI
Tim Lewis - Furman University DI
Tyler Schmarak - Colgate DI
Steven Mages - Vassar DIII
DC Felman - Aurora DIII
Paul Newbold - West Point DI
Owen Roth- DePauw University DIII
Tony Fritch- Florida Southern College DII

2012 Commitments

Zach Wood - Virginia DI
Jack Connelly - Providence DI
Kevin Lining - Queens University DII
Stevie McKee - Queens University DII
Chandler Millstone- Colgate DI
Sam Cannon- Marquette DI
Thomas Place- Marquette DI
Brendan Dunlap- Lafayette DI
Paul Romens- Stevens DIII
Brendan Sheehan- Holy Cross DI
Scott Brown- Nazareth College DIII
Tate Ferris - Limestone College DII
John Albertini- Elmhurst DIII
Nick Wright- Holy Cross DI
Austin Rich - Roanoke DIII
Conor Moran - Randolph Macon DIII
Tyler Cook- High Point DI
Tyler Steichen- Concordia University DIII
Dylan Swanson - Detroit Mercy DI
Matt Burns - Stevenson DIII
Nate Serviss- Adelphi DII
Craig Carden- Mercer DI
Scott Davis - Augustana DIII
Jake Coretti - Rutgers DI
James Lopez- Defiance DIII
Anders Bjella - McGill (Canada)
Andrew Salamunovich- Rhodes DIII
Tyler Romeiser- Benedictine DIII
Chris Ward- Trine University DIII
Scott Doten- Babson DIII
Tyler Jackson- Beloit DIII
Connor Mellor- FIT DII
Connor Mersch - Limestone University DII

2011 Commitments

Max Huber - Albany DI
Owen Roth - Gettysburg DIII
Burke Smith - Holy Cross DI
Trevor Kinzie - Sacred Heart DI
JD Heinz - Siena DI
Brian Goss - Siena DI
Matt Sammarco - Nazareth DIII
Charlie Mayne - Nazareth DIII
Jacob Kazar - Air Force DI
Scott Barger - Western New England DIII
Josh Berger - Skidmore DIII
Sam Gibson - Queens University DII
Brett Wilson - Wittenberg University DIII
Oliver Stahl - Carthage University DIII
Seth Fuller - Norwich University DIII
Joe Kemp - Sacred Heart DI
Alec Westeroff- Lemoyne University DII
Geoff Harty - Merchant Marine DIII
Bryce McNeely - Adelphi University DII
Charlie Farmer – High Point DI
Patrick Henderson - Wooster College DIII
Max Obriecht- Aurora DIII

2010 Commitments

Kevin Epp - Army DI
Nate Link - Mercer DI
Joe Calvello - UMASS DI
Matt Barry - Denver DI
Peter Santulli - Vermont DI
Joey Busch - Frostburg State DIII
Will Evans - Wooster DIII
Danny Kransberger - Detroit Mercy DI
Thomas Sible - Detroit Mercy DI
Thomas McKee - Air Force DI
Sam Hurster - Brown DI
David Largey - Dickinson DIII
Sean Meagher - Robert Morris DI
Lance Yapor - Hofstra DI
Jake Mann - Lafayette DI
Andrew Mower - Lehigh DI
Nick Kerr - Adrian DIII
James Raveret - Hofstra DI
Alec Carrier - Army DI
Trevor Lundblad - Ithaca DIII
Cooper Sturr - Roanoke DIII