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One of the more exciting and innovative elements in the lacrosse community this past season has been the establishment of Lax Scout and the leading national high school lacrosse recruiting tool in the USA.

Lax Scout first published only last season. The publication is dedicated to helping high school student-athletes gain widespread exposure to college lacrosse coaches primarily through its innovative lacrosse scouting program. Lax Scout is developing a growing team of highly qualified lacrosse scouts who view and report on their clients' games and quality of play.

Its 2003 publication was distributed to over 200 college lacrosse coaches in all 3 Divisions and club coaches. The 2003 report featured students from 16 states and Canada. The publication features high school freshmen, sophomores and juniors who seek not only to augment their marketing visibility with college lacrosse programs, but to also develop an understanding of what type of college lacrosse circumstance may be best for them. The 2004 Lax Scout report is currently being compiled for publication and distribution.

The Lax Scout scouts are former All-Americans, former national champions, former college coaches and other skilled lacrosse players who also have the ability to evaluate high school players' potential as college lacrosse players at the various levels of the college lacrosse game.

An example of Lax Scout scouts includes its most recent scout former MLL and NCAA coach Ted Garber.

Coach Garber joins Lax Scout as the new Scouting Coordinator for Connecticut. His primary responsibilities include promoting Lax Scout's services to the lacrosse community, establishing relationships with high school and college coaches and growing the scouting team within the state.

In addition to his new position with Lax Scout, Garber is the Athletic Director and Head Coach at Avon Old Farms, one of the nation's elite prep schools. Garber played lacrosse at the University of New Hampshire in the 70's where he was the leading scorer as a freshman, and captain his senior year. After completing his playing career at UNH as a student-athlete, Garber returned to the program as the Head Coach for more than a decade and was named New England Coach of the Year in 1986. He led the team to its first ever NCAA Division I tournament game, which was against his father Dick Garber who at the time was the Head Coach of the University of Massachusetts.

After leaving UNH in the early 90's, he followed his father's footsteps and took the helm at UMass where he made two NCAA tournament appearances and was named Coach of the Year in 1993.

While at UMass, he coached several All-Americans, including Mark Millon, who was recently the MVP of Major League Lacrosse and currently one of the premiere players for the Baltimore Bayhawks. Garber was a Head Coach during the MLL's inaugural Showcase Tour in 2000 and subsequently for the Bridgeport Barrage. Garber added, "I joined Lax Scout because they are offering players at all levels of ability the opportunity to be evaluated and scouted for collegiate play, which is great for the students as well as for the growth of lacrosse at both the regional and national levels."

Lax Scout's stated mission is to help student-athletes find a collegiate lacrosse program that is consistent with their athletic and academic objectives. Lax Scout achieves this goal through its annual publication, the High School Lacrosse Recruiting Report. In 2003 the publication was distributed to over 200 college lacrosse coaches including all NCAA Division I and II teams. The report featured students from 16 states and Canada.

Lax Scout is sponsored by some of the most recognized names in lacrosse including Cascade, Great Atlantic and Warrior. Lax Scout's staff includes current and former members of Team USA, the Baltimore Bayhawks, the New Jersey Pride, the Boston Cannons, the Bridgeport Barrage and the Columbus Landsharks and includes graduates and former coaches from collegiate programs including Princeton, Syracuse, Johns Hopkins, UMass, Ohio State, UMBC, Towson, UNH, Essex, Lehigh, Nazareth, Whittier, Herkimer and North Carolina.

The current roster of Lax Scout's includes many very accomplished players:

Christian Cook, Director of Business Development and Scout
Christian received his Bachelor's degree in Politics from Princeton University and his MBA from Georgetown University. While at Princeton, his team won three National Championships, he is a two-time All American, NCAA Defensive Player of the Year, a co-captain and selected to Princeton's All-Decade Team. Subsequently he played with the New Jersey Pride where he was drafted 8th overall, a two-time All-Star starter, a First-Team All-Pro pick, Defensive Player of the Year in 2002 and named Defenseman of the Universe by Fuel Magazine. In addition, he was recently inducted into the Colorado Lacrosse Hall of Fame. In high school he was an All-American at Denver East in Colorado. He has worked with the American Enterprise Institute, PriceWaterhouse Coopers and is currently working with the US Government. Christian is the head coach at The Potomac School in McLean, VA.

Mike Abeles, Director of Scouting
Goalie coach at Chaparral HS (AZ), MLL Cannons and NLL Landsharks, All-American, three-time captain and named Goalie of the Century at Ohio State, North/South Game, Westfield High School (NJ)

Steve Connor, Scouting Coordinator (AZ-PHX)
Former assistant coach at Whittier College, captain, three-time league All-Star Team and three-time team defensive MVP at Whittier, Brentwood High School (NY).

Dan Lannon, Scoutting Coordinator (AZ-TUC)
Defenseman and long-stick midfielder at Syracuse University, three-time National Champions ('88 - '90), Fayetteville-Manlius High School (NY), Empire State Games.

Tim Puls, Scouting Coordinator (MD/DC/VA/DE)
Currently Chief Scout for the Baltimore Bayhawks, former head coach at Community College Baltimore County Essex, NJCAA National Champion ('91), six-time National Runner-Up, two-time NJCAA Coach of the Year ('90, '95), 15 Maryland Junior College Championships, 13 Region XX Championships, 15 Maryland Junior College Coach of the Year awards, three time NJCAA South All-Star coach ('89, '90, '91), contributing writer for Lacrosse Magazine, three-time NJCAA, Men's Lacrosse Championship Tournament Director ('88, '97, '98), Member of US Lacrosse Century Club, Chairman of the NJCAA All-America Selection Format Committee, President of the NJCAA Lacrosse Coaches Association, midfielder at University of Maryland Baltimore County, Cardinal Gibbons High School high school (MD).

John Pynchon, Scouting Coordinator (MA)
Former head coach at Plymouth State University, former assistant coach at Gordon College, former assistant coach at St. John's Preparatory School (MA), attackman and midfielder at Nichols college and Northeastern University, Ward Melville (NY).

Jon Speers, Scouting Coordinator (TN)
Owner of Stickhead Lacrosse store (TN), assistant coach at Montgomery Bell Academy (TN), midfielder and National Champion ('91) at University of North Carolina, Jamesville-Dewitt High School (NY).

Craig Bubier, Scout
Attackman on Team USA in Perth ('90), three-time All-American, three-time National Champions ('83, '84, '87), captain at Johns Hopkins University, St. Mary's High School (MD).

George Camarra, Scout
Defenseman at Ohio State, Hendrick Hudson High School (NY).

Nick Goater, Scout
Captain and All-Conference long-stick midfielder at Union College, Irondequoit High School (NY).

Albin Haglund, Scout
Head coach at Notre Dame Prep JHS (AZ), 2002 USA Stars Grandmasters World Team (Perth), former coach at Arapahoe HS (CO), former coach at University of Denver, former coach at Arizona State, midfielder and National Champion ('76) at Cornell University, Sleepy Hollow High School (NY).

Doug Mylowe, Scout
All-League defenseman and Coach's Award recipient at Lehigh University, George School (PA).

Mark Parmenter, Scout
All-American, Academic All-American and All-Conference face-off midfielder at University of Illinois, Parkway West High School (MO).

Ken Perelli, Scout
Former head coach at Pittsford Middle School (NY), attackman at Nazareth College, McQuaid Jesuit High School (NY).

Manny Rapkin, Scout
Former assistant coach at Desert Mountain HS (AZ), former assistant coach at Clarkstown HS (NY), midfielder at Siena College, Clarkstown High School (NY).

Jason Silkey, Scout
Head coach Chaparral HS (AZ), former assistant coach at Boston College, attackman at Boston College, Jamesville-DeWitt High School (NY).

Kyle Valkenburg, Scout
Former coach at Elizabethtown HS and JHS (PA), attackman at Millersville University, Elizabethtown Area High School (PA).

Lee Williams, Scout
Two-time All-Regional, National Tourney Team, All-American midfielder at Herkimer CC, continued playing at Towson State.

Lax Scout continues to grow its base of scouts as it expands into new geographic regions. According to its website the ideal lax scout candidate will have (these are not all required):

A tremendous passion for lacrosse
Available time to attend high school lacrosse games during the week or on weekends, or ideally both
Played high school lacrosse
Played college lacrosse at a highly competitive program
Garnered recognition while in college (i.e. team captain, All-Conference, All-American, etc.)
Possibly played at the professional level
Possibly coached at the youth or collegiate levels
Connections and relationships with other members of the local and/or national lacrosse community.

The scout's main responsibility is to attend high school lacrosse games in their area and watch students that have signed up for the Lax Scout service. Scouts then report on the students they have scouted by answering a detailed scouting report that Lax Scout provides. Scouts will only evaluate one or two students at a given scouting event. We do this to ensure the most accurate assessment for students that use our service. Scouts are paid based on the number of students that they scout.

Scouting Coordinators help assign and coordinate scouts in their local areas. They also assist Lax Scout's Director of Scouting with finding new scouts, getting new students assigned to scouts, training scouts and often scout students as well.

Lax Scout is currently looking for scouts and scouting coordinators to fill positions throughout the United States and Canada. They are looking for former DI (or top level DII and DIII) players that would like to scout high schools boy's for Lax Scout's annual recruiting publication. Top level NCAA college experience is a must. HS, college or professional coaching experience is a strong plus. Current professional MLL or NLL players and coaches are encouraged to contact them. Sorry, no current college (NCAA or club) players or coaches per NCAA regulations. All positions are part time. Individuals that apply must be professional, responsible, detail focused and have a four-year college degree. If you are interested, Lax Scout asks that you please submit your full lacrosse and work resume to info@laxscout.com along with a cover letter explaining why you would like to join their team.

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