Adrian college adds varsity lacrosse program

 

Beginning in the 2007-2008 school year, Adrian College will be offering an opportunity for athletes unlike any other college or university in Michigan: the chance to play NCAA varsity lacrosse.

 

Adrian’s president announced on Nov. 2 that the College is adding men’s and women’s lacrosse to its NCAA Div. III athletic programs. The teams will play in a new $5.5 million performance stadium which is still being built and should be ready next fall.

“Lacrosse will help the college capitalize on the great history of the sport, and to take advantage of growing nationwide interest in lacrosse,” President Jeffrey Docking said. “It will allow us to extend and further develop the playing careers of high school lacrosse players from across the United States, and is an excellent opportunity for us to build our enrollment.”

According to the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHSA), lacrosse has the fastest growth rate of any high school sport over the past ten years, at 188.6 percent. The Michigan High School Athletic Association recently adopted men's and women's lacrosse as fully endorsed sports, and awarded statewide championships last year.

Adrian College and others have club teams, but no institution in Michigan is currently competing as a fully qualified men’s or women’s NCAA varsity team.

The College will soon begin a national search for head coaches for both the men's and women's lacrosse teams, and will make selections by March or April of 2006. In addition, it will hire a coach for women’s field hockey, another sport that the new stadium will make possible. Field hockey makes a comeback at Adrian for the first time since 1990.

Adrian College is a private, residential college located in the city of Adrian in southeast Michigan. It currently has an enrollment of about 1,000 students. The College wants to raise the number to 1,400 over the next few years, and the new athletic programs and stadium are one part of that plan.

 

As well as lacrosse and field hockey, the multisport stadium will be used for men’s and women’s soccer and for football.

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