Great Western Lacrosse

ALL ABOUT GREAT WESTERN

Great Western Lacrosse was formed in the fall of 1983 by Tommy Hannum and Russ Olsen. It was formed as a special project through the Physical Education Department at San Diego State University. It began with a summer camp of 29 young players from the San Diego area and has exploded into the premiere lacrosse adventure on the West coast.

The Company expanded into Collegiate Recruitment in the early 1990's and has helped many student athlete's make the jump to college lacrosse. Sonoma State, UC Santa Barbara, San Diego State, University of Utah, Loyola Marymount University, Notre Dame de Namur University and Chapman University are permanent fixtures who recruit from our programs.

We also have the oldest high school indoor league in the West. In 1994, we formed the Great Western Indoor Lacrosse League held in the off season. Ten Saturdays over a four month period has helped the local lacrosse players keep their skills honed and ready for the spring.

In 2004 we added plyometric workouts programs for the serious lacrosse enthusiast who wish to play lacrosse in college or make the jump to Division 1 lacrosse back East.

In the fall of 2004, we launched an online store for lacrosse equipment and apparel. You will also be able to sign up for Indoor Lacrosse, Private Lessons and the Summer Camps online and pay by credit card if you choose.

In 2005 we added a High School Tournament to memorialize the "Godfather" of San Diego Lacrosse, Norm Webb.

In 2006, we established the Girl's Lacrosse Camp that teaches 75-100 girls this great game every summer. Feel free to look at our site and if you have any questions at all, about anything we do, please don't hesitate to call or Email.
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GREAT WESTERN OFFICERS

OWNER & DIRECTOR - Russ Olsen

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (D1 Camp) - Rick Zoerner

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (D2 Camp) - Matt Rosenberg

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (Indoor) - Matt Smith

FIELD DIRECTOR (D1 Camp) - Dave Long

FIELD DIRECTOR (D2 Camp) - Cliff Prausa

AREA FRIENDS

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - Doug Carl / Joe Romano

SANTA BARBARA - Masato Takeshita / Mike Allan

LOS ANGELES - Scott Witkins / Mitch Fenton

ORANGE COUNTY - Will McMinn / Peter Clark