Burning River Players In College - Click Here For Our 2012 IL Full Page Commitment List

Burning River Lacrosse's travel teams have seen phenomenal success qualifying for nationals in each of the last five years and winning or reaching the championship game at numerous tournaments (see AWARDS page).

During the Spring of 2012 our players received the following awards:

• D2 State Championship Game Defensive MVP - Aaron Blossey
• All American - 6 players honored
• Academic All American - 1 Player honored
• All Ohio - 5 (1st Team), 7 (2nd Team), 11 (Honorable Mention)
• All Region - 25 (1st Team), 7 (2nd Team), 3 (Honorable Mention

During the Summer of 2012 our team accomplished the following:

• Won the Open Division of the 22nd MVP Tournament
• Compiled a record of 13-4 at MVP, King of the Hill and the Syracuse Shootout.
  • Outscored our opponents 115 to 75
  • Had at least 15 players score at each of the tournaments
  • Over 70% of our goals were assisted
• Had 3 players selected for the King of the Hill All Star game Stephen Petersilge (2013), Clarke Jones (2014) and Brendan Gallagher (2013)
• Had 3 players selected for the MVP All Star game Josh Kuehn (2013), Will Holden (2013),  Will Happel (2013)
• Numerous individual camp All Star Awards.

In addition, 99 of our travel team players have committed to, are playing for, or have played for over 56 different college programs at all competitive levels (D1, D2, D3, JUCO) including 22 of our 2012 players  – 8 D1, 2 D2, 12 D3). 

These college programs include: Adrian College, Air Force Academy, Babson College, Bates College, Bellarmine University, Belmont Abbey, Berry College, Bowdoin College, Canisius College, College of Wooster, Colorado College, Dartmouth College, Duke University , Endicott College, Goucher College, Haverford College, Hood College, Jacksonville University, Lafayette College, Lake Erie College, LeMoyne College, Manhattan University, Marquette University, Mercyhurst College, Mercyhurst Northeast, Nazareth College, Oberlin College, Ohio Wesleyan, Queens College, Quinnipiac University, Roanoke College, Robert Morris College, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rollins College, Seton Hill College, St. Leo College, St. Vincent College, SUNY Cortland, Swarthmore College, Syracuse University, The Ohio State University, Thiel College, Towson State, U of Albany, U of Denver, U of Michigan, U of Mt. Union, U of Tampa, U of Virginia, Washington & Jefferson, and Wittenberg University.