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Lacrosse Alumni Association

Celebrating over 25 years of Mountaineer lacrosse.

With 25+ years of competition under the belt, the Western Colorado University Club Men’s Lacrosse team is lucky to have the support of the WCU Men’s Lacrosse Alumni Association (MLAA). The MLAA is made up of 20+ years worth of alumni, dating back to the start of the century, who played at Western, and who fondly remember the lacrosse team as a great source of friendships, memories, and as a chapter in their passion for the game.

Our Mission

The MLAA mission has three key components:

  1. Help fundraise for the program. Key ways we go about this are a team store with gear and apparel for sale, a general fund appeal, and donations during the Homecoming Weekend team BBQ.
  2. Assist with organizing the WCU Men’s Lax Alumni Game over Homecoming Weekend.
  3. Offer logistical help and advice for team travel, and things like schedule creation, season budgeting, and recruitment efforts.

Future goals of the MLAA include potentially creating an endowment for players who face financial difficulty, creating a stipend for coach(es) salary, helping the team procure matching gear such as helmets, gloves, etc., and more.

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Current student team for lacrosse cheer and yell after huddle

Club Teams at Smaller Schools Face Two Major Hurdles:

  1. Recruiting enough players to keep the team year-over-year sustainable and viable, replacing students lost to graduation and transfer.
  2. Raising enough money through player dues, institutional support, and donations, to cover the costs of travel, league dues, officials, road meals, coaches salary, gear, balls, and hopefully, postseason play.

An organization like the MLAA can at least provide some structure and assistance with the latter. Increasingly, as so many alumni have gone on to coach, at both the youth and high school level, here in Colorado, and beyond, we are trying to make more appeals to prospective WCU students that if playing the sport was a big part of your scholastic experience, Western offers the potential to get a wonderful education, at a great value, and continue playing lacrosse at the next level.

  • A dad hugs his children during a lacrosse game.
  • Two mens lacrosse players lay playfully on the ground on either side of the trophy, They both lean in to give the trophy a kiss.
  • Group photo of the lacrosse team on the soccer field.
  • Two lacrosse athletes run on a field at night.
  • A group of Western Mens Lacrosse players celebrate winning the alumni game. They are gathered in a group as they all hold up the Dan Johnson Memorial Cup trophy.
  • Group photo of the lacrosse team at night.

Looking for More Information?

For more info, feel free to email us at WesternMLAA@gmail.com