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CAMRYN CALLAHAN MAKES USA U20 LACROSSE TRAINING TEAM

From an article by Dave Purpura in the Dispatch on July 11, 2023:

One of the top high school girls lacrosse players to come out of central Ohio is one step closer to representing the United States on the international stage.

Camryn Callaghan, a two-time All-American at Upper Arlington who quickly became one of the nation’s top freshmen this spring at Cincinnati, earned a spot on the USA U20 Lacrosse training team this past weekend at USA Lacrosse’s national headquarters in Sparks, Maryland.

Callaghan was one of 99 players in tryouts. Forty-two made the cut, and they will reconvene in August in Sparks for a training camp ahead of the USA Lacrosse Fall Classic in October.

After that, another round of cuts will determine the final roster to represent the U.S. at the 2024 World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship next August in Hong Kong.

Callaghan is the only player from Ohio on the roster ...Read the entire article here.

        

2023 GOLDEN BEARS BRING HOME
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE ON JUNE 3, 2023

                    UPPER ARLINGTON 14
                    OLENTANGY LIBERTY 10
    
Read the Columbus Dispatch story about UA's win
 
CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM HONORED BY BOARD OF EDUCATION
On June 13, 2023, the Upper Arlington Board of Education celebrated the 2023 girls state champion lacrosse team. These girls weathered nearly three hours in game delays due to storms to capture their 11th state championship, in the 40th year of girls lacrosse in UA. They also represent UA's 151st state championship - spanning nearly a century.
      
2023 CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM CELEBRATES VICTORY!

On Saturday, June 3, 2023, the Upper Arlington Girls' Lacrosse Team celebrated their state championship win over Olentangy Liberty.

The game took three hours because of weather, but the team captured its 11th state championship title while also celebrating the 40-year anniversary since the beginning of the program in UA. CONGRATULATIONS!

   
MEET THE 2023 VARSITY LACROSSE TEAM
     
2023 LACROSSE AWARDS
OCC
       1st Team Kampbell Stone
Eizabeth Schumacher
Audrey Schoemer
       2nd Team Lilly Boyle
Lilly Stelzer
Simone McCraw
Abbie Dunlap
       Honorable Mention Brennan Campbell
       Scholar Athlete Paige Brewer
ALL-REGION
       Midfield Player of the Year Kampbell Stone
       Defensive Player of the Year Audrey Schoemer
       1st Team Audrey Schoemer *
Kampbell Stone *
Elizabeth Schmucher
Simone McCraw
Lilly Stelzer
* All-Region position Player of the Year
       2nd Team Abbie Dunlap
Brennan Campbell
Lilly Boyle
       Honorable Mention Alex Burns
Cami Callender
ALL-OHIO
       Midfield Player of the Year Kampbell Stone
       Defensive Player of the Year Audrey Schoemer
       1st Team Audrey Schoemer *
Kampbell Stone *
Elizabeth Schumacher
* All-Ohio Position Player of the Year
       2nd Team Lilly Stelzer
Simone McCraw
USA LACROSSE NATIONAL ALL-AMERICAN
2023 USA Lacrosse National All-American Kampbell Stone
USA LACROSSE NATIONAL
ALL-ACADEMIC
2023 USA Lacrosse National All-Academic Elizabeth Schumacher
     
2022 LACROSSE AWARDS
CENTRAL DIVISION PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Camryn Callaghan
CENTRAL DIVISION COACH OF THE YEAR
Morgan Maldovan
OCC
       1st Team Kampbell Stone
Camryn Callaghan
Eizabeth Schumacher
Ella Devine
Elizabeth Goth
       2nd Team Rian Adkins
Vivian Lawless
       Honorable Mention Audrey Schoemer
       Scholar Athlete: Kyle Baugh
ALL-REGION
       Attack Player of the Year Camryn Callaghan
        Midfield Player of the Year Kampbell Stone
       1st Team Rian Adkins
Camryn Callaghan
Ella Devine
Elizabeth Goth
Kampbell Stone
       2nd Team Vivian Lawless
ALL-STATE
       Player of the Year Camryn Callaghan
       1st Team Camryn Callaghan
Kampbell Stone
       2nd Team Rian Adkins
Ella Devine
Elizabeth Goth

USA LACROSSE NATIONAL ALL-AMERICAN
Camryn Callaghan
USA LACROSSE NATIONAL
ALL-ACADEMIC
  Kyle Baugh
     
2021 LACROSSE AWARDS
CENTRAL DIVISION PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Camryn Callaghan
CENTRAL DIVISION COACH OF THE YEAR
Wendy Pinta
OCC
       1st Team Clara Gallapoo
Rian Adkins
Camryn Callaghan
Ava Walters
Ella Devine
Elizabeth Goth
       2nd Team Kampbell Stone
Viv Lawless
       Honorable Mention Delaney Evans

       Scholar Athlete: Kate Mason
ALL-REGION
       1st Team Clara Gallapoo
Camryn Callaghan
Kampbell Stone
       2nd Team Rian Adkins
       Honorable Mention Elizabeth Goth
ALL-STATE
       1st Team Camryn Callaghan
       2nd Team Kampbell Stone
USL NATIONAL ALL-AMERICAN
Camryn Callaghan
USL NATIONAL ALL-ACADEMIC  
   Kate Mason
         
FINAL SCORE: 12-10 vs. New Albany
Saturday, June 1, 2019
GOLDEN BEARS' 10th STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!
(2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
GOLDEN BEARS' 5th CONSECUTIVE STATE TITLE!
  
2019 LACROSSE AWARDS
CENTRAL DIVISION PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Ellena Schildmeyer
CENTRAL DIVISION COACH OF THE YEAR
Wendy Pinta
OCC
       1st Team Ellena Schildmeyer
Sophie Ballou
Nina Akins
Julia Corna
       2nd Team Clara Gallapoo
Annie Hargraves
Joey Fowler
Riley Kuehn
       Honorable Mention Camryn Callaghan
       Scholar Athlete: Jamie Stummer
ALL-REGION
       1st Team Ellena Schildmeyer
Sophie Ballou
       2nd Team Annie Hargraves
Clara Gallapoo
       Honorable Mention Riley Kuehn
ALL-STATE
       1st Team Ellena Schildmeyer
       2nd Team Sophie Ballou
  
SOPHIE BALLOU: NEW RECORD - 94 GOALS IN A SEASON!

Sophie Ballou breaks Mary Nicole Scott's (2016) Most Goals in a Season record (83), tallying 94 for the 2019 season.

Sophie also earned 1st Team OCC, 1st Team All-Region, and 2nd Team All-State recognition.

CONGRATULATIONS to Sophie for these outstanding accomplishments!

  
COACH STIMMEL INDUCTED INTO 2018 HALL OF FAME

From DenisonBigRed.com:

Denison University's Varsity D Association has announced its 2018 Hall of Fame inductees who were honored as part of the college's annual Big Red Weekend festivities on Friday, September 28, 2018.

Sue Stimmel, former head coach of Denison women's lacrosse and field hockey, is this year's recipient of the Varsity D Citation. Stimmel spent six years as the head coach of both programs at Denison and later went on to be the head women's lacrosse coach at Ohio State for 15 seasons.

As the women's lacrosse coach at Denison, Stimmel boasts an impressive .809 winning percentage over six seasons. Denison advanced to the NCAA Tournament five times and won five North Coast Athletic Conference Championships during her tenure in Granville. Overall, her teams went 76-18, and she was named the NCAC Coach of the Year three times in 1990, 1992 and 1993. She also was named the West Region Coach of the Year three times in 1991, 1992 and 1994.

In field hockey, Stimmel posted a record of 74-34-6 while leading the Big Red to four NCAA Tournament appearances and one NCAC championship.

After Denison, Stimmel became the first-ever women's lacrosse coach at Ohio State where she went on to post a record of 122-111 (.524) from 1996 through 2010. Her Buckeye squad reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 2002 and returned in 2003 where they advanced to the national quarterfinals.

She has served on regional All-American committees, the NCAA Regional Advisory Board and the Tewaaraton Selection Committee that recognizes to the top collegiate women's lacrosse player annually. She was inducted into the Ohio Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Temple Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011 for her participation on Temple's 1982 and 1984 national championship women's lacrosse teams.

Even after stepping away from collegiate coaching, Stimmel has remained active in the lacrosse coaching community. She has been the associate head coach at Upper Arlington High School in Columbus, Ohio, since 2012 and has helped build the Golden Bears into the preeminent prep team in the state. Stimmel helped guide Upper Arlington's five consecutive state championship teams from 2013 to 2018.

In addition to her coaching duties at Upper Arlington, Stimmel teaches mathematics at Franklin Heights High School in Columbus.

Read the entire article

    
AVA KEETHLER NAMED USA TODAY THIRD TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
Photo courtesy of USA Today          

From USATodayHSS.com:

USA TODAY High School Sports presents the 2017-18 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Girls Lacrosse Third Team. The honorees were selected based on performance, level of competition and strength of schedule.

Congratulations to Ava!

Read the article and view the photos here.

 
BROOKE SMITH NAMED MIDWEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Photo courtesy of USLaxMagazine.com                

From USLaxMagazine.com:

"Going into this season, Brooke Smith was a bit overshadowed by some of her peers within a senior class at Upper Arlington (Ohio) that was as talented as any in the Midwest.

By her junior season in 2017, Smith had carved out a niche of being a reliable goal-scorer and playmaker, scoring 26 goals and adding 21 assists. Yet, she was Upper Arlington’s fourth-highest returning scorer, behind Lauren Farber, Megan Kozar and Brooke’s twin sister Brenna Smith.

But with a few tweaks to coach Wendy Pinta’s offensive attack, Brooke Smith’s production came alive in 2018. Smith had a team-leading 79 goals and led the squad with 118 points after adding in 39 assists.

“We made some changes to the offense and how we were running it, and it brought the ball through her hands more often just because we were more comfortable with her,” Pinta said. “She was not only a great scorer, but she was reading her teammates well and she was one of our leading assist makers. I think the game opened up for her because of what her strengths were and [how we] played to them.”

Smith played a key role in leading Upper Arlington to a perfect 24-0 record, an Ohio Division I state title and a No. 1 ranking in the US Lacrosse Midwest region. She is the Brine/US Lacrosse Midwest Girls’ Player of the Year."

Read the entire article here.

       
2018 LACROSSE AWARDS
OCC CENTRAL DIVISION
       1st Team Lauren Farber
Ava Keethler
Megan Kozar
Maddy Mead
Ellena Schildmeyer
Brenna Smith
Brooke Smith
       2nd Team Kileigh Casey
       Honorable Mention Sophie Ballou
       Player of the Year Lauren Farber
       OCC Scholar Athlete Award Caitlin Walker
ALL-REGION
       1st Team Lauren Farber
Megan Kozar
Ellena Schildmeyer
       2nd Team Ava Keethler
Brenna Smith
ALL-OHIO
       1st Team Lauren Farber
       2nd Team Megan Kozar
USL ALL-AMERICAN
       Lauren Farber Furman University
       Megan Kozar Kent State University
USL ALL-ACADEMIC
       Caroline Favret
       Ava Keethler
       Caitlin Walker
USL JACKIE PITTS AWARD
       Brooke Smith
    
COACH WENDY PINTA NAMED NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR
From the UA News, January 12, 2018:
Wendy Pinta has been named 2017 National Coach of the Year in girls lacrosse by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Coaches Association after guiding Upper Arlington to its third consecutive state championship last spring.

The NFHS announced the recipients of its national awards January 11. The only other coach in Ohio to receive an award was East Canton boys track and field coach Thomas Loy.

Last spring, UA routed Massillon Jackson 15-6 in the Division I state final to finish 19-2.
   

Read the article on the NFHS website
     
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LADY LACROSSE BEARS!
FINAL SCORE: 15-6 vs. Jackson
Saturday, June 3, 2017
GOLDEN BEARS' EIGHTH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
(2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
     
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This link takes you to the Upper Arlington High School login page.
   
LYNDA McCANDLISH PHLIPOT INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME
L-R: UAHS Principal Andrew Theado, UAHS Athletic Hall of Fame Honoree Lynda McCandlish Phlipot, Superintendent Paul Imhoff, and Atheltic Director Tony Pusateri
  

Lynda (McCandlish) Phlipot, Class of 2002, was named to the first induction class of the UAHS Athletic Hall of Fame on January 6, 2018.

As a high school player, Lynda was named 1st Team All Ohio and 1st Team All American in both 2001 and 2002. She served as captain on the Golden Bear's 1st State Championship team in 2002. In 2008, returning as head coach for UAHS, she led the team to another State Championship title.

Lynda was the first person in Ohio history to win state titles as both a player and as a coach. Recruited to play at Northwestern University, she was a two-time NCAA Division I National Champion. Lynda currently is the head coach at Ober

Congratulations to Lynda on this most recent achievement.

       
UA COMMITS 5 PLAYERS TO DIVISION I PROGRAMS

On November 7, 2017, 5 players signed their National Letters of Intent to play lacrosse in college.Committed to play include:

Maddy Mead (Kent State)
Kileigh Casey (Mercer)
Megan Kozar (Kent State)
Lauren Farber (Furman)
Brenna Smith (Florida Southern)

Congratulations to their families and teammates!!

      
UA GRAD CAPTURES DIVISION III NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Macauley Mikes (2013) helped to secure the 2017 National Championship for Gettysburg College.

Mac was a co-captain for the 2017 squad and set a school record for the number of career starts, appearing in 62 games. Mac majored in Health Sciences and is pursuing a career in physical therapy.

   
2017 LADY BEARS LACROSSE ALUMNI GAME

On July 1, 2017 UAHS lacrosse alumni assembled for an alumni game. This year, Hastings prevailed! Please mark your calendar for the 2018 Alumni Game, to be held on Sunday, July 1, 2018.

Pictured from left to right are:
Row 1: Rosie Knisley (09), Kate Knisley (04), Mary Nicole Scott (16), Armonde Moore (14), Megan Knoop (10), Adriane Ghidotti (11), Katie Bondy, Maureen Kleinhenz (16), Meg Morgan (16)

Row 2: Laura Brooker (06), Sue Stimmel (80), Sabrina DeLibera (88), Macauley Mikes (13), Stacey Rechner (00), Kristin McCandlish (05), Courtney Webb (98), Lynda McCandlish (02), Elizabeth Narwicz (08), Wendy Pinta (86).

   
ANNA PISCOPO FEATURED IN THIS WEEK NEWS ARTICLE

From the May 11, 2017 issue of This Week Community News:

Upper Arlington High School girls lacrosse coach Wendy Pinta described Anna Piscopo’s role on the team last year as that of a “driver,” because she would sweep toward the goal and drive directly to the net to take a shot.

Although Piscopo’s role has changed for her senior year, the midfielder still helps drive the Golden Bears -- just in other ways.

Taking advantage of Piscopo’s speed and agility, Pinta has shifted her into the middle, where she can set and come off picks and move in smaller spaces between multiple defenders. The result was that Piscopo had 27 goals, nine assists and a team-high 51 draw controls through 15 games as well as, perhaps most importantly, 13 forced turnovers to tie Olivia Schildmeyer for the team lead.

UA finished the regular season at 14-2 overall after an 8-7 win at Cincinnati Sycamore on May 5, and capped off a perfect 6-0 season in the OCC-Central Division with a 14-1 win at Dublin Coffman on May 2.

Piscopo is a three-year starter in the midfield after seeing some time as a defender her freshman season. The Bears are seeking their third consecutive Division I state championship and eighth overall.

“I think this is where I was meant to be,” Piscopo said. “(The midfield) is where I have found my strengths.”

Read the entire ThisWeekNews.com article
     
REQUIRED ATHLETIC FORMS

You can always go to UAGoldenBears.com, the official web site of the Upper Arlington High School Athletic Department, to download and print the required athletis forms to play lacrosse this season.

 

  
 
    
 
 
 
 
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