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Joe Meyer is the founder of the Rhinos Lacrosse Club with teams in New Jersey, NYC, Omaha, as well as “Buddha’s Ballers” a "Who's Who" of players that make up a national Tournament Team. After growing up on Long Island, the hotbed of lacrosse, and graduating from a New Jersey High School, he went onto college having been a 5 year Varsity Letter winner, 4 yr captain, 3-time All-American, 4-time All-State, and a full scholarship player. In college he accomplished Mid Atlantic Defensive Player of the Year; 7 X Game MVP; President’s Tournament: Defensive Player of the Tourney ’97 and ’98; MVP ‘98Conference Ground Ball Leader ‘98Marymount Athletic Leadership Award: ’97 and ‘98 and then transferred to Univ. S. Florida: Post Collegiate he became the JSSL Team Capt and ground ball leader- 2001; SEC Division Club Player of the Year 8x Game MVP; SEC Club Ground Ball Leader ’01 and ‘02 Team Captain ’99 and ‘00; SEC Leadership award ‘00. Joe rounded out his playing career with a 4 year stint in the 2 Professional Lacrosse leagues- the National Lacrosse League and Major League Lacrosse. His Coaching Career started as the Boy's Head Lacrosse Coach for St. Rose High School, in Belmar, NJ. With the program in only its second year, Joe took it over and produced 3 winning season, 3 state playoff appearances, ands 8 All-Conference Players and 5 All-Star/All-State Players. Mr. Meyer was invited to coach the North South All-Star Game in 2004 where his high underdog South team upset the North with a sudden death goal in Overtime. Since then, Joe has been a player coach for the Rhinos Men's Lacrosse Club (www.rhinolacrosse.com) His wife is from the Omaha area and wanted to move back after they started their family. With lacrosse ever much as part of him as his family, he has made it a point to introduce the Original American game to the Omaha Metro Area. |
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Lacrosse, considered to be America's first sport, was born of the North American Indian, christened by the French, and adapted and raised by the Canadians. Modern lacrosse has been embraced by athletes and enthusiasts of the United States and the British Commonwealth for over a century.
The sport of lacrosse is a combination of basketball, soccer and hockey. Anyone can play lacrosse--the big or the small. The game requires and rewards coordination and agility, not brawn. Quickness and speed are two highly prized qualities in lacrosse. An exhilarating sport, lacrosse is fast-paced and full of action. Long sprints up and down the field with abrupt starts and stops, precision passes and dodges are routine in men's and women's lacrosse. Lacrosse is played with a stick, the crosse, which must be mastered by the player to throw, catch and scoop the ball.
Today's lacrosse enthusiasts play this primarily amateur sport for love rather than financial reward. Two professional leagues (National Lacrosse League, indoor; Major League Lacrosse, outdoor) dot the North American landscape. But long after the more high profile collegiate athletes have used their skills to enter the professional sports arena, the finest men and women lacrosse players are using their talents in the dynamic amateur competition known as 'club' lacrosse.
Lacrosse is one of the fastest growing team sports in the United States. Youth membership (ages 15 and under) in US Lacrosse has doubled since 1999 to over 60,000. The National Federation of State High School Associations reported that in 2001 better than 74,000 students played high lacrosse. With club teams, private schools, and states not yet having sanctioned lacrosse, high school-aged participation is actually much higher. Varsity collegiate participation has grown by one-third since 1995, and collegiate and post-collegiate club teams field thousands of players as well. More data appears below.
Once a minor pastime played in the shadows of baseball stadiums in the Northeast of the United States, lacrosse has become a national sport with more than 250,000 active players.
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