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Sherwood Forest Lacrosse Sherwood lacrosse is designed for the new to competitive player. Instruction begins with the basic skills of throwing, catching, groundballs, cradling, basic dodges and simple game principles, all facets of skill development is offered. For competitive players, numerous lacrosse living legends offer clinics on specific techniques, tactics, and practice procedures to hone their game. Sherwood Forest lacrosse features skill development tightly associated with concepts of fair play and hallmarks of a champion. Skills emphasized include: Stick Skills Shooting & Feeding Ground Balls Dodging Defense: Team and Individual Attack: Team & Individual Rules of the Game Being a Champion Lacrosse skills and play are taught with concepts of fair play that are essential to the game. Emphasis on the value of good sportsmanship is placed above winning. Counselors and the many lacrosse legends that assist with the program are always aware of the tremendous influence they have on players and strive to be positive role models in dealing with student-athletes. Lacrosse Legends of Sherwood Forest Sherwood Forest is unique and blessed with the number of members and former members that have excelled in what the Baltimore Sun in 1922 described as, “ ... the fastest game on two feet.” Each year a full compliment of these living legends generously help the boys and girls of Sherwood Forest who have never lost their love of the game. Many Sherwood lacrosse greats can be seen each year at Sherwood’s, Married v. Single Lacrosse Game, held annually on Corn Roast weekend. Sherwood lacrosse legends include: Lacrosse Hall of Fame Lloyd Bunting, Johns Hopkins John Cheek, Washington College Joe Cowan, Johns Hopkins Del Dressel, Johns Hopkins Billy Hook, Villanova (Villanova Hall of Fame) Bill Logan, Johns Hopkins Brian Wood (Hopkins Hall of Fame) Hall of Fame citations are noted following the NCAA Collegiate Lacrosse Athletes listing. Lacrosse Olympians Bill Logan, Johns Hopkins 1928 IX Summer Olympics (Amsterdam) Gold Medal Moke Merriken, Johns Hopkins 1932 X Summer Olympics (Los Angeles) Gold Medal Professional Matt Lewandowski, Delaware Billy Ruhl, Maryland All – World Mac Ford, North Carolina Brian Wood, Johns Hopkins NCAA All – Americans Hennie Beeler, Johns Hopkins Lloyd Bunting, Johns Hopkins John Cheek, Washington College Joe Cowan, Johns Hopkins Del Dressel, Johns Hopkins Mac Ford, North Carolina Tommy Gough, Johns Hopkins Buzz Hall, Maryland Melissa Hayes, Virginia Dud Hendrick, Navy Brian Holman, Johns Hopkins Billy Hook, Villanova Mills Hook, Virginia Skip Kent, Princeton Mary Key, Johns Hopkins Bill Larash, Maryland Matt Lewandowski, Delaware Bill Logan, Johns Hopkins Bridget Morris, Vanderbilt Chip Mortimer, Bucknell Hap Mortimer, Hobart Bob Moulden, Maryland Billy Ruhl, Maryland Rennie Smith, Maryland Acacia Walker, Maryland Harry Weitzel, Johns Hopkins Jacque Weitzel, Dartmouth Brian Wood, Johns Hopkins Collegiate Lacrosse Athletes Nick Allen, Wesley Page Allen, Washington College Brady Beale, Harvard Hennie Beeler, Johns Hopkins Jamie Brown, US Naval Academy Lloyd Bunting, Johns Hopkins John Cheek, Washington College Pam Cheek, Carville Collins, Duke Brendan Coppinger, Mount St. Mary’s John Corkran, Johns Hopkins Joe Cowan, Johns Hopkins Liz Cumberpatch, Washington College Rody Davies, Washington & Lee Emily DeVries, Harvard Lawson DeVries, Harvard Bob Dowd, Slippery Rock Del Dressel, Johns Hopkins John Dressel, Johns Hopkins David Evans, Duke Carlos Fernandez, Drexel Staci Fernandez, James Madison Allen Findley, Washington College Courtney Fitzgerald, Loyola Harry Ford, Washington & Lee Mac Ford, North Carolina Molly Ford, Georgetown Kelly Gaudreau, Notre Dame Kristin Gaudreau, Notre Dame Jen Gens, Boston College Lindsay Gilbride, Duke Tommy Gough, Johns Hopkins Buzz Hall, Maryland Amy Harvey, Wellesley College John Harvey, US Naval Academy Burke Hayes, Notre Dame Melissa Hayes, Virginia Dud Hendrick, Navy King Hill, Maryland Brian Holman, Johns Hopkins Laurie Holman, Billy Hook, Villanova Bruce Hook Villanova Mills Hook, Virginia Rick Hook, Villanova Cory Hyland, Brown Molly Kane, Boston College Vernon Kelly, Maryland Skip Kent, Princeton Mary Key, Johns Hopkins Dick Klepper, Bucknell Tim Klepper, Loyola Jonathan Kline, Loyola Bill Larash, Maryland Matt Lewandowski, Delaware Bill Logan, Johns Hopkins Hank Lowry, Maryland Carl Lunblad, Notre Dame Harrison McCorkle, Hampden-Sydney James McIntyre, Princeton Jimmy Joe McKittrick, Salisbury Nancy McKittrick, Salisbury Moke Merriken, Johns Hopkins Joe Monaghan, Towson Katie Monaghan, Boston College Mary Monaghan, George Washington Bridget Morris, Vanderbilt Colleen Morris, Vanderbilt Erin Morris, Davidson Ryan Morris, Yale Chip Mortimer, Bucknell Hap Mortimer, Hobart Betsy Moulden, Lynchburg Bob Moulden, Maryland Erin O'Donovan, Vanderbilt Christian Pastirik, Cornell Tom Pastirick, Slippery Rock Doug Poindexter, Maryland Kristin Reese, Cornell Brooke Richards, Maryland Billy Ruhl, Maryland Corey Samperton, Notre Dame Jake Samperton, Georgetown Andi Smith, North Carolina Caroline Smith, Cabrini Eric Smith, Cornell Pete Smith, Maryland Peter Smith, Washington & Lee Rennie Smith, Maryland Jay Snouffer, Denison Andy Teeling, Merrimack Bud Waesche, Maryland Chuck Waesch, Washington College Acacia Walker, Maryland Bart Weinstein, Cornell Morgan Weinstein, Delaware Jacque Weitzel, Dartmouth Harry Weitzel, Johns Hopkins Andi Whiteford, Loyola Billy Whiteford, Williams College Craig Whiteford, Vermont Dick Whiteford, Washington & Lee Todd Whiteford, Gettysburg Brian Wood, Johns Hopkins Larry Zimmerman, Georgetown NOTE: This webpage is a living document. Additions and corrections are most welcome and can be sent to: campdirector@sfcamp.org. National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Citations Logan, William Francis Johns Hopkins University, Inducted 1969 William Francis Logan was born on October 25, 1905, in Texas, Md., the second of three boys. Shortly afterwards his family moved to nearby Cockeysville, where he grew up and graduated from Towson High School in 1923. While at Towson, he excelled in basketball and soccer. The following year he entered Mount Saint Mary's College of Emmittsburg, Md., transferring to Johns Hopkins University at the beginning of his junior year. At that time the university had neither basketball nor baseball at its campus. The absence of these sports, plus a strong love of athletics spurred Logan to buy his first lacrosse stick and try out for this long-favorite and established sport at the Baltimore school. As a member of the sub squad Logan caught the eye of Norman Robinson, star player and later captain of the 1927 squad. Encouraged by Robinson, Logan learned the fundamentals of stick handling and at the beginning of the 1927 season, a week before the opening game, was placed on the first team as a replacement for an injured player. Teaming with Robinson in this, his first intercollegiate game, Logan fired nine goals against an out-maneuvered University of Virginia team and went on to become one of the top scorers in the country. He was selected as an All-American in home in 1927. Logan graduated from Hopkins in 1927 and, under their existing rules, returned as a graduate student to play another season. That year, Hopkins won the national playoffs and the right to represent the United States at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. That same year "Father Bill" Schmeisser selected him to the All-Time Johns Hopkins Lacrosse team. Logan's coaching career was launched in 1929 when he coached the high school varsity at Baltimore City College. In the fall of 1930, he was invited to come to Princeton as frosh coach in soccer and lacrosse. In 1936, he was appointed head coach of soccer and lacrosse and Director of Intramural Athletics at Princeton. In 1940, he was appointed Supervisor of Physical Education. In connection with this appointment he was relieved of his coaching responsibilities in soccer but continued as head coach of lacrosse through the spring of 1944. During the '42-'43 and '43-'44 seasons, he served as head coach of basketball also. Under Logan's tutelage Princeton's lacrosse teams ranked every year among the top four teams in the country. In 1937, they were ranked number one jointly with Maryland and in 1942 they were declared Intercollegiate Champions. Each year while Logan coached lacrosse at Princeton at least one or two members of the squad were named to the All-American team. He was a member of the three-coach committee that directed the North team in the nation's first North-South lacrosse classic in 1940 and was head coach of the North team the following year. In 1945, Logan returned to his alma mater, Johns Hopkins, as Director of Admissions. On the side, he assisted in the coaching of freshmen and varsity lacrosse. He was instrumental in founding the United States Lacrosse Coaches Association and served as Secretary and later as President. He was a member of the USILA Committee that experiment with the ten-man game prior to its adoption. In 1959, Logan resigned from Hopkins to become Community Manager of Sherwood Forest, unique family-club community on the Severn River near Annapolis. In 1966, he returned to the University as the Academic Advisor and Counselor of freshmen and now also assists with frosh lacrosse. He and his wife Eleanor have two married daughters. Bunting, Lloyd M., Jr. Johns Hopkins University, Inducted 1975 Lloyd M. Bunting, Jr., began his lacrosse career at Forest Park in Baltimore as a First-Team All-Maryland Player, winning the 1944 Public School Championship. Bunting was named to the 1944 Maryland High School All-Star team. At Hopkins, he won national championships from 1947-50, and played on three North/South Collegiate All-Star teams. He earned First-Team All-American honors in 1947, 1949, and 1950, and Honorable Mention in 1948. In 1949, he received the Schmeisser trophy for the best defensemen. Bunting, elected to the All-Time Hopkins Lacrosse team, was also a two-time Little All-America in Football and 1950 Football captain. Bunting coached at Hofstra for two years, then went on to promote and play in the first lacrosse game in Richmond in 1952. In 1953, he helped form the Richmond Lacrosse Club and refereed for 12 years. Instrumental in promoting lacrosse in Chicago, Bunting helped form the Chicago Lacrosse Club in 1965. In 1968, he assisted Chicago area high schools by organizing, refereeing, and coaching several teams. Cowan, Joseph W. Johns Hopkins University, Inducted 1985 Joseph Cowan's long-time association with lacrosse began at Friends School in Baltimore, where he was a standout attackman. In 1963, he helped the team with the Maryland State Championship. He remained in Baltimore for his collegiate career at Johns Hopkins, and played on three consecutive championship teams from 1967-69. Cowan earned All-American honors each of those years, and in both 1968 and 1969 received the prestigious Turnbull Award as the nation's outstanding attackman. He was also selected to play in the annual North/South game in 1969. He continued at Hopkins for 14 years as an assistant coach, and played for Mt. Washington Lacrosse Club in 1970-71. Cowan also served on the Board of Directors of the Lacrosse Foundation. Dressel Jr., Delverne A. Johns Hopkins University, Inducted 2002 Del Dressel is one of only three players in collegiate lacrosse history to earn first-team All-America honors four times. The midfielder helped Johns Hopkins University to NCAA Lacrosse Championships in 1984 and 1985. He received the Lt. Donald MacLaughlin Award as the nation's top midfielder in 1984 and 1985 as well. Dressel finished his career with 174 points (99 goals, 75 assists) and is the highest scoring midfielder in Hopkins history. Dressel was inducted to the Greater Baltimore Hall of Fame in 2001 and at the time of induction resided in Towson, Maryland. Del was inducted as “a truly great player.” Cheek, John Washington College, Inducted 2003 John Cheek is one of the most prolific scorers lacrosse has ever seen. Cheek finished his career at Washington College with 212 goals. Cheek earned All-America honors three times, including first team honors in 1976 and 1977. He was named the Division II/III Player of the Year in 1976 and the Division II/III Attackman of the Year in 1976 and 1977. Cheek was a member of the U.S. team in 1978. Although John's fans knew him primarily by his offensive skills, many lacrosse experts recognized his talent in all facets of the game. His better than average speed enabled him to outrun opponents for ground balls and, just as quickly, let a hard, accurate shot fly towards the opponent's goal. When John was playing the game, Washington College was always a threat to even the contest. Washington College's all-time goal scorer, John put 212 shots into the back of the net. Among all those who have played the game for the Sho'men, he ranks 13th in assists. He was shut out in only one game in his entire collegiate career, and only then because he was used as a decoy so that others might score. John was a "blue chip" lacrosse player who could have played for any intercollegiate lacrosse team in the country. According to his teammates and coaches, he played his best in the biggest games, especially in the play-off game for the NCAA Division III Championship. He was selected to the USILA Division III 1975 All-America Second Team and in 1976 and 1977 was chosen as the USILA "Attackman of the Year." He participated on the South Squad in the 1977 annual North/South All-Star game. Wood, Brian Johns Hopkins University, Inducted Hopkins Hall of Fame 2006 One of the key figures in the highly-successful run the Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team enjoyed in the mid-1980s, Brian Wood ranks as one of the top attackmen in school history. Pick the measuring stick and Wood will surely be among those at the top of the list. Goals scored, he's there. Points and assists? Ranks among the leaders on both of those lists as well. All-America selections? Impossible to earn more than the four Wood grabbed. NCAA Championships? Well, it is possible to win more than Wood's three, but nobody has done it yet. A product of St. Mary's High School of Annapolis, Wood helped lead the Blue Jays to the NCAA Championship in 1984, 1985 and 1987 and Hopkins compiled a 47-6 record during his career. He earned First Team All-America honors in each of his last three seasons at Homewood after taking second team honors as a freshman. Wood was named to the Johns Hopkins All-Time Team at the end of his career, twice earned the team's William K. Morrill Award as JHU's top attackman and was presented the Erlanger Award as the team's top senior in 1987. He is one of just 19 players in school history to earn First Team All-America honors three times and he is also one of just 19 players to earn All-America honors four times. There has not been another three-time First Team All-America attackman at Hopkins since Wood graduated in 1987. A member of the 1986 United States National Team that won the ILF World Championship, Wood finished his career with 100 goals and 78 assists and is still one of just seven players in school history to amass 100 or more career goals and 75 or more career assists. He also co-holds the school record for most career goals scored in the NCAA Tournament (25).