Professional Lacrosse Players in Tacoma

South Sound is proud to have welcomed some of the game’s top professional and high-level players to work directly with our athletes. These pros have coached at events exclusive to South Sound players —providing world-class instruction at no extra cost to South Sound families.

Pros:

CJ Kirst – NCAA National Champion; Tewaaraton Award Winner ; 3× USILA All-American; 1st overall PLL and NLL Draft

TJ Malone — PLL Rookie of the Year 2024, PLL All-Pro 2024, PLL All-Star 2025

Matt Rambo – 2× PLL Champion, Team USA Gold Medalist, Tewaaraton Winner, NCAA National Champion, 2019 PLL MVP

Jack Hannah – PLL Champion; World Box Silver Medalist; Top 50 PLL Player; Team USA Sixes Member; 1st Team All-American

Ajax Zappitello – #3 PLL Draft Pick; 1st Team All-American; NCAA National Champion

Ethan Walker — PLL Champion, #10 NLL Draft Pick, Third-team USILA All-American, #1 All-time points at University of Denver, NLL Player

Sam Handley – #4 PLL Draft Pick; 3× First-team USILA All-American

Colin Kirst — 2x USILA All-American; First-team All-B1G; PLL Cannons; USA Sixes Member

Brad Smith – 3× USILA All-American; 2× All-ACC; drafted 9th overall in inaugural PLL Collegiate Draft

Brett Makar – #3 PLL Draft Pick; Schmeisser Award Winner; NCAA National Champion

Eli Gobrecht - PLL and NLL 8+ Year Veteran

Colin Squires – USILA All-American; Big East Defender of the Year; LSM for PLL Whipsnakes

Ross Scott – 2× USILA All-American; drafted by Carolina Chaos, U20 Team Canada Silver Medalist

Shane Knobloch – #4 PLL Draft Pick ; 3× First Team All-American ; Big Ten Medal of Honor; Lt. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Outstanding Midfielder

Mikey Weishaar - #2 Pick in the PLL Draft 2026, Boston Cannons Midfielder

Owen Grant - NLL Transition Player of the Year, Boston Cannons Defender, CAA Defender of the Year

AJ Mercurio – NLL & PLL Player

Erik Turner – NLL Player

Kenzie Kent – WLL All-Star; Team USA Gold Metalist; All-ACC First Team; IWLCA 1st Team All-American; NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2017);

Trinity McPherson – University of Denver; AU Pro lacrosse

Ellie Masera - WLL Palms, Team USA Gold Medalist, 2x All-American at Stonybrook, Tewaaraton Finalist (2024), CAA Midfielder of the Year, Former Assistant Coach at the University of Notre Dame)

Erin Coykendall - WLL Charging, WLL Champion, 2x1st Team IWLCA All-American at Northwestern, NCAA National Champion, Tewaaraton Finalist (2023)

D1 Players:

Michael Long - Cornell, National Champion, All-American

Brendan Ryan - Army

Matt Russell - Army, Captain

Reese Burek - 1st Team All Patriot League Attackman at Army

Matt Chess - Army

Ethan Baranagan - Army

Patrick Duffy - Syracuse

Robert Gallup - Boston University

Josh Matte - Denver

Ethan Loun - Le Moyne, 2x Captain, 1st Team All-Conference