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“I made it on the varsity team because of Athelites,” says Danielle Brown, a freshman at Mercy High School. Her lacrosse team ranked second this past year, but lost in the second round of the tournament.

The Player Rating, “helped me to know what to work on,” Danielle says. Practicing skills and doing the necessary exercises to gain strength is hard work, but, “Ephraim’s always really positive and pushes us. He’s pretty funny, because he always makes jokes.”

The most important thing she gained was, “being in better shape,” she says. Her initial Player Rating was 190.39, and her post evaluation rating was 252.29. The testing at the end of the program recorded her right-handed shot speed at 49 mph.

Danielle gained more than just increased strength, stamina, and speed. “I also learned better game sense knowing what to do in certain situation and how to get in to the goal,” she says, “Like rolling around the crease and stepping in for a shot.”

Local college players also helped Danielle train. “It was cool, because they play for one of the best schools. They were always friendly and helped us with basic overall skills.”

Danielle loves lacrosse even more now than she did before Athelites. “Whenever you learn a lot more, you have more fun with it,” she explains. Danielle is playing for the Skywalkers club team this year and hopes to eventually earn a college scholarship playing lacrosse. Next year though, she’ll train with Athelites again, because, “I want to be one of the best players on varsity.”

Written By Terri Pilcher

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