Face Off Training Camp with Coach Alex Stathakis

Faceoff Training Camp with Coach Alec Stathakis

SUNDAY April 6 —> Advanced Counters, Exits & Draw Strategy for Collegiate Preparation

Time: 12:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Location: 137 - 139 Eisenhower Lane North, Lombard, IL (Entrance at the rear parking lot)

CAMP Fee: $125

XMEN Lacrosse Club is open to all Lacrosse athletes who want to develop their faceoff skills for top level high school and collegiate competition. Members of all Club, Development, Youth, Junior High School and High School programs are welcome to participate at any time.

Email: Jack Pressman @ jhpressman@gmail.com or Text: (312) 593 – 6106 for any questions per registration or Camp format / schedule

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Training Camp Head Coach: ALEX STATHAKIS

Honors and Awards:

Denver University Captain (2023, 2024)...Tewaaraton Award Watch List (2023, 2024)...Tewaaraton Award Nominee (2024)...Named to Team USA U-21 roster for the 2023 World Lacrosse Championships...USILA Third Team All-America (2024)...USA Lacrosse Second Team All-America...Inside Lacrosse Third Team All-America (2024)...Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-America (2023)...BIG EAST Specialist of the Year (2024)...BIG EAST First Team (2021, 2024)...BIG EAST Second Team (2023)...USA Lacrosse Preseason All-America (2024) ...BIG EAST All-Preseason Team (2024) ...Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America (2022, 2024) ...BIG EAST Specialist of the Week

Career:

Saw action in all 70 games of his five-year collegiate career, going 966-for-1622 from the faceoff stripe, and picking up 540 ground balls, while forcing 13 turnovers...Scored a career-best three goals in both the 2022 and 2023 season...Won a career-high 235 faceoffs in his fifth year...DENVER CAREER RECORD BOOK: 540 ground balls ranks second in Denver’s DI history, 966 faceoff wins ranks second in Denver’s DI history....Tied for third in career appearances with 70.

2024:

Played and started all 17 games as Denver’s faceoff specialist...Went 235-for-405 from the faceoff stripe, picking up 127 ground balls and forcing seven turnovers...Scored a goal and added two assists for three points...Picked up double digit ground balls in wins at Utah, at Villanova and against Michigan in the NCAA First Round...Multiple faceoff wins in 16 of 17 games, 15+ wins in six games and a season-best 22 in Denver’s 17-16 upset win over No. 6 Cornell...Scored in the regular season finale against Marquette...NCAA Statistics: Ranked 15th in the country in faceoff winning percentage (.580) and 11th in ground balls per game (7.47)...SINGLE GAME RECORDS: 22 faceoff wins against Cornell tied for the 11th most in a single game in the program’s DI history...SINGLE SEASON RECORD BOOK: Seventh in single season ground balls with 127.

Drafted in September 2024 to play for the Philadelphia Waterdogs of the PLL.

2023:

Played and started in all 15 games, taking every faceoff in the 2023 campaign for the Pioneers...Finished 226-374 (.604) on the season to become the second Pioneer faceoff man to pass 700 career faceoff wins...Tallied four points on three goals and an assist, including a pair of points at Towson on April 13...Picked up 144 ground balls and forced a turnover...Finished with double digit faceoff wins in 14 of 15 games, 15+ faceoff wins in seven contests and 20+ faceoff wins in three games, including a career-high 22 in Denver’s regular season finale at Marquette...Double digit ground balls in five games, including three of the last five...Season-high 18 ground balls in Denver’s win at St. John’s on April 15...NCAA RANKINGS: Took every faceoff for a unit that finished seventh in the country in faceoff win percentage at 60.4%...13th in the country in individual faceoff wins and fourth in the country in ground balls per game at 9.60.

2022:

Played and started in all 15 games at the faceoff dot, going 225-of-399 (.564)...Picked up 111 ground balls and forced three turnovers...Scored three goals and added an assist for a four-point day...Scored the game-winning goals in Denver’s 14-12 win at Ohio State on March 20...Picked up double digit ground balls in four games, including 12 in Denver’s loss to Yale.

2021:

Played and started in all 17 games at the faceoff dot...191-301 from the dot, picking up 110 ground balls...Scored in Denver’s win against Villanova on April 10...19-of-25 from the dot with 12 ground balls at Duke on February 5...17-of-21 at Air Force with 13 ground balls...16-22 with 10 ground balls against Providence on February 27...19-of-23 at St. John’s with 16 ground balls on March 6.

2020:

Played and started in all six games at the faceoff dot for the Pioneers...Went 89-for-143 from the faceoff dot, picking up 48 ground balls, forcing two turnovers and scoring a goal in Denver’s win over St. Bonaventure...Went 22-for-28 from the faceoff dot, picking up 15 ground balls in Denver’s 14-11 win at No. 10 Notre Dame...Won 16 faceoffs in a win at Air Force and in Denver’s clash with North Carolina.

Before Denver:

Played all four years of high school lacrosse at Culver…Won a National Championship (USA Today) in his sophomore year, as well as in his senior year (UA/Inside Lacrosse)…Played in the Under Armour All-American game…Won 85% of his faceoffs in his senior year.