For girls grades 9-12

Cornell Head Coach Jenny Graap, the 2002 National Coach of the Year, directs this weekend camp designed for experienced players who want to raise their game to the next level. This camp is held on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York. Instruction is focused on tactical strategies with an emphasis placed on competitive game play and situational drills. All campers receive a FREE camp T-shirt and Cornell lacrosse jersey! Enrollment is limited to 80 campers.

The Future Stars Lacrosse Camp is for girls in grades 6-11 who seek to develop strong fundamental skills including stickwork, positional techniques, and competition strategies. Cornell’s coaches and players will instruct and supervise campers. Games will be played during evening sessions. Teams will be formed if your school does not have a full team represented. All campers receive a FREE camp T-shirt and Cornell lacrosse jersey!

Jenny Graap
Cornell University Head Coach

An All-American at Cornell in 1986, she returned to her alma mater as Head Women's Lacrosse Coach in 1997. Two seasons ago Graap led the Big Red to a third place finish in the NCAA Championships and was named the "National Coach of the Year."

Before coming to Cornell, Graap had been the head women's lacrosse coach at George Mason University. She started the Mason program in 1993 and built it to national prominence during her four years at the helm.  From 1990-93 Graap was an assistant lacrosse coach at Penn State while earning a master's degree in exercise and sport science-sport administration. During her time with the Nittany Lions, they made three NCAA tournament appearances. 

As an undergraduate, Graap twice captained both the field hockey and lacrosse teams at Cornell, earning four letters in each sport. She was second-team All-Ivy in field hockey as a senior, and ranks 11th on the Cornell all-time list for points scored in a career, with 11 goals and two assists.  In 1986, Jenny was named to the Brine Regional All-America lacrosse team, and she finished her career 11th on the all-time school points list with 91. She is also 11th in career goals with 61 and tied for seventh in assists with eleven.

Laurie Tortorelli DeLuca
Cornell Assistant Coach

An All-America goalkeeper at the University of Delaware, Laurie joined the Big Red staff after finishing a stellar career for the Blue Hens. The four-year starter was a three-time, first-team all-region selection. As a senior captain, she earned third-team IWLCA All-America and first team Academic All-America honors.

A first-team America East selection in 2001 and conference Rookie of the Year in 1999, Tortorelli finished her career ranked second in career saves (754), goals allowed average (9.35), save percentage (.560) and minutes played (3,797). She was named most valuable player by her teammates in 2002.

Besides her extensive playing experience, Tortorelli has been a clinician and counselor at numerous elite summer lacrosse camps, including USA Goalkeeping Camp, the Cornell, Delaware, Penn State and Loyola (MD) camps.

Suzie Friedrich
Cornell Assistant Coach
Suzie Friedrich, who served as head coach at Division III Washington College for the last five years, was named assistant women's lacrosse coach at Cornell University in July 2008.

Friedrich coached four all-region selections, including first-team selection Lindsay Fox, during her tenure and posted a 34-50 overall record. Her teams have matched or increased the previous year's win total each of the last three years, including posting an 8-8 record during the 2008 campaign. Her 2004 team set a school record for goals in a game with a 24-14 win over Muhlenberg. Among her former players is the school's all-time assist leader, Lindsey Eichner, whose 136 assists rank among the top 20 all-time in Division III. Eichner also set the school record for assists in a season with 48 in 2004.

Prior to her time at Washington, Friedrich was at Garrison Forest School, coaching junior varsity lacrosse and middle school basketball during the 2002-03 school year. She also coached at Morristown HS and Collingswood HS in New Jersey and at the Penn State, Merestead and Washington College lacrosse camps. She served as the United States Women's Lacrosse Association National Chair for Schoolgirl All-Americans from 1993-97 and the USLWA Baltimore Schoolgirl Chair from 1993-98.

Friedrich served as athletic director and head of the physical education department at St. Paul's School for Girls from 1997-2000. During that time, she coached lacrosse at both the varsity and junior varsity level and also coached basketball, field hockey and golf.

Counselors
Our counselors are current college lacrosse players from Cornell and other Universities. They will spend time with campers on and off the field.

Facilities
Our facilities include Schoellkopf Field (25,000 seat turf stadium), world-class dining halls, swimming pool, modern athletic training room, indoor turf field, and manicured grass game fields. Cornell also boasts the Friedman Center strength and conditioning facility.

What to Bring
Campers must bring their own stick, mouth guard, cleats, turf shoes and a water bottle! All campers receive a FREE camp T-shirt and Cornell lacrosse jersey! Goalies need to bring all necessary equipment. Resident campers need to bring an alarm clock, pillow, linens and towels.

Transportation
We will pick up campers at the Ithaca Airport or bus station. You MUST contact us in writing with arrival mode date and time at least three weeks prior to camp. There is a $25 round trip fee for this service. We do not offer pick up from the Syracuse, Binghamton or Elmira airports.