Tournament Directors

Kyle Harrisonn   is a 3X All American, 2X First Team All American, 3X Tewaaraton Finalist, 2005 Tewaaraton Winner, 2005 Player of the Year, 04/05 Midfielder of the Year, 2005 National Champion, 2005 Johns Hopkins Team Captain, 1st pick in MLL draft 2005, 4X MLL All Star, 2006 US Naional Team member, LXM Pro player.


Dennis Yeatman, recently elected member of the San Diego Hall of Fame, has been directly involved in the sport of lacrosse for over 40 years. In 1996 he founded Pacific Lacrosse and has been operating girls & boys, youth and High School programs since that time. Both he and his wife were recognized in 2006 as recipients of the A. Norman Webb Award for their volunteering efforts across the county on behalf of the sport of lacrosse. He has former players playing across the nation at some of the elite D1 programs (Johns Hopkins, Maryland, Navy, Syracuse.....).

Aly Josephs Finished her career at Northwestern fourth on the school's all-time list with 187 goals and sixth with 208 points ... Scored 13 goals in four NCAA games in 2007, tying her for second on the all-time list with 37 career goals in NCAA Championship play ... A two-time all-conference selection and 2006 Third-Team All-American ... Helped the Wildcats to three-straight NCAA titles, a remarkable 77-5 record during her four years (13-1 in NCAA Championship play) and a 62-2 mark over the last three. Member of the US Women's National Developmental team in 2008-2009. In her third season as lacrosse coach at Scripps Ranch High School.

Kristen Kjellman   is a 2007 Northwestern University Grad, and was named Inside Lacrosse National Rookie of the Year, Co-National Rookie of the Year, and led Northwestern with 53 goals, winning 3 straight national championships from 2005-2007. Kjellman was the first lacrosse player (men or women) to be named the Tewaaraton Trophy winner in consecutive seasons. Kjellman was named to the All-World team as a midfielder. Since her college debut in 2003, Kjellman has graced the covers of numerous publications, including Sports Illustrated, SI on Campus, Inside Lacrosse and the New England Lacrosse Journal.

Feffie Barnhill is a former member of the US Lacrosse Board of Directors, assistant World Cup coach in 1989, and head varsity coach at William and Mary from 1981-1998. She was chair of the Coaches Education Committee for 4 years and was instrumental in writing and developing the current Coaches Education Program. She was a four year varsity player for Ursinus College in Philadelphia. Currently, she is President of the Federation of International Lacrosse and coaches lacrosse at the Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Delaware.

John Stevenson currently sits on the board of the NH Lacrosse Foundation as its Coaches Education Chairman and is a past President of that organization. John has been involved in lacrosse as a coach and player for over 35 years and his 27 years of coaching experience includes teaching boys’ youth lacrosse at the U11 to U17 levels for the past 12 years, assistant and head lacrosse coaching positions at the University of Connecticut, Drew University & Virginia Military Institute as well as several high school programs. A four year varsity starter and lacrosse letter winner at UConn from '78-'81, Stevenson captained the team his senior year and was named to the All New England team. Still playing lacrosse in the Olde New England Lacrosse League, John has been working with the US Lacrosse Coaches Education program since 2005 and is a member of the Men’s Level 2 curriculum development.

Summit Performance Group (SPG) is a full-service conference management and incentive travel, site selection and sports event coordination company based in San Diego, CA. SPG’s main priority is to make sure the event is seamless and enjoyable for all the guests. Operating SPG is Principal Doug Wheeler who played lacrosse at Middlebury College. Garrett Stanwick, Director of Regional Sales for SPG, a graduate of St. Mary’s High School who went on to play lacrosse at Johns Hopkins University from 2004-2008 where he won national championships in ’05 & ‘07. He is currently the lacrosse coach at La Jolla High School in La Jolla, CA.

Curtis “Ricky” Matthews Rick Matthews is currently the head lacrosse coach at the Friends School of Baltimore. He is a coach for Laxelite and President of Work Horse Lacrosse. Upon graduating from Limestone College, he received his Bachelor of Science in Sports Management and is a former 2x All-American, and Co-Captain of their 2000 NCAA DII National Championship team. Prior to his current coaching position, Matthews pioneered the men’s and women’s lacrosse program at Seton Hill University. And he has also had successful seasons as an assistant men’s lacrosse coach at Washington and Lee University, and Limestone College.

Joanna Kotula Joanna Kotula is the Women’s Lacrosse and Field Hockey Product Manager at STX in Baltimore, MD. Kotula was a four year varsity player at the College of William and Mary, where she was named Regional All-American and served as the team captain. Currently, Kotula is a volunteer coach at all skill and age levels in the Baltimore, MD area. She plays on several post-college club teams.