WFU assistant to head Adrian Lax

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Adrian College Athletic Director Henry
Mensing announced on Tuesday, March 21 that Chris Delfausse has been
named the head coach of the men's lacrosse team at Adrian College.

Beginning in the 2007-2008 academic year, Adrian College will offer
an opportunity for athletes unlike any other college or university
in Michigan: the chance to play NCAA varsity lacrosse.

Adrian College and others currently have club teams, but no
institution in Michigan is currently competing as a fully qualified
men~Rs or women~Rs NCAA varsity team.

"I am very excited to be the first head coach in men's lacrosse at
Adrian College," stated Delfausse. "This is a very historic time for
Adrian and I look forward to the challenge."

Delfausse comes to Adrian via Wake Forest University, where he is
the top assistant for the Demon Deacon Club Team.

Delfausse has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Sciences
from Connecticut College. While at Connecticut College, Delfausse
was a defensive midfielder for four years on the varsity lacrosse
team.

While working as the assistant coach at Wake Forest, Delfausse is
finishing up a Master of Arts degree in Counseling. He also works
for Wake Forest in the Athletic Services Department as an academic
tutor for the athletes.

Back in 2003, he was a member in the AmeriCorps in Denver, Colorado.

He will start his post at Adrian on July 1.

~SLacrosse will help Adrian to capitalize on the great history of
the sport, and to take advantage of growing nationwide interest,~T
President Jeffrey Docking said. ~SIt will allow us to extend and
develop the playing careers of high school lacrosse players from
across the country.~T

Note: Adrian~Rs president, Dr. Docking, recently announced that the
College is building a $6.5 million performance stadium on campus
that will be ready next fall. The facility creates the perfect
opportunity to add men~Rs and women~Rs lacrosse to its NCAA Div. III
athletic programs by the following year.

According to the National Federation of State High School
Associations (NFHSA), lacrosse has the fastest growth rate of any
high school sport over the past 10 years, at 188.6 percent. The
Michigan High School Athletic Association recently adopted men's and
women's lacrosse as fully endorsed sports, and awarded statewide
championships last year.

[LAXDawg14]

congratulations