About Cincinnati Lacrosse Academy
Founded in March 2018 on a promise: come home to Cincinnati and change things. The academy is where Greater Cincinnati lacrosse players do the extra work, five days a week, year-round. The off-season is the season here.
2018
Founded in Cincinnati
50+
College Commits
5 days
Training Every Week
4
Drop-In Spots Daily
Our Mission
Lacrosse seasons are short. Careers are built in the months in between. The academy exists for those months: summer mornings 8 to 12, and Monday through Friday after school once the school year starts. Lacrosse and strength and conditioning, every weekday, for boys and girls.
We develop players of character. The training is serious because the players deserve serious training, and the community is warm because a player who loves showing up improves faster than one who is made to.
Whether your player is picking up a stick for the first time or preparing for college recruitment, the door is the same: come train with us.
Where the Off-Season Is the Season
Since 2018
Our Core Values
These values guide everything we do at Cincinnati Lacrosse Academy.
Excellence
The standard is the standard. Five days a week, the work gets done whether it is June or January.
Community
Players, families, and coaches who know each other by name. The academy is a family before it is a program.
Character
We are building people first. The sport is the vehicle, not the destination.
Growth
Every player is measured against who they were last month, not against the kid next to them.
Coached by College Players
Cincinnati has more college lacrosse players per square mile than it gets credit for, and the academy is where they give back. Our coaches are current and recent college players from programs like Stetson, Hofstra, High Point, Jacksonville, Taylor, and ONU. They were Cincinnati kids with a stick not long ago. Now they are the ones handing it to the next player.
New to the game? That is exactly who this is for. Reach out and we will connect your player with a college player who can show them what the sport can be.
Our Story
Cincinnati Lacrosse Academy started in March 2018 with a simple observation: the players in this city who wanted more had nowhere to get it. The season would end and the serious ones would be left knocking on walls in the garage, waiting for spring.
The academy became the answer. A place that runs when the season does not. Training moved to a weekday rhythm built around real life: summer mornings before the heat, after-school blocks once the buses run. Strength and conditioning came inside the same roof, because a lacrosse player is an athlete first.
Today the academy trains boys and girls across Greater Cincinnati, Southern Ohio, and Northern Kentucky, with more than 50 players gone on to college commitments. The ones who came through it keep coming back, and now they coach here. That circle is the whole point.
Join the CLA Family
Whether you're just starting out or looking to take your game to the next level, we have a program for you.