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AEL is about development, competition, winning, but most importantly about FAMILY!
COACHING US TO VICTORY
Motivators, Educators, Mentors
Dan Kesselring, Owner and Founder
Dan has played Lacrosse for over 30 years. He started playing youth lacrosse in Cicero, NY and completed high school as a four-year Varsity letterman at CNS High School. Dan was a two-time all American his Junior and Senior year. Following high school, Dan played in the Empire Stae Games where he was the MVP and also was a two-year starter at Herkimer Community College winning two JUCO Championships from 1988-1989. Dan was also the NCAA single game points leader from 1989-1992. As a coach, Dan won two NGLL HS women's state championships from 2007-2008, a NGLL HS men's state championship in 2012 and led a 2011 HS men's team to finish 8th in the country at the Dick's Qualifier Tournament. As an assistant coach, Dan recently led Lambert High School's men's team to back-to-back to state championship in 2021 and 2022.
Topher Lawson, Coach
Topher began playing lacrosse at the age of 12. Topher played faceoff, middie and goalie at DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. From there, he went on to play goalie at The University of Hartford on scholarship. Topher has served as an assistant coach at Chattahoochee High School and later served as the head coach at Emory University. Topher has served as both the director and head coach of lacrosse at STARS and the Atlanta Chapter of All Out Lacrosse, where he ran indoor and field lacrosse leagues. Most recently, Topher is the offensive coordinator at South Forsyth High School. Topher also officiates with the Georgia Lacrosse Officials Association (GLOA).
Nick Ogle, Coach
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Josh Wells, Coach
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Tyler Kesselring, Coach
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JD Godwin, Coach
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Liam Wright, Coach
Liam is a native of Whitby Ontario Canada and started playing box lacrosse at the age of 4. Liam began playing goalie at the age of 9. Liam won provincial championships in both box and field lacrosse culminating with a gold medal at the USBox Nationals in the HS Elite Division. After graduating Everest Academy in Ontario Canda, Liam spent one season at Young Harris College (D2) before transferring to Reinhardt University. While at Reinhardt, Liam has won 2 NAIA National Championships from 2021- 2022, with his last season being named AAC Tournament MVP, Academic All-American and NAIA Championship All-Tournament Team. Liam went on to win the Canadian National JRA box Lacrosse Minto Championship with the Whitby Warriors in 2022.