Lacrosse All Stars Network

Hello again, it's THURSDAY!On this week's episode of Outside the 8 with the Courageous Lauren Benner we cover a lot. Lauren is from Annapolis, was a goalie at University of Virginia and after playing a fifth year at Denver University and being an assistant coach at DU and Louisville. She is now living in Denver, coaching at Valor Christian High School, running girls youth lacrosse across the state, and officiating high school and college level games. She brings so much passion for the sport, steadfastness through adversity, and has many great ideas to keep consistent growth of the game.Here's a few highlights:1. We discuss the benefits of playing three sports in high school and how that sets athletes up for college, and how she knew she wanted to play lacrosse.2. We talk about how she decided to be the one in the cage, and how her red shirt year was one of the best decisions she could have made. 3. Lauren explains her love for Denver and Colorado life, bringing her east coast knowledge of lacrosse a little f