Rochester Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

“Mr. Lacrosse”

You may know him as a real estate entrepreneur but hundreds know Alan as the founder of the Rochester chapter of the U.S. Lacrosse Association, then as president of the Rochester Chapter for six years, later as organizer of the Exceptional Seniors High School All Star Games for both boys and girls, as the man who established the Rochester Lacrosse Hall of Fame, and founder in 1992 of the Irondequoit Lacrosse Club, the organizing body for Irondequoit youth Lacrosse.

But that’s not all. He served as its president for seven years, coached its local and travel teams, was co-founder of the Webster Youth Lacrosse program, served as coordinator of the indoor lacrosse program at the Culver Road Armory that attracted over 70 teams that included squads from other states and Canada, too, became assistant lacrosse coach for two years for the Irondequoit High JV team, and Lacrosse League coordinator.

Alan was also selected to coach high school seniors from Western New York to play in invitational tournaments at LeMoyne College in Syracuse and at St. Paul school in Baltimore. From 2001 through 2003, he served a second term as president of the Rochester Chapter U.S. Lacrosse Association. Since 1991 Alan has also served as a youth lacrosse official and earlier this year was named to the Section V Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

Alan was a midfielder at Irondequoit High, then at MCC and later with various clubs.. His son Nathan, 19, earned a scholarship to play sports at SUNY Binghamton, while his daughter, Claire, 13, is playing modified lacrosse at Dake Middle School.