via US Lacrosse Magazine online – photo via Utah Lacrosse web site 

Author’s Note:  This would be a significant step for helping take the sport to a new geographic area at the D1 level!  Denver, Air Force, now Utah . . . critical mass to allow further west of the Mississippi expansion!

 Excerpt:University of Utah president David W. Pershing has recommended the addition of men’s lacrosse as a varsity sport to the university’s board of trustees, according to public documents. The board will vote via conference call Friday morning.If approved, Utah would become the westernmost and first Pac-12 school in the NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse landscape. The decision comes less than a year after former North Carolina assistant coach Brian Holman pulled up stakes to take over the Utes’ club team.With Division I status in sight thanks largely to benefactor David Neeleman, the Brazilian American entrepreneur who has founded four commercial airlines, Holman laid out a blueprint for elevating the Utah club program. He assembled a high-profile staff that included his son, Marcus Holman, and fellow Major League Lacrosse all-stars Will Manny and Adam Ghitelman. Read the rest HERE