LAXFU Note: Tim could not be more deserving of this award! We’re honored to have Tim on board with LAXFU.com when we were just starting out. Congrats to Tim, and all the great things he’s done for the sport of lacrosse and his community.
BALTIMORE – US Lacrosse, the national governing body of men’s and women’s lacrosse, today named Long Island Lizards’ attackman Tim Goettelmann the 2010 Lacrosse Magazine Person of the Year.
A three-time all-star and one of the few 10-year veterans of Major League Lacrosse since that professional league’s inaugural 2001 season, Goettelmann broke two MLL records this year and led the Lizards to the league championship game. But it is work off the field that personifies the values of lacrosse that many who participate in the game hold so dear.
Affectionately known as “The Monster” for his 6-foot-4, 230-pound frame, Goettelmann frequently donates his time and resources to helping young patients at the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y. Goettelmann donated his entire 2010 MLL salary to Monster’s Kids, a charitable foundation he created two years ago to benefit sick children. Through grass-roots events and other donations Goettelmann has secured, including many from MLL teammates and rivals, Monster’s Kids has generated about $115,000 for Cohen Children’s Medical Center patients, which include premature births, children with cancer and blood disorders, those with psychiatric needs, and more.
“Having two healthy kids really made me realize how lucky I was,” Goettelmann said. “That really was the driving force. I do look at my wife a lot and we’re very lucky, very blessed. I have a great job and I’m still playing lacrosse. There’s been so many opportunities where I could have been bounced from the lineup and the team, and different people over the years have allowed me to still play after 10 years, which is pretty amazing. It really was just the fact of thinking that I was going to retire, and I wanted to give back.”
“We chronicle great players all the time, but to profile a great person like Tim is an honor,” said Paul Krome, editor of Lacrosse Magazine. “He’s among the best representatives of the lacrosse community. Anyone associated with the game can be proud of his efforts and hopefully strive to mirror them for a similarly noble cause.”
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BOSTON, Mass. (April 12, 2011) – The new Columbus, Ohio-based Major League Lacrosse (MLL) team will be named the Ohio Machine, according to MLL Commissioner David Gross. Former MLL executive John Algie will serve as President and General Manager for the Machine, which will begin play in the 2012 season along with a yet-to-be-named team in Charlotte, North Carolina.
