Boys Staff
The world class coaching staff at the Rhino Lacrosse Summer Academy includes current Division I collegiate players, college coaches, high school coaches and professional players all hand picked by Ryan Powell. As we continue to form and finalize our staff we will update this page accordingly.
RYAN POWELL
- 2x USA National Team
- 2x MLL MVP
- MLL Offensive Player of the Year
- MLL & NLL All-Star Selection
- 4x All American Syracuse University
- NCAA Player of the Year
- NCAA Attackman of the Year
- Tied with brother Casey for the second all time leading scorer at Syracuse University
To read more about Ryan Powell, click HERE
Kirk ‘Coach V’ Ventiquattro- Director
- Carthage HS (NY) coach for 20+ years
- Coached 350+ wins, 40+NCAA Div I players, 13 All-Americans
- 9x Frontier League Coach of the Year
Joel White
- 3x All American at Syracuse University
- 2x Team Captain
- 2x National Champion with Syracuse University (2008 & ’09)
- 2nd overall pick in the 2011 MLL Draft
Brett Hughes
- Started every game from 2001-2005 while at University of Virginia
- 2003 NCAA Div I National Champion
- Mll All-Star
Ben Gaebel
- 2006 All American
- 2006 NCAA Div III National Champion at SUNY Cortland
- 2x All-SUNYAC Honoree
- Current Assistant coach at Clarkson University (NY)
Staff also includes:
Mario Ventiqyuattro- Ohio Machine
Nick Piroli- Brown University
Eric Wood
and more!




