Team Overview

Graduation Year: 2023

Description:  A highly competitive recruiting  team in our boys club program consisting of the 2023 graduation year. Players will receive accelerated coaching through our college preparatory practices designed to rapidly advance skill sets and prepare them for the next level of lacrosse. Our unmatched training coupled with participating in the nation's leading lacrosse events, gives our athletes the platform to showcase in front of college coaches.

Tryouts:  This team is formed from an open tryout in September. Tryout registration will begin in August. Players selected from this tryout will travel the following summer. For current team availability please call 513-847-8491.

Roster

Number

Name

Position

Grad Year

School

54

Austen Levett

G

2023

Lakota West

5

Michael Donahue

D

2023

CCD

33

Anthony Schenking

D

2023

Springboro

20

Jake Valerio

D

2023

Edgewood

80

Seth Kelly

D

2022

Turpin

15

Elijah Jackson

D/LSM

2023

Monroe

47

Nicholas Gholz

M

2023

Mason

24

Max Parker

M

2023

Oakwood

37

Malik Hartford

M

2023

Lakota West

3

Garrett Price

M

2023

Lakota West

23

Nick Hoying

M

2023

Kings

28

Nathan White

M/A

2023

Springboro

8

Peyton Gronholm

A

2023

Mason

2

Bryce Burleson

A

2023

Milford

21

Zack Sweeney

A

2023

Milford

4

Tripp Martindale

A

2023

Oakwood

11

Riley Brown

A

2023

Edgewood

2020 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

June 27 - 28 MidAmerica Invitational, IN

July 11 - 12 Pipe City, IN

July 24 -26 Ohio Lax Fest, OH

PRACTICE SCHEDULE
June 2: 6:45 - 8:00 GT
June 3: 6:45 - 8:00 GT
June 4: 7:00 - 8:15 GT
June 10: 7:00 - 8:30 Field A
June 11: 7:00 - 8:30 Field A
June 16: 7:00 - 8:30 Field C
June 17: 7:00 - 8:30 Field C
June 18: 7:00 - 8:30 Field C
June 24: 6:30 - 8:00 Turf 1*
*Scrimmage vs 21/22 Black
June 25: 7:00 - 8:30 Field B
June 30: 7:00 - 8:30 Field C
July 2: 6:30 - 8:00 Hopewell JR
July 7: 6:30 - 8:00 Field B
July 15: 6:30 - 8:00 Field C
July 16: 6:30 - 8:00 Field C
July 20: 6:30 - 8:00 Field C
July 22: 6:30 - 8:00 Field C

Coaches

Dominic Starvaggi is the general manager for the boys Velocity club program and currently the head coach of the 2023 Black team.
Coach Starvaggi's 12-year career and knowledge for the game give him all of the tools to shine as a lacrosse  coach. With a family that has devoted a lot of time to the sport of lacrosse in the Cincinnati area, Starvaggi's experience and passion for the game stand unquestioned.
Archbishop Moeller High School is where Starvaggi attributes a lot of his growth in the sport as a young man. At Moeller, he earned four varsity letters and helped revive a Crusader program that was trending in the wrong direction. By his senior year, he had received honors from the city and from his teammates as he earned honorable mention, was elected captain and earned the "Man of Moeller" award which is given to one senior on the team.  Starvaggi enrolled at John Carroll University knowing he would continue to grow as a man and as a lacrosse player.
Starvaggi's first year at John Carroll marked the first year the university would be fielding a Division III NCAA Varsity lacrosse team. John Carroll saw Starvaggi as someone who could build a foundation for a program that would one day win championships. In the program's first year, 2014, John Carroll reached the Ohio Athletic Conference championship and Starvaggi received honorable mention. The program saw its peaks in 2016 and 2017 where Starvaggi was a two-time team captain and helped the team win two Ohio Athletic Conference championships which led to two NCAA tournament trips. The 2017 playoff birth was a huge success for John Carroll as the program earned its first playoff win cementing Starvaggi and his teammates in John Carroll's history.
After going through many peaks and valleys in his career, Starvaggi matured tremendously which in turn made him a better lacrosse player. He is now focusing on  coaching where he wants to mold boys into men using his experience as the cornerstone for building the foundation for his players. Starvaggi's excitement and youth make him a perfect match for Velocity Lacrosse. Starvaggi graduated from John Carroll University in May of 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a major in Finance. He currently lives in Cincinnati and works at Guaranteed Rate, a mortgage firm in Hyde Park.