Monica Plut named World Lacrosse Coaching Development Trainer
By Paul Hall on Thursday, September 2nd, 2021 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News Eastern/Southeast Oregon Top Stories Northeastern Oregon News
LA GRANDE – (Information provided by EOU Athletics) Eastern Oregon University Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach Monica Plut has been selected to become a World Lacrosse Coaching Development Trainer after being nominated by Panama Lacrosse.
As a nominee for Panama Lacrosse, Plut went through the full World Lacrosse coaching development training curriculum alongside coaches from 18 other countries. Of all the nominees, only two were chosen to present at the Pan-American Lacrosse Association (PALA) Sixes Cup at their headquarters in Auburndale, Florida. The training will take place over Labor Day weekend.
Plut has been selected to present along with Oscar Morales from Colombia Lacrosse. The two coaches were selected among a panel of countries around the world. At the PALA Sixes Cup, Plut and Morales will deliver the World Lacrosse Coaching Development clinic that will specifically teach coaches about the new World Lacrosse Sixes Discipline. This discipline has the aspirations of being the discipline that will be used when the sport of lacrosse makes its potential debut in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
“I am honored to continue to grow the game and be a coaching development trainer at not only the national level, but also the international level now,” Coach Plut said. “I look forward to working with other coaches and trainers and continuing to learn from all the wonderful people in the lacrosse community! It is an exciting time for our sport, as well as the new, fast paced, high energy discipline of World Lacrosse Sixes to help get lacrosse into
