EMERGE LACROSSE WAS FOUNDED IN 2017 COACH TOM ALBANO. 

 

COACH ALBANO GREW UP PLAYING LACROSSE IN RIDGEWOOD NJ. GRADUATING IN 2005, COACH ALBANO WAS HONORED AS BOTH AN ALL-GIBBS AND ALL-NORTH JERSEY GOALIE WHILE AT RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.

 

COACH ALBANO CONTINUED HIS PLAYING CAREER AT SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE, WHERE HE WAS A 4 YEAR LETTER WINNER. COACH ALBANO HELPED LEAD SPRINGFIELD TO 3 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES WHILE ALSO BEING SELECTED CAPTAIN HIS SENIOR YEAR. UPON GRADUATING IN 2009 COACH, ALBANO WAS HONORED AS A 2X ALL-PILGRIM LEAGUE, 1ST TEAM ALL-NEW ENGLAND, AND NEW ENGLAND GOALIE OF THE YEAR. 

 

IN HIS SHORT TIME AT RAMAPO, COACH ALBANO HAS LEAD THE RAIDERS TO STATEWIDE RECOGNITION. IN 2017 COACH ALBANO LEAD RAMAPO TO WIN THE GROUP II STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. DUE TO RAMAPO'S SUCCESS COACH ALBANO WAS NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR FOR THE STATE OF NJ.

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CURRENTLY, COACH ALBANO HAS RETURNED TO WHERE HIS COACHING CAREER STARTED AT MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE, AN NCAA DIVISION 3 SCHOOL LOCATED IN PURCHASE, NY.