Name: Jake Rotman
School: Sharon High School
Grade: 12
Height: 5'8.5"
Favorite Subject: Anatomy
What You Need To Know:
How did you get started and who introduced you to the sport?
I got started playing lacrosse about seven years ago when the Sharon youth lacrosse program started up by founder Kevin Brill. I dabbled with the game along with sharing the spring season with baseball for a couple years until I hit high school. It was a tough decision that turned easy. There was no way I was not playing lacrosse in high school and miss out on a growing sport.
What’s the best part about being on a team?
The best part has to be the sense of having 20-25 or so brothers who will have your back in a heated game, and laugh it up with you before practice and in school. There is nothing I look forward to more than the lax season, especially when playing with my high school boys. This will be my second year as a captain for SHS and I look forward to every moment I have with this crew of kids.
What is the best part of playing for Sharon High School?
Sharon is a small town with a growing program. We don't have a lot of years under our belt, but we continue to get better every year. As the team grows closer together each year, the best part about playing for SHS is seeing potential for a better season every consecutive year.
What are your goals for after high school?
I look to continue to play and improve my game while with Salisbury University. I hope to make a positive impact on the Salisbury Univerisity's team and be apart of a great program with a great group of coaches and players that will hopefully continue to win championships like they have proven to do. I also look to pursue my interest in medicine and follow that road into medical school and eventually becoming a doctor.
What is your favorite lacrosse memory?
My fav lax memory would have to be traveling with my dad in the long hot summers up and back in a 8 hour drive (8 hour sleep for me) from Maryland for the summer tournaments. My dad has been my biggest supporter/fan/motivational speaker in my growing career as a lacrosse player, and I most certainly wouldn't be where I am today without those times over the summer and through the spring season with him.
When you're not practicing, what can people find you doing?
If I'm not at the fields, I'm usually in my backyard with my brother Josh helping him find his place in the lacrosse community and help him make a name for himself as a future lax star.
What are your pregame/postgame rituals?
Pregame, I will always re-tape my stick with fresh tape while listening to some DMB to calm the nerves. I will do a quick static stretch and get right into warming up for faceoffs. From then on I'll be with the team, getting everyone else psyched for the game. After the game, no matter what the score is, I will be keeping my teams head's up.
Links:
lacrosserecruits.com/jake_rotman
A Scoring Threat In Sharon - The Boston Globe