Summer Camp Staff

Camp Director - Drew Searl
Drew is the founder and director of East Meets West Lacrosse Camps & Clinics. Drew played 4 years of Division 1 lacrosse for Syracuse University in New York as a walk-on midfielder and graduated in 1999, a class that appeared in 4 NCAA Semi-Final Games and 1 NCAA National Championship. After graduating from Syracuse, Drew moved to Utah for 6 years and coached lacrosse at Judge Memorial Catholic HS. Over 7 seasons Drew, along with current head coach David Allen, took Judge to 4 State Championships, winning 2. While in Utah Drew also coached the U-15 and U-17 All-Star Teams and was honored with the US Lacrosse 2004 Coach of the Year award. Drew served as a director and coach for Nike Lacrosse and has coached numerous lacrosse camps and clinics all over the country and for many different programs. Drew Currently resides in Scottsdale AZ working with Guidant/Boston Scientific as Sales Rep in the Cardiac Rhythm Management Division.

Eric Martin
Eric is a 5-time All-Pro defenseman currently playing with the Denver Outlaws of the MLL and the Washington Stealth of the NLL where he finished the 2010 NLL season by winning the 2010 NLL Championship. In 2010 Eric was a starting defenseman with Team USA which won the Gold Medal for USA in the 2010 World Games. Eric is one of the top defensive players in all of lacrosse and was voted as the second overall defender in the NLL, almost becoming the first and only non-Canadian player to win the NLL Defensive Player of the Year award. Eric played collegiate lacrosse at Division 3 Salisbury State University where he had an exceptional career; In addition to leading Salisbury to 2 National Championships, he racked up honors as a 2-Time 1st Team All American, National Player of the Year as a senior and was named the National Defenseman of the Year in both his junior and senior years. It’s worth noting that Eric Martin was an un-recruited walk-on out of high school in Virginia.

Jim Beardmore
Jim, a legend in the sport of lacrosse, is the former Head Coach for the MLL's Denver Outlaws. Jim finished off the '07 MLL season with an 9-4 record and lead the Outlaws to their second consecutive Western Conference Championship Game. Jim is Currently the Head Coach for the Colorado Academy HS in Denver, Co. As a player, Jim re-wrote the books of how to play the goalie position. His style of goalie play revolutionized how the position was played and is the current model taught in today's game. As a Goalie for the Baltimore Thunder and the Washington Wave Jim was a 2-time All-Pro and played 6 years of Professional Indoor Lacrosse. Jim played the first half of games as a goalie and would return for the second half with a short stick and play midfield. At the University of Maryland Jim was a 1st Team All-American and the ACC Player of the Year. Jim was famous for never wearing a "chest protector" when playing goalie at Maryland, he was confident in his style of play and quick enough to stop shots with his stick. After graduating from Maryland the NCAA evaluated this and enacted the current rule that all players must wear all protective equipment at all times. Jim has been as far as Japan and Australia to coach lacrosse and is a former Director for Nike Lacrosse Camps. Prior to taking over as Head Coach of the Denver Outlaws, Jim was Head Coach of Severna Park High School in Maryland. In 3 years Jim took Severna park to 3 Maryland State Championships winning 2. Jim's father is the legendary lacrosse Hall of Fame coach "Bud" Beardmore who built the powerhouse lacrosse program at the University of Maryland where he won several National Championships.

Nate Watkins
Nate is a current midfielder with the MLL's Denver Outlaws. Nate's first 4 seasons in the MLL were with the Rochester Rattlers where he was drafted in the 2ed round out of the University of Maryland. He was traded after the '05 season to the San Francisco Dragons where he played for 2 seasons and helped lead the Dragons to the playoffs in '06 scoring 15 goals and 5 assists. Nate was 2-time All-American Midfielder while at Maryland and in 2002 as the teams Captain, he lead the team in goals and propelled the Terp's to the NCAA Semi-Final game.

Adam Borcz
Adam, a 2-time All-American Midfielder at the Naval Academy, was the 1st round draft pick (3rd pick overall) by the MLL's Bayhawks in 2001. Adam Played 1 year for the Bayhawks before being called into active duty by the Navy for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Adam spent the next 4 years as an officer aboard the USS Pasadena, a Los Angeles Class Nuclear Submarine that secretly operated offshore in the Middle East. Adam was an Engineering Officer and was ultimately responsible for all the Nuclear and Non-Nuclear mechanical systems aboard the sub. Amazingly enough when Adam had completed his 4 year commitment to the Navy he made an impressive return to lacrosse and to the MLL, this time with the Long Island Lizards. Adam spent the next 2 years with the Lizards reeking havoc in the Midfield and carrying the team during the '06 & '07 seasons. Not many people can take 4 years off professional sports and return like they never left, but when you look at Adam's athletic skill and combine it with his work ethic, you can see why he was able to - Check out the article on Adam in Inside Lacrosse Magazine: http://www.turningpointsports.org/PDF/Inside-Lacrosse-Story-2006.pdf


Taylor Simmers
Taylor is a former Major League Lacrosse attackman for the San Francisco Dragons. Before the MLL Taylor served several seasons as assistant coach at Princeton University under head coach Bill Tierney and helped coach the Tigers to a National Championship in 1998. Taylor also played his collegiate lacrosse for Princeton University. As a player at Princeton, Taylor was a 2-time Division 1 All-American attackman and won 2 NCAA National Championships. Taylor played attack for Team Germany in the 1998 World Games. Taylor is well known as being one of the best "feeders" in the sport of lacrosse, in fact at the 1998 World Games he recorded 11 assists in one game and holds the single game record for most assists in World competition.

Sean McCarthy
Sean is a Major League Lacrosse defenseman currently playing with the Denver Outlaws. Sean was the 5th overall pick in the 2006 MLL collegiate draft for the Outlaws. Sean was born and raised in Hicksville, New York and played his freshman and sophomore years at Nassau Community College on Long Island where he was a 1st team All-American defenseman and won the 2003 Junior College National Championship. After 2 years at Nassau, Sean transferred to Hofstra University for his junior and senior years and was named once again as an All American at defense.


Danny Larkin
Current Assistant Coach for Olympus High School. Played college at DeSales University ('05-'07) where he was a 2 year starter at midfield as he helped DeSales to a record number of wins in a single season in 2007 and led all midfielders in goals and assists in 2007, and Westminster College ('07-'09) where he was a 2 year starter at midfield, '08 MCLA Division 2 National Champion, and '09 Unsung Hero. Danny played locally at Olympus High School where he was a two-time all state midfielder and all-star as a senior.

Ricky Larkin
Current Assistant Coach for Olympus High School. Played college at DeSales University ('05-'07) where he was a 2 year starter at attack and midfield as he helped DeSales to a record number of wins in a single season in 2007, and Westminster College ('07-'09) where he was a 2 year starter at attack, '08 MCLA Division 2 National Champion, team captain as a senior, and led team in assists as a senior. Played locally at Olympus High School where he was a two-time all state attackman and all-star game MVP as a senior.


Elliot Grow
Elliot is currently a star midfielder at BYU. So far at BYU Elliot has racked up an impressive resume being named the RMLC Offensive Player of the Year twice, a 2-Time All-American, and was a member of the '07 RMLC National Championship team. Elliot is a local product from Highland High School in Salt Lake City who used to attend the East Meets West Lacrosse Camp every summer. He is a prime example of what this camp aims to provide for young athletes that want to make it to the next level. Elliot was a pleasure to coach and we are proud to have him back as part of the staff so that he can give back to the younger generation of lacrosse players and pass along what he has learned on his journey from the High School game to the much faster and more competitive Collegiate game.

Joe Kostolansky
Joe played 5 seasons in Major League Lacrosse as an attackman with the Rochester Rattlers, Boston Cannons, and the San Francisco Dragons. Joe currently is the defensive coordinator for Arizona State University. In addition to his experience in the MLL, he brings 5 years of college coaching experience to the EMW Camp with previous jobs at Skidmore College (NY), Nazareth College (NY), and the University of Vermont. He served as an assistant coach at Vermont in '07 and '08 and in '06 he helped lead Nazareth to the ECAC Championship. Joe graduated from Hofstra University in '05 where he was a 2-Time 1st Team All-Conference Attackman and served as team captain his senior year.