GIRLS Camp Age Divisions & Times:

U15 & U17 / 11:00am - 1:00pm (Check-in: 10:30am)

BOYS - Director:

Craig Lepiane 

Coach Lepiane is a Rochester, New York native and West Irondequoit High School graduate who has built a distinguished career as both an All-American player and highly respected Lacrosse Coach and Director.

Lepiane starred at Monroe Community College, where he earned NJCAA All-American honors and set multiple scoring records over two seasons. He then transferred to Ithaca College, adding two NCAA Division III All-American selections and All-Conference honors while helping the Bombers reach the NCAA tournament in back to back seasons - scoring 12 postseason goals, including four in a tournament win over Cabrini.

After his playing career, Lepiane moved into coaching and lacrosse administration, accumulating more than 22–24 years of experience on the sideline and in program development roles.Lepiane has held and currently holds key leadership positions in both the Scholastic & Club scenes in Rochester, notably serving as Senior/Regional Manager for 3d Lacrosse’s Upstate region and the Varsity Defensive Coordinator at Spencerport High School.

Coach Lepiane resides in West Irondequoit with his Wife (Renee) & their 3 children Chase, Olivia & Liam.

BOYS Camp Staff:

Nick Fiorentino - Head Coach of SUNY Brockport / Head Coach USVI Men's National Field Team

Travis Wagner - Assistant Coach - SUNY Brockport 

Bill Buttaro - Head Varsity Coach - Spencerport High School 

Mike Torrelli - Head Varsity Coach - Fairport High School 

Pete Gibbons - Assistant Varsity Coach - Fairport High School 

Aaron Hughes - Assistant Varsity Coach - Rush-Henrietta High School 

Cameron Germain - Former Division 1 Player - St. Bonaventure (Victor Alumni)

Jack Elberty - Assistant Varsity Coach - Spencerport High School 

Mike Cooper - Director of Greece Youth Lacrosse / 3d Upstate Head Coach 2033 Team

Sean McNamara- Assistant Varsity Coach - Spencerport High School / 3d Upstate Head Coach 2031 Team

GIRLS - Director:

Craig Whipple 

Coach Whipple brings a vast amount of lacrosse knowledge and experience to the US Virgin Island program; not only domestically but on the international level and both on the women’s and men’s side of the game. Currently, on the women’s side, Coach Whipple is the head coach of the 2028 Aces Elite girls’ program, which is ranked fourth in the nation by U.S. Club Lacrosse at the 2028 level. He also was the New Balance All-America Upstate Command Coach in 2024 and 2025.  Coach Whipple is also a former selector of the United States National Women’s Development Team for the U16 and U18 programs where he conducted regional tryouts for Upstate New York at Syracuse University; helping to select the next United States National Development team.

Coach Whipple has experience coaching at both the high school and at collegiate level. As a former high school coach, he guided his alma mater, Irondequoit to 4 Section V Championships 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and the NYS State Finals. He was named the All-Greater Rochester Coach of the Year in both 2007 and 2012 as well as Class B coach of the year 2010, 2011 and 2012. Coach Whipple also won 5 Brine All-American National Championships in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Coach Whipple has coached many years in the NCAA as well with RIT, Hobart and most currently St. John Fisher where he helped bring the Cardinals to 5 consecutive Empire 8 Championships and NCAA appearances.

Internationally, Coach Whipple has won three Brogden Cup championships in 2009, 2012 and 2013 with the Boys U19 USA team over Team Canada.

Coach Whipple also brings plenty of playing experience. The Rochester native played at Irondequoit High School where he won 4 Section V titles and was the 1995 Section V tournament MVP. After a year attending Canterbury Prep, Coach Whipple played four years at the Rochester Institute of Technology (1996-2000), where he was 3 time all Super Six Conference, ECAC MVP and was All-American. After college, he took his talents to the National Lacrosse League (NLL) where he played three years of box lacrosse with the Rochester Knighthawks. Along with playing box he also founded and was GM of the Rochester J-hawks Jr B Box Lacrosse Club.

Coach Whipple and his wife Amy have two daughters, Lucy and Charlotte.

GIRLS Camp Staff:

Donavan Lopez - Head Varsity Coach of Pittsford High School / NYS HS State Champion

Kyle Bottiglier - Head Coach / Aces Elite 2027 Team (Ranked 2nd in Nation)

Meg Murphy - Head Varsity Coach - Jamesville Dewitt / Owner of Orange Crush Girls Lacrosse

Jessica Tuttle - Former Head Varsity Coach / Webster Thomas HS 

Travis Eckler - Head Coach / Aces Elite 2031 Team

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