Gainesville Area Lacrosse Inc. or GALAXI is a Florida based 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was established by local lacrosse coaches to mentor local youth through the sport of lacrosse in an all-inclusive and economically friendly way. Our focus is on elementary to middle school age kids which will allow us to grow the sport in North Central Florida. Our experience has shown that this age is the best time to set good habits in the classroom and on the field which sets our participants up for future success.

We have built many local relationships to better our organization and create opportunities for local youth to try lacrosse.  Since our launch in September 2021, we have partnered with the Alachua County Extended Day Enrichment Program (EDEP) in our middle schools.  Through this relationship we have fall afterschool programs at 4 area schools and continue to grow.  We are also working with Alachua County Public Schools elementary and middle school physical education teachers to bring lacrosse into thier classrooms and have all students experience our sport in the 2023-24 school year.

GALAXI also partners with Pipeline Lacrosse.  Pipeline is an established local lacrosse organization that focuses on the girls/women’s game (rules and equipment are different for men’s and women’s sides of the sport).  This partnership allows GALAXI to focus on the boys/men’s game which we have more experience in playing and coaching. Pipeline coaches and GALAXI coaches team up for events, clinics, and games to reach all ages and skill levels.

The future of GALAXI is just dawning! Future plans include tutoring, academic/athletic scholarship endowments, local middle school team tournament, player promotion to colleges, area tournaments, coaches training, facility/field development and growth within the areas surrounding Gainesville. Our dream is to have lacrosse succeed at every school level in the area, while placing students in higher education institutions through their academic and athletic achievements.