Buckeyes Begin Fall Practice, Welcome JJ

Related:    Listen: MLAX: Jarred Bowman 9/27/10    Listen: MLAX: Coach Myers 9/27/10    Listen: MLAX: Scott Gerland, 9/27/10    View Photos

The Ohio State men's lacrosse team held its first full fallball practice Monday morning. The squad, which reported Sept. 19, will practice for the next four weeks as it prepares for the 2011 campaign, the third under head coach Nick Myers. Click the links above for photos from practice Monday morning, as well as audio from Myers and seniors Jarred Bowman and Scott Gerland.

The team was joined by special guests out at practice Monday. JJ Snider, a fourth grader, has been adopted by the Buckeye family through the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation, a non-profit, charitable organization formed in 2005 that improves the quality of life for children with pediatric brain tumors and their families. JJ and his family - his parents Jodi and Mike, sisters Mary and Joanna and brothers Rudy and Michael - spent time out at the field as JJ met the whole Buckeye squad for the first time. He now has his own lacrosse stick and put it to use quickly, as he and his brothers and sisters spent much of their time out at the field playing with lacrosse sticks borrowed from the Buckeye players.

For more information on JJ, his family, and his story, or to leave a message in his guestbook, visit http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jjsnider.