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Cam Redmond: Riding the Wave of Change
3/28/2019 3:16 PM | Lacrosse
By: Ryan Thurston
Cam Redmond played many different sports growing up, but learned in fifth grade that lacrosse was his true calling.
"I was the only person on my baseball team who could hit or field, and I was bored," Redmond explained. "My dad is from New York and he'd heard about it, so we decided to try it out."
When it came time to start looking at colleges, he was fortunate to have connections to the club coaching staff at Utah.
"I'd been playing club ball and traveling a lot but being from Utah it wasn't very big here. When I came through, there were no highlight tapes or anything like that [to join the team]," Redmond explained. "My high school coach had been on the team at Utah so the head coach came and watched me play. They were basically taking everyone who wanted to join, but at one point we only had like twenty players."
Despite having an established club presence when he arrived, Redmond never imagined Utah would eventually join NCAA Division I. Now, four years later, Redmond is amazed with how much has changed.
"I've seen so much growth the past two years since Brian Holman came here. We went from being a club team, doing everything on our own, doing individual lifts, to suddenly doing everything as a team," Redmond said. "Now we lift together, watch film, all that."
Holman was hired from North Carolina, where he was a staff member on the 2016 NCAA Championship team. In two years at Utah, he's completely transformed the program. At the beginning of the 2019 season, Utah became the first team in the Pac-12 to have an NCAA Division I lacrosse program.
"He's building a DI program by making it a DI program." Redmond explained.
Having spent the majority of his time playing for the club team, Redmond is thrilled he has had the chance to experience Division I ball this year, his final one with the team.
"Getting to play all these top ten teams has been amazing," He said, "I would never have thought this kid from Utah would be playing against Duke, Virginia, Denver. All these teams that I got to watch growing up are now my competition."
The ending is bittersweet for Redmond, however. Where his journey ends, Utah's is just beginning. As such, he's tried to make the most of his final year and knows that the future of Utah lacrosse is brighter than ever.
"We're just going to keep expanding," he said. "What's going on here is amazing; we've built a program from the ground up."
One benefit of being a four-year player is that Redmond gets to mentor and help the younger members on the team. Despite his usually quiet and reserved demeanor, he knows when to speak up and give advice to his teammates.
"I'm more of a 'I'm going to lead by example' type person," Redmond said. "I'm not a huge talker, I just come to work and do what I do. And I don't take anything for granted."
With his career winding down, Redmond is enjoying the ride of what's been a fantastic season for Utah. His teammates, coaches, and friends all know that even after he graduates, he'll be watching the program continue to build upwards.
Cam Redmond played many different sports growing up, but learned in fifth grade that lacrosse was his true calling.
"I was the only person on my baseball team who could hit or field, and I was bored," Redmond explained. "My dad is from New York and he'd heard about it, so we decided to try it out."
When it came time to start looking at colleges, he was fortunate to have connections to the club coaching staff at Utah.
"I'd been playing club ball and traveling a lot but being from Utah it wasn't very big here. When I came through, there were no highlight tapes or anything like that [to join the team]," Redmond explained. "My high school coach had been on the team at Utah so the head coach came and watched me play. They were basically taking everyone who wanted to join, but at one point we only had like twenty players."
Despite having an established club presence when he arrived, Redmond never imagined Utah would eventually join NCAA Division I. Now, four years later, Redmond is amazed with how much has changed.
"I've seen so much growth the past two years since Brian Holman came here. We went from being a club team, doing everything on our own, doing individual lifts, to suddenly doing everything as a team," Redmond said. "Now we lift together, watch film, all that."
Holman was hired from North Carolina, where he was a staff member on the 2016 NCAA Championship team. In two years at Utah, he's completely transformed the program. At the beginning of the 2019 season, Utah became the first team in the Pac-12 to have an NCAA Division I lacrosse program.
"He's building a DI program by making it a DI program." Redmond explained.
Having spent the majority of his time playing for the club team, Redmond is thrilled he has had the chance to experience Division I ball this year, his final one with the team.
"Getting to play all these top ten teams has been amazing," He said, "I would never have thought this kid from Utah would be playing against Duke, Virginia, Denver. All these teams that I got to watch growing up are now my competition."
The ending is bittersweet for Redmond, however. Where his journey ends, Utah's is just beginning. As such, he's tried to make the most of his final year and knows that the future of Utah lacrosse is brighter than ever.
"We're just going to keep expanding," he said. "What's going on here is amazing; we've built a program from the ground up."
One benefit of being a four-year player is that Redmond gets to mentor and help the younger members on the team. Despite his usually quiet and reserved demeanor, he knows when to speak up and give advice to his teammates.
"I'm more of a 'I'm going to lead by example' type person," Redmond said. "I'm not a huge talker, I just come to work and do what I do. And I don't take anything for granted."
With his career winding down, Redmond is enjoying the ride of what's been a fantastic season for Utah. His teammates, coaches, and friends all know that even after he graduates, he'll be watching the program continue to build upwards.
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