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Jon Torpey

 
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Jon Torpey has led the High Point University men’s lacrosse program since its inception, having been named the program’s first head coach in 2010.

It took just three seasons of NCAA competition for Torpey to lead the Panthers to an NCAA Tournament berth when the team defeated Richmond in the 2015 Southern Conference Championship game.

Over the team’s first six seasons the program has posted a 41-50 record with a 21-11 mark in league play (Atlantic Sun 2014 and Southern Conference 2015-pres.). Along with the NCAA Tournament berth and 2015 SoCon tournament title, Torpey led the Panthers to a regular season conference championship in 2014, a 12-11 overtime victory over then-No. 10 Virginia in February 2015 and another regular season title in 2018.

Under Torpey tutelage, seven student-athletes have earned the opportunity to play lacrosse at the professional level while also coaching four conference players of the year, 22 all-conference first or second teamers. Leading the way collecting those honors, Dan Lomas was a three-time USILA All-American, two-time conference offensive player of the year and was drafted in both the Major League Lacrosse and National Lacrosse League drafts. This past season, Asher Nolting became the first SoCon player to be named Offensive Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year.

During the 2015 campaign, Pat Farrell and Geisler became the program’s first two MLL draftees before Lomas and Matt Thistle followed suit the next season. Tanner Landstra made it three years in a row with an MLL draftee while Dallas Bridle joined Lomas by being drafted into the NLL.

Similarly, Torpey has coached three Senior Class Award nominees in Austin Geisler, Lomas and Michael LeClair. Geisler was a nominee in 2015 while Lomas was one of 10 finalists for the award in 2016 and LeClair was a Senior CLASS First Team selection in 2017.

Off the HPU sideline, Torpey was published in the Business Journal and also appeared on ESPN during the networks coverage of the first round of the NCAA Tournament. He also served as the head coach of the South in the 2016 USILA/Nike North-South game.