March 17, 2009

by Andy Krause, Special to Lacrosse Magazine Online

As Erin Rawlick moved into her dorm room at the U.S. Naval Academy to start her plebe summer of 2006, she had every intention of playing soccer for the Midshipmen.

Why wouldn't she? Rawlick was coming off a 2006 spring soccer season in which she earned her third all-county honor on her way to leading C. Milton Wright to the Maryland state championship.

Then one day, she opened a letter that turned around her future at the Academy.

Her father, Steven, sent Rawlick a letter, along with newspaper clippings informing her that Cindy Timchal was coming to Annapolis to start the new varsity lacrosse program in 2008. Her mind instantly changed.

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