About

The Georgia Lacrosse Officials Association (GLOA) was founded in 2002 by a number of lacrosse enthusiasts in Atlanta in an effort to promote lacrosse officiating in North Georgia.

GLOA has four main goals:

• To provide game officials for the sport of men’s lacrosse, primarily at the high school level, in the State of Georgia
• To instruct and educate players, coaches, parents, and fans of the sport of lacrosse and the rules governing play
• To train, educate, and certify persons for officiating the sport of men’s lacrosse
• To promote the growth and development of the sport of lacrosse in the State of Georgia

GLOA members officiate both Georgia High School Association (GHSA) contests and boys youth lacrosse games in North Georgia. GLOA Members are independent contractors.

The GLOA executive board is comprised of five seasoned lacrosse officials who all have been members of the association for many years. The Board members are chosen by the GLOA membership through annual elections.

Current Board Members (2011-2012):

	GLOA President, Damian Kavanagh – email Damian Kavanagh is a past GLOA President and is serving as President of the association again. He is also one of the founding members of the GLOA. He has lived in Atlanta for several years, and recently returned after a short time in South Carolina.
	Vice President, Landon Hunsucker – email Landon has worked youth, club and high school Lacrosse games since 2002. He has also been officiating college and men’s club Lacrosse since 2005. A native of the great state of Virginia. He is married and has a son and three daughters. He currently resides in Marietta, GA. Landon also officiates high school football with the Georgia Football Official’s Association.
	Treasurer, Peter Fleury – email Peter has officiated youth and high school lacrosse games since 1998 and has also officiated college lacrosse since 2000. Peter was the GLOA secretary from 2003 to 2007 and the treasurer from 2007 to the present.
	Secretary, Ryan Rowe – email Ryan Rowe is the GLOA Secretary and is also a sub-assigner.
	Assistant Secretary, Eric Rudolph – email Eric has officiated lacrosse, at all levels, for over 36 years. He is active in lacrosse in many capacities, including being the college Assigner for District 5 for the United State Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association and the college assigner for the South Eastern Lacrosse Conference. He is the District Governor for the Men’s Division Officials Council of US Lacrosse for District 5 (which includes Georgia). He has been inducted into the Georgia Lacrosse Hall of Fame and South Florida Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
	Member At Large, Patrick Joyce – email Patrick grew up in western New York and started playing lacrosse in High School. He played three years of varsity lacrosse at Canandaigua Academy and also three years at Nazareth College. Patrick has lived in Atlanta for over six years and has been officiating lacrosse since 2005.
	Past President, Sonny Pieper – email Sonny has officiated youth, high school, college, club and international lacrosse since 1994. He is one of the founding members of the association and served as GLOA Vice-President from day one of the organization’s inception (2003-2009) and served as President from 2009-2011. In addition to working multiple college playoff and championship games, he was selected to work the Gold Medal game of the 2009 Asia Pacific Championships (Suwon, South Korea) and the Gold Medal game of the 2008 European Championships (Lahti, Finland).