ALEXANDRIA, VA-On Wednesday, May 28, the Alexandria Sportsman’s Club (ASC) held its 68th annual awards ceremony and banquet. Nearly 250 people gathered at the Westin Hotel in Carlyle to cheer on the 38 students from Alexandria’s high schools (21 won scholarships), as well two middle school students and six adults receiving special awards from the organization.
To kick off the ceremony, ASC President Ryan Fannon had a few things to say about some special adults. First, he inducted Bud Mayo, a lacrosse coach at St. Stephens & St. Agnes School, into the Alexandria Sportsmans’ Hall of Fame.
For Mayo, lacrosse started very unexpectedly when he kicked a ball straight through the window of a fraternity house. Eventually, he founded the first-ever lacrosse team at Lake Braddock and St. Stephens soon after…