Jack Fish is a versatile lacrosse player who is willing to do whatever is asked. And no matter what role he’s assigned, Fish performs at a high level and gets the job done. As a freshman, Fish was told his only chance to make the Severna Park varsity was as a faceoff specialist.
He won a bunch of draws during tryouts and earned a spot. As a sophomore, Fish was moved to offensive midfield and enjoyed a solid season. However, just prior to the playoffs, Severna Park lost its leading goal scorer.
Fish was chosen as the replacement and responded in impressive fashion, scoring 27 of his 35 goals in four playoff games to earn first team All-County honors. “Jack is such a smart lacrosse player and a really good shooter. It was kind of a no-brainer,” said former coach Dave Earl, conceding the coaching staff probably should have used Fish in more of a scoring role all along.
Earl resigned following the 2023 season and was replaced by Bob Zichelli, who’s first order of business was to get to know the players and he immediately hit it off with Fish. “When this coaching staff first came onboard, I reached out to some of the top returning players and was attracted to Jack from day one,” Zichelli said. “We spent a lot of time talking about Severna Park lacrosse and it was so obvious we needed this guy to be a captain.
” Zichelli had several in-depth conversations with Fish about what the new coaching staff wanted to do offensively. He was amazed at how quickly the youngster .