James joined 3d Lacrosse as a Manager with 3d Georgia working in the greater Atlanta area in June, 2018. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 2018, earning a Bachelor of Science with a major in community entrepreneurship and a double minor in coaching and sports.

James was a close defender on the Catamounts Division I men’s lacrosse team for four seasons, leading the team as a captain during his junior and senior years. He started all but two of 62 games during the course of his career. He set the UVM career record for caused turnovers with 69 and finished sixth all-time in ground balls with 155.

As a senior in 2018, James helped the Catamounts to their best season in program history. The Catamounts finished the spring with the eighth best scoring defense in the nation. Vermont was voted into every major poll every week of the season and was ranked in the top 20 for eight consecutive weeks. James and his classmates finished with 32 wins in their career, the most of any to come through the program.

At the season’s end, James was honored by UVM Athletics as the Jeff Stone Memorial Award winner, recognizing him for exceptional contributions to community service and leadership as a senior. James also represented the men’s lacrosse team through his participation in the school’s student-advisory committee for four years.

Prior to Vermont, James attended The Governor’s Academy in Newbury, Massachusetts, where he was a standout multi-sport athlete. James was a member of the very first 3d New England travel team and, since heading to UVM, has been working with the Boston-based 3d New England staff during the summer.

In August 2020, James became the Director of 3d Georgia.

Before joining 3d Lacrosse full time, Ash worked as a part-time manager with 3d Mid-Atlantic, assisting in all elements of regional operations, from club registrations, organizing practices and tournament travel to program development and building relationships. Kristan Ash was named the Senior Manager of 3d Lacrosse’s Annapolis-based 3d Mid-Atlantic division in the spring of 2017. A longtime coach from the Mid-Atlantic, Ash worked with 3d Lacrosse since 2014 in a variety of roles. Later in the summer of 2017, Ash – who was instrumental in helping 3d Lacrosse take over operations of the United Women’s Lacrosse League – was named the General Manager of the UWLX, the first professional women’s lacrosse league. In 2018, Ash was promoted to the role of National Director of Girls Lacrosse for 3d.

A standout midfielder at Gettysburg College, a four-year starter and eventual team captain, Ash has been involved in coaching and officiating girls lacrosse for many years.

Prior to joining 3d Lacrosse, Ash worked with Lakeshore Lacrosse in the Chicago area as the National Travel Director, building programming and teams that continue to compete on the national stage.

For the past two decades, Ash has been active as a women’s official at the youth, high school and college level, a US Lacrosse youth lacrosse commissioner and coach, a high school coach, and as a lacrosse-specific nutrition coach and recruiting resource.

She earned degrees in biochemical and performance nutrition and she continues to be called on as a speaker and resource on the subjects.

In 2016, “Kash”, as she’s called by her fellow coaches, was named head coach of the Riverside High School girls varsity program in Northern Virginia. In the team’s first season, the Rams finished with a 10-5 record. In 2017, Ash was named Virginia’s 4A Coach of the Year. Kash then led the Rams to capture their first Virginia state title in 2018.

Ash is helping lead the charge both in the Mid-Atlantic (Virginia and Maryland) and nationally as 3d Lacrosse looks to increase opportunities for girls lacrosse players to train, compete and be seen by college coaches. She also plays a key role as the UWLX’s General Manager, a position that will see her help create opportunities for women’s players and coaches nationwide.

Kash lives in Northern Virginia with her husband, Will, also a coach with 3d Lacrosse, and their three children, Sophie, Sydney and Carter – all of whom play lacrosse. Sophie also coaches for 3d Lacrosse.