Our Mission
Valor Lacrosse Club uses the “Medicine Game” to bring together veterans in a supportive community that nurtures connection, camaraderie, and personal growth, empowering warfighters to heal, share experiences, and forge lasting bonds.
What Valor LC is doing
Valor Lacrosse Club is building a community by engaging local veterans through regular pick-up games and meetups that highlight the healing power of the medicine game. Centered around box-style lacrosse, the club offers clinics, tournaments, leagues, and youth programs—while embracing all formats, including field, sixes, coed, adaptive, street, hybrid, and unified play.
All skill levels are welcome. Whether you’ve never picked up a stick before, or you have been playing your entire life, Valor Lacrosse Club has a place for you.
A key initiative is integrating with Shootout for Soldiers to bring an event to Pittsburgh, with a strong focus on youth and school participation. Valor also aims to form or join a local league with a team of veterans and first responders, travel for exhibitions, and connect with veteran players nationwide to grow the game and support the veteran community.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Shootout for Soldiers and Valor Lacrosse Club have multiple sponsorship offerings available. Some examples of available sponsorships are: Logo featured on websites, Team Merchandise and Uniform Sponsorships, Social Media, In-Person Activations, Newsletters and more!
Learn more about sponsorships below!
Valor LC Leadership
Jared Todhunter
Valor LC Co-Director
Jared Todhunter is an Army Veteran serving from 2006 until he was medically retired in 2014. During his service, he spent time with 4th Brigade / 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Polk, Louisiana, where he deployed in support of OIF 07-09 and OEF 10-11 before changing duty stations to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he deployed with the 1st Aviation Combat Team / 1st Infantry Division to Afghanistan in 2013. Jared is now a photographer in the Pittsburgh Area and focuses primarily on sports.
Jay Smith
Advisor
Mohawk, Turtle Clan, General Manager of Six Nations Rivermen (Box Lacrosse), Co-Host, The Creators Game Podcast
Christopher Schell
Valor LC Co-Director
Christopher Schell is a Marine Corps Veteran serving from 2009 until 2020. During his service, he spent time with Combat Logistics Battalion 8 (CLB8) out of Camp Lejeune Jacksonville North Carolina, where he deployed in support of OEF 2011 before changing duty stations to Okinawa Japan with 3rd Battalion 12th Marines. Following up is time at Marine Air Wing MWSS 472 in Wyoming PA, teaching Marine reservists. Christopher is now an Achievement Behavioral Support Staff, working on being a teacher in the Pittsburgh Area.
Larson Sundown
Advisor
Mooncrest Munitionz (IBLA), played at Onondaga CC, RIT, Haudenosaunee Nations, Six Nations Chiefs (Senior A Canadian Box) and Ottawa Black Bears (NLL).
“Make sure the guys understand that lacrosse is a medicine game—that truth should never leave their sight. Lacrosse was given to us by the Creator, first and foremost, for His enjoyment. We play for those who can’t. We play to help others heal, especially when they can no longer step on the field themselves.
In times of sickness, our people would play the game and ask the Creator to heal whatever was causing the illness—as we played for His joy. When approached with the proper mindset, this game can support emotional and mental healing.
We hear many players say that even when they’re dealing with a lot, the moment they pick up a stick, the weight lifts.
We play for those who came before us. We play for those who cannot play right now. And we play for those who have yet to play.”
--Jay Smith
