Susquehanna University lands a Boys' Latin lacrosse standout

Ridge Gerken is set to play for Coach Stewart Moan and the River Hawks

Al Franyo | Oct 30, 2024

Boys' Latin's midfielder Ridge Gerken has committed to play his college lacrosse for Susquehanna University in Central Pennsylvania. / The Gerken Framily

For the third consecutive recruiting announcement, we head to so-called “Lakerland."

This time, the focus is on a 2025 Boys’ Latin midfielder who is the latest of several MIAA Lacrosse players to decide to head to Central Pennsylvania for his next scholastic lacrosse stop. Ridge Gerken will remain “maroon-clad” in college, as he has committed to the Susquehanna University River Hawks and Coach Stewart Moan.

Many congrats to Ridge and his family! His future program has had a solid run under Coach Moan, who started his tenure in Selinsgrove, PA, in 2008. Susquehanna has had several winning seasons, multiple appearances in the Landmark Conference Tournament, and two showings in the NCAA Tournament.

In 2024, Moan and the River Hawks finished with fourteen victories, which set a program record for wins in a season. Considering that impressive finish and the recruiting Moan has been doing, the future looks bright for Susquehanna Lacrosse.

One other note is that, as we've mentioned previously, Moan has had quite a career of being a pure program-builder. His previous head coaching stops were at, in order from earliest to latest, Haverford, Lynchburg, Marymount, and Oneonta State. And, just like at Susquehanna, each of those programs improved during his time at them.”

Published Oct 30, 2024

AL FRANYO

Al Franyo has been a die-hard fan and follower of lacrosse, especially at the high school and college levels, since the late-80s. He absolutely loves watching games, as well as talking and writing about the sport. On Facebook, he founded the College Lacrosse Discussion Page, which has well over 15,000 members, and helped found and runs the MIAA Lacrosse Discussion Page, which has nearly 5,000 members. The MIAA A Conference is one of the strongest, most competitive and exciting high school conferences in America. Three of his favorite topics include recruiting news about players making college commitments, programs taking the next steps under their respective head coaches, and programs that are so-called "sleepers" when it comes to being very good to great. Even with lacrosse growing at such a rapid pace, Franyo loves how it is still such a small, tight, and fun world. And, in many ways, it is its own culture. He began writing about his favorite sport for High School On SI in 2024. Twitter: @alfranyo