Maryland-Bound Madison Fiore is Las Vegas' First DI Recruit

Faith Lutheran senior attackman Madison Fiore has made a meteoric rise in the lacrosse world.

In just five years, he’s gone from beginner to big-time recruit – the first in Nevada to sign with an NCAA Division I program.

Fiore didn’t pick up the sport until seventh grade, when two of his best friends and hockey teammates – Mike and Chris Fildes – encouraged him to try it. The Fildes brothers had learned the game the previous summer at camp. Fiore said he’d heard of the sport but couldn’t remember its name. He first referred to a lacrosse stick as “a racket.”

But he quickly learned the game and, just five years later, Fiore is arguably the best player in the state. He will play for national power Maryland next year.