About Us

Shawn Wilkins, Founded Pro-Skills Lacrosse in 2007 with the idea of teaching kids the fundamentals of the game. Through a hybrid model of Box and Field Lacrosse camps hundreds of players moved on to NCAA and Professional levels. After a 7 year hiatus ProSkills Lacrosse is back to bring the same quality of Lacrosse instruction.

Shawn has been the offensive coordinator at RIT and has recruited over 30 All-Americans the also moved on to NLL or PLL lacrosse. RIT recently just completed back to back championships (2020 and 2021) in which 2021 was a record year for goals in a season and throughout the playoffs. Wilkins recently was an assistant coach of the U-21 Team Canada lacrosse team that competed in the 2021 World Games in Limerick, Ireland. Canada eventually fell to the USA in the Gold medal game 12-10. Wilkins is also a member of the 2019 RIT Sports Hall of Fame class, begins his 13th season as an assistant coach for the RIT men's lacrosse program in 2019-20, serving as RIT’s offensive coordinator. Wilkins is also highly involved with recruiting and the day-to-day operations of one of the most successful programs in the nation. He is an integral part of a program that has made 10 straight trips to the NCAA Tournament, including berths in the 2013 and 2017 championship games. In 2013 he was honored by the USILA as the Assistant Coach of the Year. In his first 10 seasons, Wilkins has helped RIT to an impressive 188-23 record and 10 straight conference titles.

Under Wilkins' tutelage, the Tigers offense has become one of the most prolific scoring teams in all of Division III. Last season, the Tigers tallied 365 goals, finishing in the top-15 nationally averaging 16.59 goals per game. The man-up unit was eighth in Division III, converting 47.6 percent of its chances in 2019. In his 10 seasons, Wilkins has led a potent attack that scored 3,371 goals, averaging 15.97 goals per game over that span. RIT has had seven straight 300-goal seasons under Wilkins.
 
Wilkins has mentored seven conference offensive players of the year in Jordan MacIntosh (2010), Tyler Russell (2012), Jack Krzyston (2013), Kyle Aquin (2014), Ryan Lee (2015, 2017), Kyle Killen (2018) and Shawn Nally (2019). Nally, a USILA First Team All-American in 2019, earned the Fran McCall Award as the Division III Midfielder of the Year and the Rochester Press Radio Club Ruch Funke Jr. Award Winner for outstanding Male College Athlete in 2018. Killen (2018) joined Lee (2015 and 2017) as winners of the USILA Lt. J.I. (Jack) Turnbull Award as the Division III’s finest attackman. Lee is the RIT all-time leader in goals (237) and points (373). Killen was the recipient of the 2018 Iroquois Nationals Award recognizing Division III’s best player.

Wilkins was a two-sport (lacrosse and ice hockey) standout himself at RIT, playing midfield for the Tigers from 1998-2001, helping the Tigers to the semifinals in the 1999 NCAA Division III Tournament and a quarterfinals appearance in 2000. Wilkins was an All-Super Six selection in 1998 and 1999 and an All-Empire 8 selection in 2001. Wilkins is one of 21 players in RIT Lacrosse history to score 100 career goals (104), and is 24th all time in scoring with 147 points.

On the ice, Wilkins played both forward and defense, and was a key member of three NCAA Tournament teams, including the 2001 squad that advanced to the National Championship game. Wilkins graduated from the university in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in hospitality and service management with a minor in criminal justice.

After graduation, Wilkins played professionally for the Rochester Rattlers of Major League Lacrosse and the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League winning championships for both in 2007 and 2008 respectively. He also played for the Italian National team in 2006 and was a member of the Canadian Jr. National team in 1996. Wilkins is a native of Burlington, Ontario Canada and currently resides in Penfield, NY.