Garrett Thrift was born and raised in Baltimore, MD.  He played lacrosse year-round as a kid and ultimately attended Franklin High School where he was a three-sport athlete graduating in 2002. At Franklin, Garrett excelled in lacrosse, wrestling, and soccer, securing honors in all three sports; e.g., leading scorer as an attacker for the lacrosse team both his junior and senior years. After opting out of multiple collegiate wrestling opportunities, Garrett chose to attend Salisbury University to pursue a business degree. Garrett and his entire family have been around lacrosse literally his entire life, as his mother, Robin, played at Frostburg State College and then coached Franklin High’s women’s varsity team while he was still an infant and again many years later when he and his sisters were enrolled. Robin was also instrumental in the Skywalkers girls club program, serving as administrative assistant to the infamous Michael McLaughlin; she also head coached multiple Skywalkers teams helping to develop no shortage of successful D1 players, including Garrett’s sister, Kendall, who was a 1^st team All-American D1 player at Vanderbilt University and his other sister Kaitlyn, a national junior collegiate champion at CCBC. All three of Garrett’s younger first cousins attended Calvert Hall High and also played D1 at Loyola and Towson. The eldest, Patrick, secured a National Championship with Loyola over Maryland in 2012.

Garrett, an incredibly active community member, has been highly involved in youth lacrosse on the Eastern Shore, currently serving as the President of Talbot Lacrosse; he has been coaching both girls’ recreation and club teams for the past 6 years. Garrett and his wife Katie, also a former 1^st team All-American D3 midfielder at Salisbury University where they met, have three young daughters, Kemper (12), Brooklyn (10), & Scarlett (8) who naturally share a love for the sport. When Garrett’s not coaching lacrosse, he runs a successful wealth management practice at Merrill Lynch in Easton; and in his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, boating, snowboarding, and playing golf.