Spencer Repp: SHS Lacrosse Star Dies in Arizona

Spencer Repp, just 19 years-old, of the Scarsdale Class of 2012 and a freshman at the University of Arizona, was killed in an accident in Arizona on Friday evening March 30. The accident occurred at about 5:20 pm when his motorcycle crashed and went over a guardrail on Mount Lemmon Highway. According to Tucson News Now Repp was airlifted to a local hospital where they were unable to save him. Pima County Sheriff Deputy Tom Peine said "speed was a factor in the crash."

Repp was a star lacrosse player on the Scarsdale Varsity team. The mom of another player on the team remembered Repp as a gifted player who was "born with a lacrosse stick in his hand." He followed in the footsteps of his father Paul Repp who was All American on the lacrosse team at Penn State. In an interview in the Journal News in April 2012, when Repp was asked why he played lacrosse he answered, "because of my old man....love you dad."

During a scrimmage at the start of the lacrosse season in 2011 when Repp was in his junior year at SHS he tore his ACL. The injury put him on the bench for the entire season. He came back to the team for the spring of his senior year and was a team captain, the lead team scorer, and all section honorable mention.

Scarsdale High School Varsity Coach Tim Weir said Spencer was a "great kid on and off the field. He was very likeable, had lots of friends and enjoyed everything he did." Weir also remembers that Repp "always wanted to go to the University of Arizona." Dan Jureller a teammate and classmate of Spencer's said, "Spencer was a tremendous person and a brilliant lacrosse player. Everyone had a high level of respect for his upbeat and supportive personality on and off the field."

Repp apparently bought the motorcycle with his own money and loved to ride it. In an unconfirmed report, friends said that in Repp's last tweet he said "...nothing a little reckless drive and excessive speeding can't make better."

A private memorial service will be held on Saturday April 6 from 1:30- 3:30pm at Scarsdale Golf Club.