This month's featured hardshell is Scott Hochstadt, a three-time All-American who played for the Terps from 1996-99. Hochstadt has lived in California since 2002, where he helped jumpstart lacrosse clubs and clinics for several years. He is also the co-founder of Legends Brand, a performance wear company based out of Los Angeles.

"It started off with some kids playing in their backyard when I moved out here and I created these systems to grow the game from clinics up to recruiting events. A lot of the guys I have been coaching since I first moved out in 2002 are now back growing their own clubs, growing their own areas where they are living and I am happy just to sit back watching it all happen. So, I think the future of the game is going to continue to grow across the country. I am not really in it anymore, as far as the game of lacrosse but I work on other projects. I have a kid who is two and a half now and I hope he plays one day so he can jump into some of the systems that we created years ago."

What's the sense of pride seeing west coast players turn up at some of the top Division I programs? Including the Bubba Fairman and DeMaio brothers here at Maryland?

"Oh yeah, 100 percent. It is always good to see. Especially, because I am still connected to Bubba Fairman who I've coached in the seventh grade and I stay in touch with them via text. I will see them randomly at different events. But I come back to the games, I make it to a couple games a year and I am always cheering for the west coast kids."

You co-founded an apparel company Legends Brand, which started out as a sock company but now has evolved into all different types of apparel with athlete endorsements. What's the journey with growing Legends been like?

"It has been really fun and exciting. I had been stuck in lacrosse for 13 years or so and after exiting the other businesses I had a non-compete so I could only do socks at the time. After my non-compete was up I kind of broke free. I brought in a lot of the sports entertainment relationships I had from just being in LA and being somewhat of an athlete in the sports world. We launched a new kind of grassroots direct consumer brand, because we are not going traditional retail. But we are working with a lot of our athletes, employers and rappers to bring awareness and sell products online through their channels." 

Back in your playing days you and Matt Hahn were that 1-2 offensive punch, now Jared Bernhardt and Logan Wisnauskas put together a very similar tandem in terms of their numbers and production…does watching those two guys operate together remind you of how you and Matt played? Any similarities you can draw?

"I mean the thing that I am seeing now is that you're able to dive through the crease and for a long time you could not do that. When I played you were able to land in the crease and get a little crazy around the goal. Jared Bernhardt probably is a better athlete than Matt and I were [laughs] but I don't really compare ourselves with them. We also had a third guy that was feeding us most of the time, his name was Andrew Whipple he was the original No. 1...Matt was a great finisher and I did a lot. I think they all play really hard but I think they could be better than us at the end of the day [laughs]." 

What are some of your fondest memories from your playing days? What did you love about being a Terp?

"I just loved the guys. It was a really competitive group of guys on and off of the field. Whether you're playing video games or whatever we were a blue collar type of group. A lot of those guys have gone off to build really good businesses and have really been competitive in their workplace. You know we still stay in touch and it is a big part of what we went through for four or five years together some of us five and a half years. But it was a unbelievable experience my dad went to Maryland, my brother went to Maryland and playing in a couple National Championship games was always one of the best memories ever. Winning an ACC Championship and playing for National Championships."

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