MENLO SCHOOL Since 1915
About the Team
Menlo School advanced to the Central Coast Section (CCS) Div. I semifinals in 2025. The Knights’ playoff journey included a decisive 23-7 victory in the opener, though they ultimately fell to St. Ignatius in the semifinals. Early season, Menlo played two Southern California powers during a San Diego trip, and the Knights closed West Bay Athletic League play with a win.
In 2023, Menlo lacrosse advanced to the quarterfinals and defeated Woodside in its first section appearance in the two-year history of CCS playoff lacrosse.
A founding member of the Peninsula Athletic League and its most successful, Menlo continues to be a dominant force since it moved to the West Bay Athletic League in 2009.
The Coach
Blake Kim (First Season)
Kim, who was Menlo’s boys’ lacrosse coach for eight seasons, holds more than 30 years of lacrosse experience - as a player and coach.
Officially, this is Kim’s second stint leading the girls. Kim served as girls’ and boys’ lacrosse coach during the 2021 season.
Before coming to Menlo, Kim served as head coach for two seasons at Sacred Heart Prep, and directed the Gators to a 29-9 record in 2011 and 2012. He was named the 2011 U.S. Lacrosse High School Coach of the Year for Northern California. He coached with Firehawks Lacrosse in various capacities - as a head coach or assistant coach - since 2010. He then left to focus on his full-time job at a lacrosse manufacturing company in Santa Cruz County.
His international experience spans from his playing days to the present. He was a member of the Korean National Lacrosse team at the World Championships in 2002, and has a coached at numerous camps and clinics worldwide. Kim was inducted into the University at Albany (New York) Athletic Hall of Fame where he was a captain as a senior. Kim holds his bachelors in Biological Sciences from University of Albany and his masters in Medical and Science Illustration from Johns Hopkins.
