PHOTO BY ADY KERRY Korea's Jy Hyun Song in action against Italy during the 2017 women's world championship in Guildford, England. World Lacrosse now boasts 68 member nations and hosts world championships in five categories. LaxCon 2021: World Lacrosse and the Olympic Movement Tue Mar 2 2021 | Brian Logue | Fuel During this year’s US Lacrosse Convention, World Lacrosse CEO Jim Scherr provided an update on the organization and went in-depth on the path to the Olympics. Scherr is perhaps uniquely qualified to provide this analysis, given his diversified background in the Olympic network. A wrestler who represented the United States in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Scherr went on to serve as the executive director of USA Wrestling and the CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee.