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Submitted by gpohanian on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 16:59

Karl "Rip" Rippelmeyer, a star offensive player that helped usher in Navy’s dominance in the 1960s, was inducted as a truly great player. Rippelmeyer earned All-American honors three times, including first team recognition in 1960 when he led the Midshipmen to the USILA national championship. He was the South team captain in that year’s North-South game. 

Submitted by gpohanian on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 16:53

Kidder, a member of the first U.S. World Cup team, is being inducted as a truly great player. Kidder played four years at East Stroudsburg University and was named the school’s outstanding senior female athlete in 1969. She made the U.S. team for the first time in 1970 and her decade plus involvement with the program culminated in 1982 with the U.S. winning the first World Cup. Kidder was the head coach at Norristown (Pa.) High School from 1972 to 1981 and also served as an assistant coach for Ursinus College’s 1983 NCAA Division III national championship team.

Submitted by gpohanian on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 16:50

Wood, one of the most prolific attackman of his era, was inducted as a truly great player. A product of St. Mary's High School in Annapolis, Wood became a four-time All-American at Johns Hopkins University, earning first team honors his final three seasons after taking second team honors as a freshman. He helped lead Hopkins to three national championships, winning the title in 1984, 1985 and 1987, and the Blue Jays compiled a 47-6 record during his four seasons.

Submitted by gpohanian on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 16:45

Cummings-Danson, the top goal scorer in women’s lacrosse history at the conclusion of her career, was inducted as a truly great player. Cummings-Danson scored an NCAA record 289 goals during her career at Temple University, including 88 in 1988 when she led Temple to a perfect 19-0 record and the NCAA championship. She was a three-time All-American, earning first team honors in 1987 and 1988, and was the MVP of the North-South All-Star Game following her senior season. 

Submitted by gpohanian on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 13:21

Inducted as a truly great player, Gloria Heath attended Smith College and was a member of the U.S. team in 1941. Soon after receiving her pilot's license, she became a contributor to the national war effort. Upon graduation, Heath served as a pilot in the Women’s Air Force Pilots (WASP) during World War II. She was assigned to fly the B-26 bomber for fighter pilots' aerial gunnery practice. After the war, she became a founding member of the Flight Safety Foundation. Following the war she also returned to the U.S. Team program, making the U.S.

Submitted by gpohanian on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 13:18

Jeff Cook was inducted as a truly great player. As a prep player in Baltimore, he was chosen first-team all-MSA in 1977 and 1978 while leading the "A" Conference in scoring both seasons. Cook played at St. Paul's School in 1977 and at McDonogh School in 1978 and was a two-time high school all-American and two-time winner of the Hero's Award as Baltimore best attackman. 

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