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Submitted by mdasilva on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 10:15

Jill Johnson Redfern was inducted as a truly great player. A four-year standout midfielder at Ursinus College, Redfern earned first team All-America honors in both 1987 and 1988. She helped lead Ursinus to the 1986 NCAA Division III national championship after the Bears finished as national runner-up in 1985. Redfern was selected as the most outstanding player in the 1986 and 1987 NCAA Tournament. She also served as team captain and was team MVP as a senior in 1988.

Submitted by mdasilva on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 10:14

A native of Philadelphia, Lane was inducted as a truly great player. As a collegian, she enjoyed a four-year career at Hollins, where she led the program to its first Virginia State Division II Championship as a senior in 1979. That year’s team also finished as the national runner-up in the USWLA’s Collegiate Championship, with Lane described as the “heart and soul” of the squad. Lane was a four-sport varsity athlete in college, with field hockey, basketball, and fencing also among her sports.

Submitted by mdasilva on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 10:13

Brooks Sweet was inducted as a truly great player. Following an all-star career at Ithaca (N.Y.) High School, Sweet began his collegiate career at SUNY Farmingdale, where he was a junior college All-American in both 1976 & 1977. He helped Farmingdale to the 1977 JUCO national championship. He then moved to the University of Massachusetts, earning honorable mention All-America status in 1978 and first team honors in 1979 when he led the nation with 61 goals scored. He was also team captain and MVP in 1979.

Submitted by mdasilva on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 10:12

Jim McDonald was inducted as a truly great contributor. Born in Maryland in 1927, McDonald received his first lacrosse stick at age 12 from a family friend and began a lifetime association with the game. McDonald played midfield at Towson High School, often traveling to games in a hay truck during World War II. He then continued his playing career at Washington & Lee University, twice earning honorable mention All-America honors, before joining the Mount Washington Lacrosse Club as a post-collegiate player.

Submitted by mdasilva on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 10:11

Robyn Nye Wood was inducted as a truly great player. Following an All-American career at Downingtown (Pa.) High School, Wood became a two-time first team collegiate All-American at Virginia. As co-captain in 1991, she led the Cavaliers to the NCAA national championship and was named the IWLCA’s Defensive Player of the Year. She was also selected to the NCAA’s All-Tournament Team in 1991, and chosen as UVA’s most valuable athlete. Wood was named to the ACC’s 50th Anniversary Team in 2002, and had her jersey (#24) retired at UVA in 2012.

Submitted by mdasilva on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 10:10

Laurette Payette was inducted as a truly great contributor. Recognized as one of the nation’s best officials, she had served as an umpire for 35 years at the time of her induction and was still active. She has worked five NCAA championship games and eight national semifinal games during her 30-year collegiate umpiring career. She has also worked international events, collegiate club championships, conference championships and numerous high school state championships through the years.

Submitted by mdasilva on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 10:07

Inducted as a truly great coach, Don Zimmerman’s collegiate coaching career spanned across five decades, 1978-2016, and included four stops as an assistant coach and two as a head coach. He won three NCAA national championships (1984, 1985, 1987) in seven seasons as the head coach at Johns Hopkins, amassing a 73-15 record. Zimmerman then recorded 164 wins as the head coach at UMBC from 1994-2016. He also served as an assistant coach for the gold medal winning Team USA in 1986.

Submitted by mdasilva on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 10:06

Inducted as a truly great player, Casey Powell was a four-time collegiate All-American at Syracuse, earning first team honors in 1996, 1997 and 1998 and second team honors in 1995. Additionally, he won the Raymond Enners Award as the national player of the year in 1997 and 1998, as well as the national midfielder of the year in 1996 and the national attackman of the year in 1998. He was named to the NCAA’s All-Tournament team four times, including 1995 when Syracuse won the national championship.

Submitted by mdasilva on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 10:05

Inducted as a truly great player, Doug Knight enjoyed an All-American career at the University of Virginia, earning first team honors on attack in 1996 and 1997 and second team accolades in 1995. He was also selected as the recipient of the Raymond Enners Award as the national player of the year in 1996. Knight earned All-ACC honors three times (1995, 1996, 1997) and was named the ACC Tournament’s MVP in 1997 after leading Virginia to the title. He was also UVA’s team MVP in 1997.

Submitted by mdasilva on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 10:04

Following an all-star career at Brother Rice (Mich.) High School, Morrow became a three-time All-American defenseman at Princeton University. He earned first team honors in 1992 and 1993, and third team status in 1991. Morrow was a two-time winner of the William Schmeisser Award as the national defenseman of the year (1992, 1993), and captured the Raymond Enners Award as the national player of the year in 1993. He was a three-time All-Ivy League selectee (1991, 1992, 1993) and helped lead Princeton to its first NCAA championship in 1992.

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