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Submitted by gpohanian on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 07:35

Inducted as a truly great player, Heether was a four-year starter at Loyola University Maryland and a first-team All-American in 1990. She was also selected as the IWLCA’s national goalie of the year that season. Heether was a three-time member of the U.S. Women’s World Cup Team (1993, 1997, 2001), helping Team USA capture the world championship in each of those years. She also served as an alternate to the team in 1989 and 2005. 

Submitted by gpohanian on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 07:29

Inducted as a truly great player, Watson was a four-time All-American at the University of Virginia, earning first team honors in 1996 and 1997, second team honors in 1995, and third team honors in 1994. He was also named the USILA’s attackman of the year in 1996.Watson won the ACC’s Rookie of the Year Award in 1994 and the ACC’s Player of the Year Award as a senior in 1997. He was also a four-time All-ACC selectee. 

Submitted by gpohanian on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 07:27

Inducted as a truly great player, Stumpf enjoyed a standout prep career as a low defensive player at Springfield (Pa.) High School (Delco) before becoming a four-year anchor on defense at the University of Maryland. Stumpf helped the Terrapins to the NCAA semifinals in 1984 and 1985 and ultimately to their first national championship as a team captain in 1986. 

Submitted by gpohanian on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 07:21

Inducted as a truly great coach, Berkman completed his 25th season as the head coach at Salisbury (Md.) University in 2013 and his 26th year overall as a head coach at the time of his induction. Berkman is the all-time winningest coach in NCAA men’s lacrosse history, with a 428-48 career record through the 2013 season. Berkman has won the NCAA Division III national championship 10 times (1994, 1995, 1999, 2003-05, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012) – all at Salisbury – and finished as the national runner-up four other times.

Submitted by gpohanian on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 07:18

Inducted as a truly great player, Carney was a four-year starter as a midfielder at the University of Maryland and a two-time All-American, earning first team honors in 2001 and third team honors in 1999. She helped to lead the Terrapins to four straight NCAA national championships from 1998-2001, and three straight ACC Championships from 1999-2001. 

Submitted by blogue on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 17:21

Rosalia Gioia spent more than 50 years helping to develop the sport in New York. Though her school, Hunter College, had no lacrosse team during her college days, she went on to play for nearly 20 years with the New York Women's Lacrosse Association (NYWLA), participating in the US Lacrosse Women's National Tournament from 1953 to 1975.

She also spent over 50 years officiating high school lacrosse and more than 30 years officiating at the collegiate level. She was president and longtime treasurer of the NYWLA.

Submitted by blogue on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 17:18

Sal LoCascio was one of the most dominant goalies the sport has seen. LoCascio was a four-time All-American at the University of Massachusetts and played for the winning U.S. Team in the 1990, 1994 and 1998 International Lacrosse Federation World Championships.

He was named the outstanding goalie at the 1994 championships and set a record with 32 saves in the gold-medal winning game victory over Canada in 1998.

Submitted by blogue on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 17:16

Dick Edell was one of the most respected college coaches of all-time. At the time of his induction he ranked fifth among varsity college coaches with 282 career victories and his 17 NCAA Division I tournament appearances ranked second all-time.

Edell played lacrosse at Towson and was a head coach at the University of Baltimore (1973-76), Army (1977-1983) and Maryland (1984-2001).

Submitted by blogue on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 17:14

Peter Kohn was one of the most beloved and unique figures in the lacrosse world. He was connected to the sport for 50 years.

A subject of a documentary chronicling his life, Kohn started as a field manager for the Park School in Baltimore in 1954. He was manager of the U.S. teams from 1978 to 1998, for the North-South All-Star game for over 25 years, for club teams in the United States Club Lacrosse Association for over 20 years, for Middlebury College from 1981 to 2003 and numerous other lacrosse events over the years.

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