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 Chris Sailer Elected: 2008  Princeton University
Chris Sailer has been one of the nation’s top coaches since taking over the Princeton University program in 1986. At the time of her induction, Sailer has led Princeton to 17 NCAA tournament appearances, nine Ivy League titles, 11 NCAA Final Fours and national championships in 1994, 2002 and 2003. Her 282 career victories through the end of the 2008 season rank second among active coaches. She is also a three-time winner of the IWLCA . . .
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 Robert E. Sandell Elected: 1984  Johns Hopkins University
Bob Sandell's stellar lacrosse career began at Baltimore's St. Paul's School, where he was an outstanding midfielder from 1943 - 1945. During those three years, St. Paul's streaked to an unblemished 44-0 record and won three consecutive MSA championships. In Sandell's senior year at St. Paul's, the Crusaders average margin of victory over MSA opponents was an incredible 16.9 goals. As a key in the Crusader's awesome attack, Sandell earned All-Maryland honors in 1944 and . . .
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 William C. Schmeisser Elected: 1957  Johns Hopkins University

William C. Schmeisser, "Father Bill" to Hopkins lacrossemen, was born in Baltimore on August 4, 1880. He graduated from Baltimore City College in 1899 and received his B.A. Degree from the Johns Hopkins University in 1902. While a student at Johns Hopkins in 1900, 1901 and 1902, Schmeisser played on the lacrosse team, and in 1902 captained the national collegiate championship team. He played one more year of lacrosse in 1905, when he returned to . . .

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 Austin F. Schmidt Elected: 1982  Johns Hopkins University
Austin attended St Pauls School, where he played three years of Varsity lacrosse and helped the team to win the 1957 M.S.A. Championship. He was chosen for the First Team All-Maryland All-Stars in 1957 and 1958.

After graduating from high school, Austin moved on to Johns Hopkins, where he played three years of collegiate varsity lacrosse from 1960 to 1962. He was chosen First Team All-American in 1961 and 1962, and a Third Team All-American in . . .

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 Brendan M. Schneck Elected: 1997  Johns Hopkins University
Schneck was an attackman and midfielder who started his lacrosse career at Syosset High School. He earned First Team All-American honors at the US Naval Academy in 1978, and First Team All-American Honors at Johns Hopkins University in 1980 and 1981. He played on the US Team in 1982 and 1986, and was selected to the All-World team in 1982. He received the Enners Player of the Year award in 1980 and the McLaughlin Midfielder . . .
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 Jerry Schnydman Elected: 2003  Johns Hopkins University

Jerry Schnydman was a dominant face-off specialist and midfielder at Johns Hopkins. He was named an All-American three times, earning first-team honors in 1966 and 1967, and he helped the Blue Jays to the 1967 national championship. Schnydman was an assistant coach at Johns Hopkins from 1968 to 1978 and served as commissioner of the Baltimore inner city lacrosse leagues.

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 Susanne M. Schooley Elected: 1998  Glassboro College

Susanne M. Schooley began her lacrosse career at Glassboro (Rowan) College as a cover point from 1964-68. She played club lacrosse from 1968-78 for North Jersey, West Jersey and Central District, and participated in national tournament play from 1965-78.

Schooley has been the head coach at Cherry Hill High School East since 1971, and was the national squad coach for the USWLA from 1980-1987. She was a national level umpire from 1962-82.

Schooley has held offices in . . .

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 Douglas M. Schreiber Elected: 1993  University of Maryland
Doug is being inducted to the Hall of Fame as "a truly great player." While at Nassau Community College in 1970 and 1971, he was a two-time First Team Junior College All-American and named Nassau's Most Valuable Player twice. He continued playing lacrosse at the University of Maryland, where he was a two-time First Team All-American in 1972 and 1973. He was the team captain of Maryland's 1973 national championship team and ACC championship team. . . .
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 Gretchen Schuyler Elected: 1994  Boston University
Gretchen Schuyler was not only one of the first players of her era, but also one of the most versatile players of all time. She played midfield for the United States Team from 1935 to 1939. She also played first home (crease attack) for the 1946 US Team and goalie for the 1948 US Team. She was the first woman inducted to the Boston University Hall of Fame. Schuyler received the U.S. . . .
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 Herbert T. Scott Elected: 1960  Crescent Athletic Club
Herb was educated through the school in Toronto and then on to Jarvis Collegiate Institute, Toronto, attending there from 1908 until 1912. Herb played for Riverdale and St. Simon's Lacrosse Club of Toronto. These teams won provincial and Eastern Canada honors in various years from 1912 to 1922. Most of Herb's playing was done in the goals these days. In 1922, Herb joined the Crescent Athletic Club in Brooklyn where he was an outstanding player . . .
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 Robert H. Scott Elected: 1976  Johns Hopkins University
If Father Bill Schmeisser is considered to be one of the modern patriarchs of Hopkins lacrosse, then Bob Scott is his number one son. Known to his legion of friends and fans simply as "Scotty," he is the author of the recently published book, Lacrosse: Technique and Tradition, the fastest-selling book on lacrosse in history.

After graduating from Forest Park High School, Scotty went to Johns Hopkins where he lettered on the 1950 National Championship . . .

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 William Scroggs Elected: 2003  Johns Hopkins University

William Scroggs was one of the game's most successful coaches. After playing for three national championship teams at Johns Hopkins, Scroggs began his coaching career with the Blue Jays. He was an assistant for two more title teams at Hopkins and in 1979, became the head coach at North Carolina. Scroggs compiled a record of 120-37 in his 12 seasons, winning NCAA titles in 1981, 1982 and 1986.

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 Thomas Sears Elected: 2007  North Carolina
Sears, a dominant goalie for two national championship teams, is being inducted as a truly great player. Sears was a three-time All-American at North Carolina, earning the C. Markland Kelly Award in 1981 and 1982 as the nation’s outstanding goalie. He led Carolina to national championships both of those years.

Sears was named the ACC's Player of the Year in 1982 and also earned the Enners Award as the USILA's Player of the Year that . . .
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 Joseph Seivold Elected: 1979  Washington College
Joseph Seivold, Jr. began his illustrious career in lacrosse at Friends School in Baltimore, Maryland, where he was selected All-Maryland in 1953 and 1954. During his senior year at Friends, he was part of the 1954 Maryland Scholastic Association Championship Team.

At Washington College, Seivold attained All-American Honors on four different occasions and broke several school scoring records including a record-breaking ten goal game in 1958. Over a four year span, he scored 167 goals . . .

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 Mary Fetter Semanik Elected: 1996  Philadelphia WLA
Mary played coverpoint at Swarthmore High School from 1944-1946, and was captain of the undefeated 1946 team. After attending Temple University where there was no lacrosse team, she began playing lacrosse for the Philadelphia Women's Lacrosse Association. She played for the Philadelphia WLA from 1951-1961 during that time. She was a member of the US Squad traveling to Great Britain and Ireland as a player of 1957 US Touring Team. She was selected to play . . .
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 Tom Sheckells Elected: 2003  United States Military Academy

Tom Sheckells had a distinguished career as a player and official. He was a three-time All-American at Army, earning first-team honors in 1964 and 1965. For 30 years he served as commissioner of the Capital Area Lacrosse Officials Association, and through his work as president of the Potomac Chapter of US Lacrosse, he helped develope the sport in the Washington area. He passed away in 2002.

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 Betty Shellenberger Elected: 1994  Agnes Irwin

Betty Shellenberger was an outstanding attack player, having been chosen for the U.S. Team 11 times and the Reserve team five times from 1940-61. She served as President of the United States Women's Lacrosse Association from 1967-68. She was the honorary secretary of the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations from 1983-86. In 1941 she began an umpiring career that lasted 49 years until 1990. She started the lacrosse programs at the Stevens School and . . .

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 William P. Shoop Elected: 1984  Rennselaer
Bill Shoop's lacrosse career began in 1949 as a defenseman for New York's Sunbury High School. He matriculated to RPI where he was co-captain of the undefeated 1950 freshman team. Shoop won Third Team All-American Honors in 1952. That same year, under coach Ned Harkness, RPI was undefeated and shared the national title with Virginia. As a senior in 1953, Shoop co-captained RPI and earned First Team All-American Honors. He represented RPI in the 1953 . . .
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 John W. Simmons Elected: 1985  University of Maryland
John attended Annapolis High School, where he played four years of varsity lacrosse. He then moved on to the University of Maryland, where he was able to play on four more varsity teams, two of which were National Collegiate Champions (1955 and 1956). In these same years, John was First Team All-American twice. In 1956, he was a member of the victorious South All-Star Team. John has also won the Powell Award for Service and . . .
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 Roy D. Simmons Elected: 1991  Syracuse University
Roy D. Simmons, Jr. began his lacrosse career at Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire where he played three years of varsity lacrosse. At Syracuse University, Simmons earned Honorable Mention All-American honors in 1957 and 1958. An attackman for the Orangemen, Simmons was the second leading scorer at Syracuse in 1957, behind fellow Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee Jim Brown. In 1958, Simmons was chosen to be team captain, and represented Syracuse in the Nort/South . . .
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 Roy D. Simmons Elected: 1964  Syracuse University
Born September 27, 1901 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Roy attended Hydes Park High School, Chicago and Syracuse University, graduating in June 1925. In high school, Roy played football, basketball, baseball and was on the track team. At Syracuse University, he played varsity football, organized the boxing team, and played varsity lacrosse. He was captain of the freshman football team in 1921, the varsity football team in 1924 and won the "Most Valuble Football Player Award" in . . .
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 Rosabelle Sinclair Elected: 1992  St. Leonard's School
For the first time in its 36 year history, the Lacrosse Hall of Fame inducted a woman. Miss Sinclair taught at Bryn Mawr from 1925 to 1951. Shortly before her death in 1978, she had the pleasure of knowing that an athletic field at the school had been named in her honor. A graduate of St. Leonard's School in Scotland, where woman's lacrosse originated, Miss Sinclair introduced the sport at Bryn Mawr in 1926. Although . . .
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 Everett W. Smith Elected: 1973  St. John's College
Everett attended grade school in Annapolis and entered Severn School, Severna Park, Maryland in 1930, graduating in 1933. At Severn, he was awarded four Varsity Letters in lacrosse and captained the 1933 team. He made the Second Team All-Maryland prep in 1932, and First Team in 1933. He played three years of Varsity Football, and captained the 1932 team, as well as making News-American's 1932 Second Team. . . .
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 Fred B. Smith Elected: 1978  Johns Hopkins University
Fred B. Smith started-his lacrosse career at McDonogh School in Baltimore, Maryland, where he played lacrosse from 1942-1945. After his selection as a First Team All-Maryland midfielder in high school, Smith entered Johns Hopkins University in 1947.

During his four years at Hopkins, Smith was a Second Team All-American selection in 1947, 1948, and 1949 and an Honorable Mention selection in 1950. He was a participant in two North-South All-Star Games in 1948 and 1949. . . .

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 Janet A. Smith Elected: 1997  Ursinus College
Smith is being inducted as an outstanding player who was also an outstanding coach or official who has contributed noteworthy service to the game of lacrosse over the years." Smith played four years varsity at Ursinus College, was a member of the US Women's National Team from 1970 - 1974, the US Reserve Team in 1968 and 1969, and a member of three touring teams in 1969, 1970 and 1975. She played for the . . .
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 Nathalie Smith Elected: 1997  Bouve College
Smith is being inducted as outstanding player who was an outstanding coach or off who has contributed noteworthy service to the game of lacrosse over the years." She attended Bouve College, Boston School of Tufts University and was named to the US Women's National First Team and Reserve Teams from 1960 - 1969. She was a member of touring teams, in 1964 and 1969. She is considered the backbone of Long Island Lacrosse and . . .
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 Neville K. Smith Elected: 1990  Connecticut Valley Lacrosse Club

Neville Smith began his long association with lacrosse through Canadian Box Lacrosse, played during the 1930s throughout Western New York, Ontario, and on all reserves of the Iroquois Confederacy. He played six-man box lacrosse in those early years.

In 1949, Smith moved to Connecticut, leaving box lacrosse behind and joining the forces to develop field lacrosse in the Northeast. In 1956, he co-founded the Connecticut Valley Lacrosse Club and had been president of the Connecticut Valley . . .

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 Winthrop A. Smith Elected: 1968  Yale University
Winthrop "Pinky" Smith was a star center on the Yale Lacrosse Team for three years and was selected on the All-American Team in 1930 and 1931. In 1930, he played on the All-Star Team that represented the United States in the Canadian Lally Cup Series. He played on the Yale freshman team, which was "Big Three Champion" in 1928, and on the varsity teams, which were "Big Three Champions: in 1929 and 1931. . . .
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 Edward Doyle Smith Elected: 2000  Johns Hopkins University/Virginia

E. Doyle Smith, the longtime director of the Virginia University athletic media relations office, was inducted to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as an individual who has demonstrated long, dedicated and exceptional services to the game. He was the team manager and statistician at Johns Hopkins as an undergraduate and graduate student before moving on to Virginia, where he worked for 31 years. He served 22 years as the Sports Information Director for the . . .

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 Joseph S. Sollers Elected: 1987  Johns Hopkins University
Joesph S. Sollers, Jr., a four time All-Maryland goalie at Boys Latin from 1943 - 1947, enlisted in the Navy as a junior in high school and served 18 months before returning to graduate from Boys Latin in 1947. In 1945, Sollers was honored as the first recipient of the C. Markland Kelly High School Award for the outstanding high school player.

Sollers was a three time All-American at Johns Hopkins from 1949 - 1951, playing . . .

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 Vincent J. Sombrotto Elected: 1997  Hofstra University
Sombrotto attended Chaminade High School and Hofstra University, where he was a Second Team All-American midfielder in 1980. He has played on an unprecedented four US Teams, in 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994. He was named to the All-World Team in 1982. Since 1981, he has played for the Long Island - Hofstra Lacrosse Club, and has been selected to the USCLA All-Club team 12 times. He was twice selected USCLA Player of the . . .
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 Norwood Sothoron Elected: 1972  University of Maryland
Norwood Sothoron was born in Charlotte Hall, Maryland on September 9, 1911. After finishing high school at Charlotte Hall Military Academy, he matriculated at the University of Maryland, where he was graduated in 1934. While at the University of Maryland, Norwood won letters in four sports - football, baseball, basketball and lacrosse. He was selected to the First Team All-American in lacrosse in 1933 and 1934, and was selected to the All-Southern Conference Football . . .
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 Arthur F. Spring Elected: 1971  United States Naval Academy
When Arthur F. Spring was sixteen, he represented Laconia, New Hampshire, in the State Oratorical High School Championship and was awarded first prize, which consisted of a gold medal and his choice of an appointment to the Naval Academy or the Military Academy. Having never previously heard of either institution, he selected the Naval Academy based on an encyclopedia's description of it's summer cruises to Europe. In preparation for Anapolis, he enrolled at the . . .
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 Sue Day Stahl Elected: 1999  Ursinus College

Sue Stahl played home/center for Upper Darby Senior High School from 1959-62, captaining the team and earning Female Athlete of the Year honors in 1962. She continued her playing career at Ursinus College, again captaining the team her senior year and receiving Athlete of the Year honors in 1966. Stahl played club lacrosse in Philadelphia from 1962-67 and was selected to the U.S. teams in 1965-67.

Stahl began her coaching career at Penn Wood High School . . .

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 Dom Starsia Elected: 2008  Brown University
One of the most successful coaches in the sport’s history, Starsia is one of just three men’s coaches to have won at least 100 games at two schools. He coached at Brown from 1982 to 1992, compiling a record of 101-46, leading his alma mater to two Ivy League titles and five NCAA tournament berths while being named the USILA Morris Touchstone Coach of the Year in 1985 and 1991.

In 1993, he took over . . .
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 Victor Starzenski Elected: 1959  Stevens Institute of Technology
Born July 20, 1886 in Clayton, Kansas. Educated at Hoboken Academy, Hoboken, New Jersey, and then on to Stevens Institute of Technology where he was graduated in 1907 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

While at Stevens, Vic played on their fine teams from 1903 to 1907, receiving letters and doing an outstanding job, especially considering his size at that time, when he weighed but 123 lbs and was 6'3" tall.

Since graduating from Stevens, Vic . . .

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 Ruth Stevenson Elected: 2004  Temple University

Ruth "Stevie" Stevenson was an early pioneer that helped developed women's lacrosse, particularly in the Philadelphia area. A Temple graduate, she was named to the United States Women's Lacrosse Association First Team in 1940 and made the Reserve Team several other years. From1942 to 1971 she taught and coached at Lower Merion High School and she also officiated for over 25 years. She was president of the USWLA from 1950-51 and also served as treasurer. . . .

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 Jason G. Stranahan Elected: 1963  Union College
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Jason Stranahan was born October 31, 1906, in Oneonta, N.Y., and he was educated at Cherry Valley High School in 1923-26, then on to Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., graduating with a B.A. degree in 1930. He received his master's degree from New York University in 1937. Stranahan was a fine all-around athlete both in school and college winning letters in football, basketball and baseball in high school, and football, track and lacrosse at Union. . . .

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 Thomas S. Strobhar Elected: 1969  Johns Hopkins University
Tom graduated from Williston High School in 1901. He attended Johns Hopkins University, graduating with an B.A. degree in 1904. Since his graduation, he has been continually connected with the insurance business and now is head of his own insurance agency in Philadelphia by the name of Wagner Taylor Company.

Tom played on the Johns Hopkins lacrosse team of 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905. The latter were Intercollegiate Champions. He was a member of the championship . . .

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 Edward M. Stuart Elected: 1961  Johns Hopkins University
Born April 16, 1896 in Baltimore, Maryland. Educated at the Baltimore City College from 1909 until 1913. Entered Johns Hopkins University in 1913, graduating with a BS degree in Engineering in 1917.

Played lacrosse during his entire time at City College and during his four years at Hopkins. After graduating from Hopkins, he played lacrosse at the Mt. Washington Club from 1919 through 1925. When he moved to the New York area, he . . .

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 Fritz R. Stude Elected: 1970  Johns Hopkins University
Born August 6, 1910, in Baltimore, Maryland, Fritz Stude lived for a while in Ontario, Canada. Moving back to Catonsville, Maryland, he entered Catonsville High School in 1926 and graduated in 1929. The school did not have lacrosse, but he won letters in soccer (3 years), basketball (2 years), tennis (2 years) and track (2 years). He was captain of the 1929 Basketball State Championship Team and was center forward on the State Championship Soccer . . .
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 Conrad Sutherland Elected: 1961  Princeton University
Conrad, or "Suds", did not play lacrosse until his college days at Rutgers, where he played on the 1921 team. Then moving on to Priceton, he played on the Princeton Varsity squad for the 1922, 1923 and 1924 seasons. The 1924 team was the big three champion. After graduating from Princeton University, Suds played on the Cresent Athletic Club team from 1925 to 1932, during which years the Crescent Club won several open championships. Officiating . . .
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 Philip W. Swindell Elected: 1984  Johns Hopkins University
Philip W. "Pete" Swindell was born in Baltimore on November 27, 1914. His illustrious lacrosse career got its start at Baltimore's own Gilman School, where he earned All-Maryland honors in 1933 as a senior defenseman for the Greyhounds.

Swindell continued his education and lacrosse career at Johns Hopkins University the following year. As a defenseman for Hopkins from 1934 - 1937, Swindell achieved some outstanding accomplishments.

He was a First Team All-American for three consecutive . . .

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