An all-suburban first team high school player in 1976 and 1977 at Norristown High School, Dee Cross was recognized as Norristown's Outstanding Female Athlete her senior year. Cross went on to have an outstanding career at Shippensburg State College, earning team MVP honors in 1979, 1980, and 1981. In her junior year, Cross was named to the U.S. squad.

After college, Cross played club lacrosse for South 1 and Philly 1. In 1988, she captained the . . .