2000 National Lacrosse
Hall of Fame Induction Class

The Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the selection of the 43rd class to the Hall of Fame, a group of 10 individuals who have contributed to the sport as players, coaches, officials and administrators.

The 10 new inductees are: Michael A. Buzzell, Navy 1980; Ann O. Coakley, Boston Women’s Lacrosse; Kevin A. Cook, Cornell 1984; Susan Delaney-Scheetz, West Chester 1969; Betsy Williams Dougherty, Penn State 1984; Janice Rensimer Kuklick, West Chester State; John Wesley Patterson, Springfield 1951; Lawrence J. Quinn, Johns Hopkins 1985; Linda Swarts Roth, West Chester; E. Doyle Smith, Johns Hopkins 1966 and Virginia.

The group includes the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame’s youngest male (Quinn) and female (Dougherty) members. It also features three West Chester graduates (Delaney-Scheetz, Kuklick and Roth) and an inductee (Delaney-Scheetz) who coached one of the other inductees (Dougherty) at Penn State.

This class brings the total number of men and women inducted in the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame to 273. Each inductee was selected from a pool of more than 200 nominees.

Candidates are nominated through a questionnaire, filled out either by the nominee or someone on his or her behalf. The qualifications of the men’s and women’s nominating committees’ top 30 choices are put to a national popular ballot and voted upon by a random selection of current hall of fame members, coaches, officials, reporters and board members. The votes are compiled by the nominating committees and are used as a guide in the selection of the top 10 candidates. The committees present a final slate of nominees to the US Lacrosse Board of Directors for approval at their meeting in June.

The 2000 class will be honored Oct. 27 at a formal induction ceremony and dinner at The Grand Lodge in Hunt Valley, Md. Tickets for the induction ceremony can be purchased by contacting US Lacrosse at 410.235.6882 ext. 103.

More about each inductee:

Michael A. Buzzell, an attackman who graduated from Navy in 1980, is being inducted to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a truly great player. Buzzell, a high school All-American at West Genesee HS in Camillus, N.Y., was a three-time All-American at Navy, earning first-team honors in 1979 and ’80. He captained the South team in the 1980 North/South All-Star game and was the 1980 Turnbull Award winner as the nation’s top attackman. He was also a two-time Hero’s Award winner. He is a member of the Naval Academy’s Athletic Hall of Fame and was an alternate on the 1982 U.S. National Team. A successful club player for 16 years after college, he was a fighter pilot in the Navy and is a 1987 graduate of Top Gun. He currently resides in Orange Park, Fla.

Ann O. Coakley, an attack wing on the 1951 U.S. Women’s Lacrosse Association (USWLA) Touring Team and the coach of the 1970 Touring Team, is being inducted to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as an outstanding player, who was also an outstanding coach or official, who has contributed noteworthy service to the game. Coakley was on the USWLA first team in 1950 and on the reserve team in ’49 and ’52. In 1960 she started the lacrosse program at Bridgewater (Mass.) State College and coached that team from 1965-78. She also served as president of the Boston Women’s Lacrosse Association and was active on numerous USWLA committees. Coakley also umpired at the high school, college and national level for 15 years and is a member of four other hall of fames: the US Lacrosse New England Chapter, Boston University, Bridgewater State College and New Agenda, Northeast. Coakley currently resides in Bridgewater, Mass.

Kevin A. Cook, an attackman who graduated from Cornell in 1984, is being inducted to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a truly great player. Cook earned All-America honors at the high school, junior college and university levels, and went on win world championships with the 1990 and ’94 U.S. National Teams. He went from Division Avenue HS in Levittown, N.Y., to Nassau Community College, where he was a first-team All-American and the junior college player of the year, leading Nassau to the 1982 NJCAA championship. He was an All-American in each of his two years at Cornell, and played in the 1984 North/South All-Star Game. He played 11 years in the U.S. Club Lacrosse Association, earning All-Club honors five times and capturing two USCLA championships. He also won a Major Indoor Lacrosse League championship during his three-year MILL career. Cook currently resides in Manhasset, N.Y.

Susan Delaney-Scheetz, a defense wing who graduated from West Chester in 1969, is being inducted to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as an outstanding player, who was also an outstanding coach or official, who has contributed noteworthy service to the game. She was a U.S. National Teams coach from 1982-89, including the 1986 World Cup. In four years as head coach at Penn State (1986-89) she compiled a 67-9 record, including two NCAA championships (1987 and ’89) and two national coach of the year awards (1987 and ’89). Her coaching career also included stops as an assistant coach at Penn State (1983-85), coach of the Philadelphia I Club (1985), Penncrest Senior HS (Media, Pa.; 1976-82) and Lane Junior HS (1970-75). She has served on numerous committees, including as chair of the NCAA Lacrosse Committee, and was a 1998 inductee to the US Lacrosse Pennsylvania Chapter Hall of Fame. Delaney-Scheetz currently resides in State College, Pa.

Betsy Williams Dougherty, an attack wing who graduated from Penn State in 1984, is being inducted to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as an outstanding player, who was also an outstanding coach or official, who has contributed noteworthy service to the game. The youngest women’s Hall of Famer, she was an active member of the U.S. National Team from 1984-93, participating on four U.S. Touring Teams and three World Cup teams. She captained the 1993 World Cup team which won the world championship and served three years as the U.S. Squad Representative to the USWLA. Her coaching career includes stints with St. Catherine’s School (Richmond, Va.; 1985-88), Princeton University (1989-90) and Springfield HS (Springfield, Pa.; 1991-96). She served 10 years on the Pennsylvania Schoolgirls Lacrosse Committee and earlier this year was inducted to the US Lacrosse Pennsylvania Chapter Hall of Fame. Dougherty currently resides in New Hope, Pa.

Janice Rensimer Kuklick, a defense wing who played at West Chester State (Pa.), is being inducted to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as an outstanding player, who was also an outstanding coach or official, who has contributed noteworthy service to the game. Kuklick played on undefeated teams for four years at Plymouth-Whitemarsh HS (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.) and for four years at West Chester State. In 1979 she became the first winner of the USWLA Beth Allen Award as the top player at the National Tournament. She was a member of the U.S. National Team from 1975-80 and was on the U.S. Reserve Team from 1971-74 and in ’81. She coached Chestnut Hill College for 23 years, including 13 conference championships and three coach of the year awards. In 1999 she was inducted to the US Lacrosse Pennsylvania Chapter Hall of Fame. Kuklick currently resides in Philadelphia, Pa.

John Wesley Patterson, who played both defense and attack and graduated from Springfield in 1951, is being inducted to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as an outstanding player, who was also an outstanding coach or official, who has contributed noteworthy service to the game. A two-time All-New England player in college, he played Native American box lacrosse for 33 years. He also spent over 20 years coaching at Kenwood HS (Md.), Niagara University, the Buffalo Lacrosse Club and the Iroquois All-Stars. An official for 19 years, he was the referee-in-chief of the Niagara Frontier Lacrosse Officials Assocation from 1977-79 and the founder of the Western New York Officials Association. He was the first executive director of the Iroquois Nationals, serving in that post from 1983-88, and started lacrosse programs for boys and girls at the junior high, high school and college levels. In 1969 he started Tuskewe Krafts, producing Native American and women’s lacrosse sticks. He conducted countless clinics and camps and earned numerous service awards, including the Mark Kreiger service and contribution award. He was a 1993 inductee in the US Lacrosse Greater Rochester Chapter Hall of Fame. Patterson learned of his induction to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame last week, but passed away on June 26, 2000, after a battle with leukemia.

Lawrence J. Quinn, a goaltender who graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1985, is being inducted to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a truly great player. A high school All-American at Levittown (N.Y.) Memorial HS, he twice won the Enners Award as the nation’s top player while leading Hopkins to national championships in 1984 and ’85. Both years he was the NCAA Tournament MVP, first-team All-America and the Kelly Award winner as the top goaltender in the nation. He was the South captain in the 1985 North/South All-Star Game. Quinn won world championships on the 1986, ’90 and ’94 U.S. National Teams, earning All-World honors in 1986. He played 11 years in the USCLA, leading his team to three titles and earning MVP honors twice. His two-year MILL career included the championship in 1988, in which he was named the title game’s MVP. A member of the NCAA Silver Anniversary Team and the All-Time Johns Hopkins Team, he was inducted to the JHU Athletic Hall of Fame and the US Lacrosse Long Island Chapter Hall of Fame in 1999. Quinn, the youngest men’s member of the Hall of Fame, currently resides in Parkton, Md.

Linda Swarts Roth, a goaltender who played at West Chester, is being inducted to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as an outstanding player, who was also an outstanding coach or official, who has contributed noteworthy service to the game. She was a member of the U.S. National Team from 1968-72, and played on Touring Teams which went to Australia (’69) and Great Britain (’70). She began coaching at Hendersen HS (1968-73) and went on to coach for one season at her college alma mater and 10 years at West Chester East HS. She has been an active umpire for 25 years and has been nationally and internationally rated. She served as USWLA Vice President and has served on the Philadelphia Umpiring Board. Roth currently resides in West Chester, Pa.

E. Doyle Smith, the longtime director of the Virginia athletic media relations office, is being 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 U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) and was twice named USILA Man of the Year (1984 and ’93). He earned the USILA Service Award and the Frenchy Julien Award in 1981, and was presented the Evan “Bus” Male Service Award in 1982 for devoted service to Virginia athletics. The editor of the NCAA Lacrosse Guides from 1974-79, he was named the manager of the NCAA Silver Anniversary Team. He is the namesake for the USILA’s annual media award and has served on numerous USILA, Lacrosse Foundation and US Lacrosse committees and boards. In 1995 he was inducted to the US Lacrosse Virginia Chapter Hall of Fame. Smith currently resides in Charlottesville, Va.