Five Classes to be inducted into the NORCAL Lacrosse Hall of Fame
SAN JOSE, CA--( January 11, 2010) – The Northern California Lacrosse Foundation, a Regional Chapter of US Lacrosse, is pleased to announce the addition of five classes of lacrosse honorees who will be inducted into the Northern California Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame at an awards dinner on February 27, at the Marines’ Memorial Club, San Francisco, CA.
“Our goal is to select the absolute best of the best, within the context of an individual's era of participation”, said Steve Alms, NORCAL Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame Ballot Committee Chair. “We are extremely pleased with the scope and depth of the candidates. They are a highly select group of men and women who are characterized by US Lacrosse as those who by their deeds as players, coaches, officials and/or contributors, and by the example of their lives, personify the great contribution of the sport of lacrosse to our way of life".
The Classes of 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 will join the original inducted Class of 2005.
The inductees into the 2006 NCLF Hall of Fame are Gary Alabaster (San Diego State), Steve Alms (Cornell University), Heidi Faith (Rutgers University), Herb Finger (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Diane Whipple (Penn State) (posthumously), and Peter Worstell (University of Maryland).
The inductees into the 2007 NCLF Hall of Fame are Brian Lantier (U.S. Naval Academy), Barbara Longstreth (Beaver College), Jill Malko (Boston University), and Linda Thayer (University of Massachusetts).
The inductees into the 2008 NCLF Hall of Fame are Dave Giarrusso (University of Vermont), Jen Lee (Skidmore College), Alexis Longinotti (Stanford University), Dan Nourse (Bucknell University), and Iliad Rodriguez (San Jose State).
The inductees into the 2009 NCLF Hall of Fame are Suzanne Brown (Renesslaer Polytechnic Institute), Jay Costello (Pomona College), Gary Podesta (Washington and Lee University), Susan Schofield (Stanford University), and Jeff Young (University of Delaware).
The inductees into the 2010 NCLF Hall of Fame are Rick Blick (Hobart and William Smith College), Stockton Buck (Hobart and William Smith College), Michael Gottlieb (U.S. Naval Academy), Neil Henderson (U.S. Naval Academy), and Johanna Thomashefski (Michigan State).
These inductees will join the charter Hall of Fame class of 2005: Ray Grelecki (University of Maryland), Sam Sadtler (University of Maryland), Dave Tubbs (Duke University), Carl Steiner (University of Baltimore), Hank Molloy (U.S. Naval Academy), Jay Pearson (Syracuse University) (posthumously), and Pete Faulkner (Stanford University) (posthumously).
Individual tickets are available for the Northern California Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame awards dinner on February 27 at the Marines’ Memorial Club, San Francisco, CA.
For more information, or for tickets to attend this event, visit: http://www.norcallacrosse.org/events/2010/HOF.htm
To view the entire NCLF Hall of Fame and detailed biographies, go to: http://www.norcallacrosse.org/halloffame/ |
