Trisha Shetty (Editor)

List of National Lacrosse Hall of Fame members

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
List of National Lacrosse Hall of Fame members

The members of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame are inducted by US Lacrosse and are enshrined at the Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of Fame on the campus of Johns Hopkins University. Members have been inducted into the National Hall of Fame annually since 1957. The Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of Fame were rededicated in 1997, as part of the expansion of the US Lacrosse headquarters.

Contents

Individuals are nominated in four distinct categories: players, coaches, officials/umpires, and contributors. The annual number of inductees is limited to five male and five female honorees. A nomination committee is responsible for reviewing the candidates' qualifications and selecting 25 men and 25 women who they believe are best qualified for election. After it is further narrowed down to 15 men and 15 women, the US Lacrosse Board of Directors makes the final determination of who will be the year's inductees. Each year, the nominating and voting process takes place from January through April. The annual class of inductees is publicly announced over Memorial Day weekend in May (in conjunction with the NCAA Men's Final Four held the same weekend). They are then officially inducted at a ceremony in October.

In 1992, Rosabelle Sinclair, a pioneer of the women's game, was the first woman to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Since Sinclair, there have been 76 other woman inductees, and, combined with 287 men, there are 364 total inductees as of the 2010 class.

Nomination and induction process

The process of nomination and induction of individuals is the same for men and women (although the processes are run separately) and is as follows:

  1. Nominations are made through questionnaires which are kept on file with US Lacrosse and are expected to be kept up-to-date. Nominations must designate a category (see Induction Categories below).
  2. After reviewing and evaluating all questionnaires, the Nomination Committees selects the top 25 candidates believed to be the best qualified for election.
  3. An alphabetized list of candidates is mailed to all Hall of Fame voters (suggested to be at least 50).
  4. Voters rank who they believe to be the 15 most-qualified candidates on a scale of 1 to 15 (1 being most qualified) and return the ballot to the Nomination Committees.
  5. The Nomination Committees tabulates the results from the ballots.
  6. The top 15 candidates, as tabulated from the ballots, will become the pool of individuals the Nomination Committees choose from for induction.
  7. The Nomination Committees choose five individuals to nominate to the US Lacrosse Board of Directors (USL BOD).
  8. After presentations by the Nomination Committees, the USL BOD will choose a maximum of five inductees from each group, men's and women's.

Selection guidelines

There are three guidelines which restrict the inductions in a year:

  • Only one inductee, per class (one men's, one women’s) may be from each college/university.
  • Only one inductee, per class (one men's, one women’s) may be inducted under each of the Coach, Official/Umpire and Contributor categories.
  • In order to be officially nominated for induction a candidate must receive a 75% approval vote from their applicable Nomination Committee.

    • Induction categories

    There are four categories in which members can be inducted:

  • A truly great Player: Only for players who have had at least 15 years lapse from scheduled college graduation year.
  • A truly great Coach: Only for coaches who have been retired for at least 5 years or who have been active lacrosse coaches for at least 25 years.
  • A truly great Official/Umpire: Only for officials (men's) and umpires (women's) who have been retired for at least 5 years or who have been active officials or umpires for at least 25 years.
  • A truly great Contributor: An individual who has demonstrated long, dedicated and exceptional service and contributions to the game. Unless specifically determined by the Nomination Committee to be different, to be inducted in this category, a Contributor must be at least 20 years active with the sport of lacrosse in one or more capacities. The contributor category is also to be used to recognize contributions made in more than one capacity (any combination of player, official/umpire and coach) and it may also be used to recognize individuals that previously would have been included in the “Old Timer” category.

    • Hall of Fame inductees

    See footnote

    Schools/affiliations by number of inductees

    See footnote Note: Includes only schools/affiliations with more than five inductees

    References

    List of National Lacrosse Hall of Fame members Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics