William Smith College coaching legend
Pat Genovese will be enshrined in the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame on Nov. 7. The Class of 2009 will be inducted in a ceremony, sponsored by Bollinger Insurance, at The Grand Lodge in Hunt Valley, Md.
The deadline to purchase tickets for the Induction Celebration is Nov. 1. Online registration is available at
www.uslacrosse.org/events/hof/induction09.phtml.
The Class of 2009 also includes Todd Curry (player), Jeffrey J. Long (player), Kevin Lowe (player), Mark Millon (player), Cherie Greer Brown (player), Jennifer Miller O’Donnell (official) and Jessica Wilk Strosberg (player).
The three-time NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year, Genovese is the only person to stand at the helm of the Heron lacrosse program. No collegiate lacrosse coach (men’s or women’s) has more wins than Genovese who boasts a career mark of 362-133-1 record (.731).
Genovese has tutored 94 All-Americans, while seven of her charges have earned the prestigious National Player of the Year Award. She has led the Herons to 16 NCAA Tournament berths, advancing to the national semifinals 11 times and the national championship game five times. William Smith also has two ECAC regional tournament championships to its credit (1985, 2001).
A magna cum laude graduate of Cortland, Genovese earned a master’s degree from Ithaca. She was inducted into the Cortland “C” Club Hall of Fame in 1990, the Rochester/Western New York Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1998, the William Smith Athletics Hall of Honor in 1999, and the Green Mountain College Hall of Fame in 2008. In 2007, Genovese received the NYSWCAA Service Award for her contributions to women’s athletics.