Nancy Vadner Chance had a distinguished career as a player, coach and official. She was a member of the 1951 U.S. touring team and, while playing with the Philadelphia and Baltimore Lacrosse Associations, was a four-time All-American.

She served as treasurer for the United States Women’s Lacrosse Association, was chairman for two National USWLA Tournaments, and was a nationally rated umpire for more than a decade.

Heather Dow was an outstanding goalie at the University of Virginia from 1978 to 1982. She was a member of the United States Women's Team from 1984 to 1990 and played for the United States World Cup teams in 1986 and 1989.

Dow also served as an assistant coach at James Madison, Old Dominion and Virginia and served as an assistant coach for the gold-medal winning World Cup teams in 1993, 1997, 2001, and the silver-medal team in 2005.

She was named the top goaltender on Lacrosse Magazine's All-Century team in 1999.

George McGeeney, inducted as a truly great player, was a top defenseman for the University of Maryland-Baltimore County and also achieved success on the international level. McGeeney was a first-team All-American in 1982 when he received the USILA's Schmeisser Award as the national defenseman of the year. Two years earlier, as a sophomore, he helped the Retrievers to the 1980 NCAA Division II Championship.

Bill Tierney is one of the sport's most successful coaches ever. He began his coaching career at Great Neck (N.Y.) South High School, and coached there from 1976 to 1979. He then coached at his alma mater, Levittown Memorial, from 1980 to 1981 where he coached future Hall of Famer Larry Quinn.

Sandy Hoody is one of the best goalies the sport of lacrosse has ever seen. Hoody played at Towson University from 1971 to 1974 and then played more than 20 years of club lacrosse with the Baltimore and South Women's Lacrosse Associations.

She played on the United States teams for 15 years, and in the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, earning All-World honors in 1982.

Zach Colburn was a standout defenseman at the University of Pennsylvania, helping the Quakers to Ivy League championships in 1983 and 1984. He earned second-team All-America honors in 1984 and then went on to a stellar career at the international and post-collegiate club levels.

Colburn was selected to the U.S. Men's National Team three times, helping the United States to International Lacrosse Federation World Championships in 1990, 1994 and 1998. He earned All-United States Club Lacrosse Association honors eight times and received the USCLA's Krongard Award in 1995.

Eleanor "Pete" Hess was an integral figure in women's lacrosse for decades. She played in the Philadelphia Women's Lacrosse Association (PWLA) and had a long and distinguished coaching career.

She started the program at the George School and then coached at Swarthmore College from 1957 to 1984, leading the lacrosse team to 121 victories during that time.

Julie Williams achieved great success on the lacrosse field as a player and coach. Williams was a two-time All-American as a defender at the University of Virginia in 1985 and 1986, and played on the winning United States World Cup teams in 1989 and 1993.

She became the head coach at Penn State in 1989 and coached the Nittany Lions until 1999, leading the school to three semifinal appearances in the NCAA Championships. Julie was inducted to the Virginia Chapter Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2001.

Garinger's 45-year involvement with lacrosse began as a player at Ursinus College in the program's second year of existence. In her first year as a high school coach, she introduced the game at Conestoga (Pa.) High. Her primary interest in the game turned to umpiring, where she served for more than 40 years. She umpired for 12 years at the high school level, from 1957-69. In 1959, she began umpiring at the college level. She has been an internationally rated official for 13 of those years.

Tyler began her coaching career at Cornell University and coached field hockey, lacrosse and bowling from 1969-72. She coached field hockey at the University of Maryland from 1974-87, winning the NCAA Championship in 1987. She coached lacrosse at the University of Maryland in 1974, and from 1979-90, winning the AIAW championship in 1981 and the NCAA Championship 1986. She holds the distinction as the only Division I coach to win NCAA national championships in two different sports. She reached the national championship nine times and was named national Coach of the Year in 1984 and 1986.