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Submitted by blogue on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 11:28

Brad Kotz, a midfielder at Syracuse, was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a truly great player. A native of Camillus, N.Y., Kotz was a four-time All-American at Syracuse, earning first team honors at midfield in 1983-85 and captaining the team in 1984 and '85. He helped Syracuse to the 1983 NCAA championship and received the Raymond J. Enners Award as the nation's Division I Player of the Year. In 1985 he was selected to play in the North-South All-Star game. Kotz was also named to the NCAA Silver Anniversary Team.

Submitted by gpohanian on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 11:25

Betz graduated from St. Paul's High School in 1954, after spending a majority of his high school career at Catonsville (1950-53). He played lacrosse at both schools, and also played on Catonsville's 1951 Baltimore County championship team. Betz won first team All-County honors at Catonsville in 1951, '52, and '53 and honorable mention All-Maryland honors at St. Paul's in 1954. He was an All-Maryland basketball and football player as well as being all-county in soccer and basketball every year at Catonsville. 

Submitted by gpohanian on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 11:17

Ronald Fraser
Syracuse University
Ron Fraser played for one year on West Genesse High School's lacrosse team before graduating and moving on to Syracuse University, where he played for two years on the varsity squad. After leaving Syracuse, Fraser played for an amazing 21 years with three different lacrosse clubs: Syracuse Lacrosse Club (1966), Long Island Athletic Club (1967-82), and Brine Lacrosse Club (1983-86). He was a USCLA club All-American from 1967-74 and a USCLA All-Star from 1967-77. 

Submitted by gpohanian on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 11:14

Although having never seen a lacrosse stick until age 16, when he arrived at Phillips Exeter Academy, Henry Fish became a two-year varsity midfielder at Exeter and was selected All-Club in 1942. As team captain in 1943, Fish helped Exeter to capture the New England League championship that year. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1943-44, Fish attended Princeton University where he was a three-time varsity midfielder and face-off man. 

Submitted by gpohanian on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 11:10

Bob Merrick's association with lacrosse began at Gilman School in Baltimore where he won championships in 1949 and 1950, as well as a second team All-Maryland selection in 1950. As a four-year varsity player at Yale, where he won division championships in 1952, 1953 and 1954, Merrick earned All-New England honors three times. He started for the winning North team in the 1954 North/South Collegiate All-Star Game. Merrick was a three time club all-star while playing for Mt. Washington for six years, winning national club championships in 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1962.

Submitted by gpohanian on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 11:04

Joe Sollers, Jr., a four-time All-Maryland goalie at Boys Latin from 1943-1947, enlisted in the Navy as a junior in high school and served 18 months before returning to graduate from Boys Latin in 1947. In 1945, Sollers was honored as the first recipient of the C. Markland Kelly High School Award for the outstanding high school player. Sollers was a three-time All-American at Johns Hopkins from 1949-1951, playing on the 1949 co-championship team and the 1950 championship team.

Submitted by mdasilva on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 11:01

Jay D. Connor, Jr. captained the 1968 Towson (Md.) High School team that won the Baltimore County Championship. An attackman at the University of Virginia, he was a two-time first-team All-American. Connor was the offensive catalyst on national championship teams in 1970 and 1972, captained the lacrosse and soccer teams his final two years, was selected MVP in soccer in the Commonwealth his last year, and was chosen Virginia's outstanding athlete in 1972. He was selected to play in the 1972 North-South Collegiate All-Star Game.

Submitted by gpohanian on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 11:00

Bill Thomas' impact on lacrosse began in 1933 at City College as a varsity midfielder, where he led City to the 1934 and 1935 championships. After attending Western Maryland College on a football scholarship, Thomas began his 42 years of coaching for Maryland public schools in 1939. He won county championships in three sports his first year. As head coach for championship teams in lacrosse, football and basketball at Forest Park in 1944-1945, he coached his first future All-Americans.

Submitted by mdasilva on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 11:00

Haussermann played lacrosse for the Boston and Virginia Women's Lacrosse Associations. Her contributions to the administration of the game have been unsurpassed. She was a very active president of the Virginia Women's Lacrosse Association, which helped it grow. She was president of the United States Women's Association from 1968-74. In 1986, she built up the USWLA home office, served as the organization's first executive director until 1990, and was instrumental in initiating USWLA fund-raising programs.

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