Roy Simmons Jr. earned honorable mention All-American honors in 1957 and 1958 at Syracuse. An attackman for the Orangemen, Simmons was the second leading scorer at Syracuse in 1957, behind fellow Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee Jim Brown. In 1958, Simmons was chosen to be team captain, and represented Syracuse in the North/South Collegiate All-Star game.

John W. Patterson, who played both defense and attack and graduated from Springfield College in 1951, was inducted as an outstanding player, who was also an outstanding coach or official, who has contributed noteworthy service to the game.

A two-time All-New England player in college, he played Native American box lacrosse for 33 years. He also spent over 20 years coaching at Kenwood (Md.) High School, Niagara University, the Buffalo Lacrosse Club and the Iroquois All-Stars.

Dick Garber enrolled at Springfield as a three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and baseball, but found himself in reserve positions behind older students who were veterans returning from WWII. After his sophomore basketball season, Garber laid down his bat, picked up a lacrosse stick and played in the first game he ever saw. As a junior, he played football and lacrosse. Playing only lacrosse his last year, Garber captained the team and earned All-New England status. 

At Johns Hopkins, Kowalchuk earned first team All-American honors in 1972, 1973 and 1974. A midfielder for the Blue Jays, Kowalchuk was a member of the 1974 NCAA Division I national championship team. He represented Hopkins in the 1974 North/South Collegiate All-Star game. That same year, Kowalchuk was awarded the Lt. Raymond Enners Award as the Outstanding Player in Division I. Hopkins awarded Kowalchuk the Turnbull-Reynolds Award for Outstanding Sportsmanship and Leadership in 1974, and the Penniman Award as the Outstanding Midfielder in 1972, 1973 and 1974.

Anne O. Coakley, an attack wing on the 1951 U.S. Women's Lacrosse Association (USWLA) Touring Team and the coach of the 1970 Touring Team, was inducted as an outstanding player, who was also an outstanding coach or official, who has contributed noteworthy services to the game.

Coakley was on the USWLA first team in 1950 and on the reserve team in 1949 and 1952. In 1960 she started the lacrosse program at Bridgewater (Mass.) State College and coached that team from 1965-1978.

L. Ray Wood began his lacrosse career at Forest Park (Md.) High School, where he played three years varsity from 1944-46. After serving with the U.S. Army in Japan, Wood attended Washington College in 1948. He joined a group of students interested in reviving lacrosse at Washington College, after the program was abandoned in 1934.

Janice Remsimer Kuklick, a defense wing who played at West Chester State University (Pa.), was inducted as an outstanding player, who was also an outstanding coach or official, who has contributed noteworthy service to the game.

Jim Darcangelo was a two-time first team All-American at Towson University in 1974 and 1975, and a third team All-American in 1973. A member of Towson's Division II/III National Collegiate Championship Team in 1974, "Darky" was selected as the Division II/III midfielder of the year in 1974. He was also chosen as the Division II/III player of the year in both 1974 and 1975, and was the recipient of Towson's Scholar Athlete Award in 1975. Darky represented Towson in the 1975 North/South Collegiate All-Star Game.

Michael A. Buzzell, an attackman who graduated from the the United States Naval Academy in 1980, was inducted as a truly great player. Buzzell was a three-time All-American at Navy, earning first team honors in 1979 and 1980, and second team honors in 1978. He captained the South team in the 1980 North/South All-Star game and was the 1980 Turnbull Award winner as the nation's top attackman. He was also a two-time Hero's Award winner.

Neville Smith began his long association with lacrosse through Canadian Box Lacrosse, played during the 1930s throughout Western New York, Ontario, and on all reserves of the Iroquois Confederacy. He played six-man box lacrosse in those early years.