Inducted as a truly great player, Grant, Jr. was a native of Canada and a two-time collegiate All-American at Delaware before becoming one of the greatest professional lacrosse players of all time. As a collegiate senior, he won the USILA’s Enners Award as the Division I player of the year after leading the nation in scoring with 56 goals and 110 points. He then embarked on a 17-year professional career in the National Lacrosse League, finishing second in league history with 668 goals and third in points with 1,446. He was twice named MVP of the league (2007, 2012).
Inducted as a truly great coach, Cantele retired in 2022 following 34 years on the collegiate sidelines, including 30 seasons at Gettysburg College, where she captured three Division III women’s national championships (2011, 2017, 2018). Cantele retired with a 451-134 career record, making her the second all-time winningest coach in Division III history. Cantele led Gettysburg to 21 NCAA tournament appearances and eight final fours during her tenure, in addition to 13 conference championships.
College Women
In its first year in the Big Ten, USC is ready to be a road warrior.
College Men
Lehigh was a surprise Patriot League champion in Will Scudder's first year as head coach.
Professional NLL
Week 7 in the NLL was all about wild fourth quarters.
Misc USA Lacrosse
The eight-person class was formally inducted Saturday night at Baltimore's Renaissance Harborplace Hotel.
Serving as goalie coach for the USA Youth National Teams is Jack Runkel. A Connecticut native, Runkel was an All-America at Loyola and set an NCAA record when he allowed just three goals in helping the Greyhounds to the 2012 NCAA championship. He coached at the collegiate level for seven years at Georgetown, Yale, Manhattan and LIU before stepping away to start The Goalie Workshop.
Tim O’Branski will serve as an assistant coach for the U16 team. O’Branski is an assistant coach at Maryland and previously coached at Salisbury, Georgetown and Mercer in addition to a stint as the director of lacrosse operations at Johns Hopkins. He also served on the support staff for the 2014 U.S. men’s senior team and the 2016 U.S. men’s U19 team. As a player, O’Branski helped Salisbury to a pair of undefeated national championship seasons and was a team captain as a senior.
Michael Gongas, a Long Island native, has been an assistant coach at Hofstra University since 2019. He began his collegiate career at Massachusetts and later transferred to Adelphi where he earned All-America honors. He has extensive experience coaching at a variety of levels of collegiate lacrosse with positions at Suffolk County CC, Presbyterian, Sacred Heart and Marist before his current role at Hofstra. He was also the equipment manager for the 2023 U.S. men's team that won the world championship in San Diego.
Mark Glicini participated with the U.S. national team program on the training teams for both the senior team and the inaugural Sixes team. Glicini has played for the Carolina Chaos in the PLL since the league's start and helped the team win the 2021 league championship. A New Jersey native, Glicini was an All-American shortstick midfielder at Yale. He won the PLL’s Jimmy Regan Teammate Award in 2019 and also has professional box experience with the NLL’s San Diego Seals.