University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina's Voelkel Elected To Lacrosse Hall of Fame
May 21, 2014 | Men's Lacrosse
BALTIMORE, May 21, 2014 - The 2014 induction class for the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame has been approved by the US Lacrosse Board of Directors. Among the selections confirmed on Wednesday is the University of North Carolina's Peter Voelkel, an All-America midfielder who graduated from UNC in 1983.
This year's
eight-person class will be officially inducted in a ceremony, sponsored by
Bollinger Sports Insurance and the Markel Insurance Company, on Saturday,
October 25, at The Grand Lodge in Hunt Valley, Md.
The members of the 2014 induction class are: Stan Cockerton (NC State), Jay
Jalbert (Virginia), Erin Brown Millon (Maryland), Steve Mitchell (Johns
Hopkins), Michele Uhlfelder (Maryland), Peter G. Voelkel (North Carolina),
Carole Wakefield (posthumous) and Marge Watson (Ursinus).
Tickets for the 2014 National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony,
sponsored by RPS Bollinger and the Markel Insurance Company, will be available
to the public for purchase beginning August 1. Tickets will be sold online at www.uslacrosse.org/HOF.
The National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, a program of US Lacrosse, was established
in 1957 to honor men and women who by their deeds as players, coaches,
officials and/or contributors, and by the example of their lives, personify the
great contribution of lacrosse to our way of life. Nearly 400 lacrosse greats
are honored in the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, which is located with the
Lacrosse Museum at US Lacrosse Headquarters in Baltimore.
the 1997 and 2001 World Cups, winning gold medals both times. Uhlfelder was
recipient of the Beth Allen Award in 2004 as the most outstanding U.S. team
player at the US Lacrosse Women's National Tournament.
About Honoree Peter G. Voelkel (University of North Carolina)
Voelkel will be inducted as a truly great player. He was a four-time
All-American as a midfielder at the University of North Carolina, earning first
team honors in 1982 and 1983, second team honors in 1981, and honorable mention
status in 1980. Additionally, Voelkel was tabbed as the USILA's midfielder of
the year in 1983. He was a three-time selectee to the All-ACC team (1981, 1982,
1983), and named to the ACC's 50th Anniversary Team in 2002. North Carolina won
two ACC championships (1981, 1982) during his tenure, and also captured two NCAA
national championships, in 1981 and 1982. He was named UNC's team MVP in 1981
and 1983. Voelkel was selected to play in the USILA's North-South All-Star Game
as a senior in 1983
About US Lacrosse
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