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Stenersen To Be Elected To National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
May 25, 2022 | Men's Lacrosse
CHAPEL HILL – Former Tar Heel and USA Lacrosse president Steve Stenersen will be elected to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Class of 2021. The ceremony will be held on October 15, 2022, at The Grand Lodge in Hunt Valley, Md.
Due to COVID-19 concerns, the 2021 class induction ceremony was postponed till this year. The eight previously announced members of the 2021 National Lacrosse Hall of Fame class — Sheehan Stanwick Burch, Patty Daley, Jenny Levy, Ryan McClay, John Pirro (posthumous), Tony Resch, Kris Snider, and Beth Stone — will be joined by Steve Stenersen for the 2022 ceremony.
Stenersen, elected by the committee in 2021 following his announced departure from USA Lacrosse but not revealed due to his then active position with the organization, retired as president and CEO last summer.
Stenersen, a two-time national champion as a player at UNC, has served in a primary leadership role for the sport since being named executive director of The Lacrosse Foundation in 1984. In that role, he led the movement to create a unified national structure for lacrosse, ultimately resulting in the merger of eight national organizations to form USA Lacrosse. Over the last two decades plus, under his leadership, USA Lacrosse invested more than $400 million into the development and infrastructure of the sport, helping it to become one of the fastest-growing team sports in the country.
Due to COVID-19 concerns, the 2021 class induction ceremony was postponed till this year. The eight previously announced members of the 2021 National Lacrosse Hall of Fame class — Sheehan Stanwick Burch, Patty Daley, Jenny Levy, Ryan McClay, John Pirro (posthumous), Tony Resch, Kris Snider, and Beth Stone — will be joined by Steve Stenersen for the 2022 ceremony.
Stenersen, elected by the committee in 2021 following his announced departure from USA Lacrosse but not revealed due to his then active position with the organization, retired as president and CEO last summer.
Stenersen, a two-time national champion as a player at UNC, has served in a primary leadership role for the sport since being named executive director of The Lacrosse Foundation in 1984. In that role, he led the movement to create a unified national structure for lacrosse, ultimately resulting in the merger of eight national organizations to form USA Lacrosse. Over the last two decades plus, under his leadership, USA Lacrosse invested more than $400 million into the development and infrastructure of the sport, helping it to become one of the fastest-growing team sports in the country.
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