Eamon McEneaney
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Eamon McEneaney , a victim of the September 11 attacks, was an All-American lacrosse player at Cornell University from 1975 to 1977.
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[edit] Lacrosse Career
McEneaney teamed up with Hall-of-Famers such as Mike French to lead the Cornell Big Red to the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 1976 and 1977. He is currently ranked 12th all-time in Division I total scoring with 256 career points. His top season was 1975 when he scored 31 goals and handed out 65 assists for 96 total points in 17 games, and was named USILA player of the year. That year, he was also awarded the Turnbull Award given to the top collegiate attackman.
McEneaney was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1993.[1]
McEneaney's jersey number (#10) was retired by Cornell University on April 27, 2002, in memorial. [2]
[edit] World Trade Center
McEneaney was a Senior Vice President working for Cantor Fitzgerald when he died tragically in the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Centers.
He had previously been a hero during the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, where he helped lead 63 people down 105 flights of stairs. [3]
[edit] Writer & Poet
Known for his athletic talents, McEneaney was a poet and had desires to write a novel. His family, along with the Cornell University Library, published a post-mortem collection of his poetry entitled "A Bend in the Road." [4]
[edit] See Also
- List of Cornell University people
- NCAA Men's Division I Lacrosse Records
- National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
