Eamon McEneaney

Eamon McEneaney (b. December 23, 1954 - d. September 11, 2001) was an All-American lacrosse player at Cornell University from 1975 to 1977. He was killed during the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

Lacrosse career

McEneaney teamed up with Hall-of-Famers Mike French and Dan Mackesey to lead the Cornell Big Red to the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 1976 and 1977. He is currently ranked 15th 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. His records were achieved during the era when freshman were not eligible to play varsity sports.

He was also an outstanding football player, playing wide receiver. He was named to the All-Ivy second team in 1976, when he led Cornell in receiving and was second in team scoring.

McEneaney was voted the outstanding player in the 1977 NCAA Championship game and represented the United States in the 1978 World Lacrosse Championships. He was inducted into the Cornell Sports Hall of Fame in 1982. McEneaney was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1992. [ [http://www.lacrosse.org/museum/halloffame/view_profile.php?prof_id=146 Eamon McEneaney's Lacrosse Hall of Fame Bio] ] In 1995, he was named to the NCAA's Silver Anniversary Lacrosse Team, recognizing his place among the best players of the first quarter century of NCAA lacrosse.

McEneaney's jersey number (#10) was retired by Cornell University on April 27, 2002, in memoriam. [ [http://cornellbigred.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/042702aab.html?pic=4 Eamon McEneaney's Lacrosse Jersey is Officially Retired] ]

World Trade Center

McEneaney was a Senior Vice President working for Cantor Fitzgerald when he died in the September 11, 2001 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. [ [http://www.ivy50.com/story.aspx?sid=2/21/2007 Eamon McEneaney Article in Ivy League newsletter] ]

Writer and 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." [ [http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/04/12.9.04/McEneaney_poems.html McEneaney is now a published poet] ]

tatistics

Cornell University

ee also

*List of Cornell University people
*NCAA Men's Division I Lacrosse Records
*National Lacrosse Hall of Fame

References

External Links

* [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1089706/index.htm Marshall, Joe. "The French connection: McEneaney-to-French is the route Cornell hopes to ride to the title," "Sports Illustrated" April 07, 1975]
* [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1092500/1/index.htm Marshall, Joe. "Cornell's Wild Irish Rose" "Sports Illustrated" June 06, 1977]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/09/nyregion/09poet.html York, Michelle. "His Poems Did Not Stop For Death" "New York Times" April 07, 2005]