The Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the selection of the 43rd class to the Hall of Fame, a group of 10 individuals who have contributed to the sport as players, coaches, officials and administrators.

The 10 new inductees are: Michael A. Buzzell, Navy 1980; Ann O. Coakley, Boston Women's Lacrosse; Kevin A. Cook, Cornell 1984; Susan Delaney-Scheetz, West Chester 1969; Betsy Williams Dougherty, Penn State 1984; Janice Rensimer Kuklick, West Chester State; John Wesley Patterson, Springfield 1951; Lawrence J. Quinn, John Hopkins 1985; Linda Swarts Roth, West Chester; E. Doyle Smith, John Hopkins 1966 and Virginia.

The group includes the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame's youngest male (Quinn) and female (Dougherty) members. It also features three West Chester graduates (Delaney-Scheetz, Kuklick and Roth) and an inductee (Delancy-Scheetz) who coached one of the other inductees (Dougherty) at Penn State.

This class brings the total number of men and women inducted in the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame to 273. Each inductee was selected from a pool of more than 200 nominees. Candidates are nominated through a questionnaire, filled out either by the nominee or someone on his or her behalf. The qualifications of the men's and women's nominating committees' top 30 choices are put to a national popular ballot and voted upon by a random selection of current hall of fame members, coaches, officials, reporters and board members. The votes are compiled by the nominating committees and are used as a guide in the selection of the top 10 candidates. The committees present a final slate of nominees to the US Lacrosse Board of Directors for approval at their meeting in June.

The 2000 class will be honored Oct. 27 at a formal induction ceremony and dinner at The Grand Lodge in Hung Valley, MD. Tickets for the induction ceremony can be purchased by contacting US Lacrosse at 410-235-6882 ext. 103.

Kevin A. Cook, an attackman who graduated from Cornell in 1984, is being inducted to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a truly great player. Cook earned all-American honors at the high school, junior college and university levels, and went on to win world championships with the 1990 and '94 US National Teams. He went from Division Avenue HS in Levittown to Nassau Community College, where he was a first-team All- American and the junior college player of the year, leading Nassau to the 1982 NJCAA championship. He was an All-American in each of his two years at Cornell, and played in the 1984 North/South All-Star Game. He played 11 years in the US Club Lacrosse Association, earning All-Club honors five times and capturing two USCLA championships. He also won a Major Indoor Lacrosse League championship during his three-year MILL career. Cook currently resides in Manhasset.

Lawrence J. Quinn, a goaltender who graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1985, is being inducted to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a truly great player, a high school All-American at Levittown Memorial HS, he twice won the Enners Award as the nation's top player while leading Hopkins to national championships in 1984 and '85. Both years he was the NCAA Tournament MVP, first-team All-American and the Kelly Award winner as the top goaltender in the nation. He was the South captain in the 1985 North/South All-Star Game. Quinn won world championships on the 1986, '90 and '94 US National teams, earning All-World honors in 1986. He played 11 years in the USCLA, leading his team to three titles and earning MVP honors twice. His two-year MILL career included the championship in 1988, in which he was named the title game's MVP. A member of the NCAA Silver Anniversary Team and the All-time Johns Hopkins Team, he was inducted to the JHU Athletic Hall of Fame and the US Lacrosse Long Island Chapter Hall of Fame in 1999. Quinn, the youngest men's member of the Hall of Fame, currently resides in Parkton, MD.