Skip To Main Content

SUNY Cortland Athletics

SUNY Cortland C-Club Hall of Fame

Back To Hall of Fame Back To Hall of Fame
Head shot of Carol Rose-Rainson

Carol Rainson-Rose

  • Class
    1987
  • Induction
    2025
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Lacrosse
* A native of Manhasset, N.Y., she earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from Cortland in 1987, a master's degree in physical education from Hofstra University in 1989 and a master's degree in administration from the College of New Rochelle in 1992
 
* Competed as a first home (attack) on Cortland's women's lacrosse team for four seasons from 1983-86
 
* Career totals of 128 goals and 45 assists for 173 points; set school single-season records for goals (57), assists (23) and points (80) in 15 games during her junior season in 1985, and the following year broke those records with 61 goals, 20 assists and 81 points in 11 games
 
* Earned BRINE Division III Northeast Regional All-America and first team All-New York State Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (NYSAIAW) honors during her senior year
 
* Her Cortland teams posted a combined record of 43-9; the Red Dragons finished third (1983) and second (1984) at United States Women's Lacrosse Association (USWLA) national tournaments, tied for fifth in the NCAA's first two Division III tournaments (1985 and 1986), and won two Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Mid-Atlantic Region titles (1984 and 1985)
 
* Girls' lacrosse head coach at Northport (N.Y.) High School since 1990; adapted physical education teacher at Northport High School from 2015-21, physical education teacher at Northport Middle School from 2002-15 and physical education teacher at Wyandanch (N.Y.) High School from 1991-2002
 
* Holds the record for most coaching wins in New York State girls' lacrosse history with an overall record of 513-123-4 through the end of the 2025 season
 
* Led Northport to New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Class A state titles in 2011 and 2019, a Class A runner-up finish in 2022, and Division I runner-up showings in 1996 and 1998, along with 15 Suffolk County titles
 
* Chosen as the 2018-19 National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) National Girls' Lacrosse Coach of the Year, as well as state and sectional Coach of the Year
 
* Six-time Division 1 Suffolk County Girls' Lacrosse Coach of the Year (2003, 2006, 2009, 2018, 2021, 2022) and three-time Newsday All-Long Island Coach of the Year (2003, 2004, 2019)
 
* Member of numerous halls of fame, including the Northport Athletic (2022), Suffolk Sports (2015), Manhasset Sports (2011), Long Island Metropolitan Lacrosse (2005) and Manhasset Lacrosse (1999)
 
* CEO of Long Island Elite Lacrosse Club, LLC, since 1999 and co-owner of the "One Love Foundation" Live Love Lax Tour since 2020
 
Back To Hall of Fame

Copyright © 2025 SUNY Cortland Athletics