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SUNY Cortland C-Club Hall of Fame

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Lindsay Abbott Byrnes

  • Class
    2012
  • Induction
    2024
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Lacrosse
* A native of South Onondaga, N.Y., she earned a bachelor's degree in kinesiology and exercise science from Cortland in 2012 and a master's degree in sport management from Cortland in 2016
 
* Competed as a midfielder on Cortland's women's lacrosse teams from 2009-12; three-time team captain (2010-12) and 2012 team Red Letter Award winner
 
* Four-time All-American – first team in 2011 and 2012; second team in 2009 and 2010 - and the 2011 womenslacrosse.com National Midfielder of the Year

* Four-time first team all-region, 2012 ECAC Mid Atlantic Offensive Player of the Year and 2010 first team All-ECAC Upstate New York
 
* Named the SUNYAC Women's Lacrosse Athlete of the Decade (2010-19); two-time SUNYAC Player of the Year (2011 and 2012) and four-time first team All-SUNYAC

* 2011 NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team, 2009 SUNYAC Tournament MVP and 2010 SUNYAC All-Tournament Team
 
* Career stats of 256 goals, 185 assists, 441 points, 159 ground balls, 316 draw controls, 94 caused turnovers in 86 games played; Cortland's career leader in goals, assists and points, and currently ranked fourth in draw controls after graduating as the career leader
 
* Graduated ranked third in NCAA Division III in career points and eighth in career assists; currently ranked ninth in points
 
* Set school single-season record with 138 points (62 goals, 76 assists) in 2011 and also ranks third with 130 points (71 goals, 59 assists) in 2012; scored 72 goals as a freshman in 2009 and set school single-season record and led Division III nationally with 76 assists in 2011

* Helped the Red Dragons advance to the NCAA Division III "final four" in 2011 and 2012 and the NCAA second round in 2009 and 2010
 
* Buffalo State women's lacrosse head coach for four seasons from 2015-18 and assistant director of athletics and senior woman administrator in 2017-18
 
* Women's lacrosse assistant coach at Cortland in 2014 (NCAA "final four"), Bates College in 2013 and Colgate University in 2019, and head coach of the Southern Hills girls' lacrosse team (combination of players from LaFayette, Tully, Onondaga and Fabius-Pompey High Schools) since 2023
 
* Design Specialist at Woodford Bros., Inc. since 2020; set a company record for highest sales performance in 2021
 
* Board trustee for two years on the Onondaga Central Schools Education Foundation


 
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