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As head coach of the William Smith College field hockey and lacrosse squads, Pat Genovese has directed her Heron squads to the pinnacle of national pre-eminence in recent years. In 1988, the Genovese-led Heron lacrosse team finished second in the nation - the first New York State team to advance to the NCAA Division III women's lacrosse finals. Earlier, in the autumn of 1987, the William Smith field hockey team also earned second place at the NCAA Div. III Championships.
Genovese, the 1988 U.S. Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Association National "Coach of the Year," has produced numerous field hockey and lacrosse All-Americans since starting at William Smith immediately after graduation from Cortland in 1971. During her tenure, she has also coached volleyball, basketball and tennis. From 1974 to 1983, Genovese was coordinator of women's intercollegiate athletics at William Smith. She has also coordinated the Hobart and William Smith College's skiing, equestrian and sailing programs.
Active with the New York State Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, Genovese served as a voting representative with that organization and with the Eastern AIAW. She served on a number of committees within the NYSAIAW and has coached William Smith to five NYSAIAW field hockey titles.
A native of Clifton Springs, N.Y., Genovese attended Green Mountain College in Poutlney, Vt., for two years. She was on the Dean's List, a student government member, an honor society member and competed in basketball, volleyball and on the synchronized swim team at Green Mountain College. She earned an associate's degree from there in 1968. From 1968 until 1971, Genovese attended Cortland where she was on the Dean's List, was a member of the Kappa Delta Pi national education honor society, and on the track, lacrosse and equestrian club teams. Genovese graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from Cortland in January, 1971. She earned a Master of Science in Physical Education from Ithaca College in 1975.
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