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Sharon Sarsen

  • Class
    1982
  • Induction
    2024
  • Sport(s)
    Field Hockey, Women's Lacrosse
* A native of Katonah, N.Y., she graduated from Cortland in 1982 with a bachelor's degree in physical education and earned a master's degree in adaptive physical education from Long Island University in 1991
 
* Competed as a field hockey goalie at Cortland for four seasons from 1978-81 and as a women's lacrosse attack for four years from 1979-82
 
* Member of lacrosse teams that placed seventh at the 1982 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Division II national championship and eighth at the 1980 nationals
 
* During her senior lacrosse season she registered 51 goals and 11 assists, including 10 goals and two assists in three games at nationals
 
* Member of Cortland's field hockey 1979 New York State Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (NYSAIAW) championship team
 
* Teacher and coach in the Lakeland Central School District (N.Y.) since 1983
 
* Field hockey head coach at Lakeland High School since 1982 and girls' lacrosse head coach for the combined Lakeland/Panas team for 30 years from 1986-2015, plus four years as assistant coach from 2016-19
 
* The all-time varsity field hockey head coaching wins leader in New York State history (723-81-44 entering the 2024 season) and ranks second all-time in wins for varsity girls' lacrosse coaching (381-135-45)
 
* Her Lakeland field hockey teams won 13 state titles, including nine straight from 2009-17, along with 24 sectional titles (15 straight from 2009-23) and 34 league titles (27 straight from 1997-2023)
 
* Her Lakeland/Panas lacrosse teams won 12 league titles, 10 sectional titles and advanced to the state "final four" three times (2010 Class A state runner-up, 2007 and 2011 semifinalist
 
* Inducted into the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Hall of Fame in 2020, the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Hall of Fame in 2000, the Westchester Sports Hall of Fame in 2018 and the U.S. Lacrosse-Hudson Valley Chapter Hall of Fame in 2007
 
* 2018 NFHCA National High School Field Hockey Coach of the Year and two-time North Region Coach of the Year
 
* Nine-time Section One Field Hockey Coach of the Year and four-time Section One Girls' Lacrosse Coach of the Year
 
* Shrub Oak Athletic Club Field Hockey Director since 1993
 
* Organizer and Director of Lakeland Central Schools Girls in Sports Days since 2017


 
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