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Stanley Kowalski was a three-time All-America midfielder for Cortland's men's lacrosse teams as well as a standout football defensive back. The National Lacrosse Hall of Fame (1997) and Long Island Lacrosse Hall of Fame (1989) inductee was a highly successful coach and teacher at Half Hollow Hills High School and in collegiate lacrosse for almost four decades.
 
* A native of Albertson, he earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from Cortland in 1969 and a master's degree in physical education from Cortland in 1972.
 
* Lacrosse midfielder for four seasons (freshman team in 1966; varsity from 1967-69) and football defensive back for three years (1966-68).
 
* Three-time lacrosse All-American – honorable mention in 1967, second team in 1968 and first team in 1969. Team had a combined record of 32-5-1 during those three years. Team won USILA Central New York Division title and finished 11-1 overall in his senior year.
 
* Earned All-ECAC honors in football and was offered a free agent contract by the NFL's Oakland Raiders. Was named the 1969 Beta Sports King as Cortland's Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year.
 
* Recorded 32 goals and eight assists for 40 points in lacrosse as a junior and 15 goals and nine assists for 24 points as a senior (despite missing three games due to injury). Also scored three goals in the 1969 North-South Senior All-Star Game.
 
* Cortland's freshman lacrosse head coach in 1970 and led team to 5-1 record. Also coached junior varsity football at St. Mary's High School in Cortland in 1969 and led the squad to an undefeated season.
 
* Member of USA National Lacrosse Team that won a World Games gold medal in 1974 and was an alternate on the 1978 USA National Lacrosse Team.
 
* An 11-time U.S. Club Lacrosse Association all-star selection for the Long Island Athletic Club.
 
* Head varsity boys' lacrosse coach at Half Hollow Hills High School West from 1973-86 and assistant varsity football coach at Half Hollow Hills East & West from 1973-83 in Dix Hills. Also taught physical education at Half Hollow Hills High from 1973-2002. Named 1981 Suffolk County Lacrosse Coach of the Year.
 
* Men's lacrosse assistant head coach at C.W. Post University from 1987-2005 and assistant men's lacrosse coach at Farmingdale State College from 2009-11. Named 2005 Division II Assistant Coach of the Year by the Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association.
 
* Inducted into the Long Island Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1989 and the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1997.
 
* Passed away on June 5, 2016 at age 68.