Eamon McEneaney

Eamon McEneaney
— Lacrosse player —
McEneaney’s name is located on Panel N-57 of the National September 11 Memorial’s North Pool.
Born	December 23, 1954 Elmont, New York
Died	September 11, 2001 (aged 46) New York City, New York
Position	Attack
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	180 pounds (82 kg)
NCAA team	Cornell University
Nationality	United States
Shoots	Right
Career highlights
1976, 1977 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship 1977 Division I Player of the Year 1975 Division I Attackman of the Year
U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame, 1992

Eamon McEneaney (December 23, 1954 – September 11, 2001) was an All-American lacrosse player at Cornell University from 1975 to 1977 who was killed during the September 11 attacks.

Cornell Big Red

McEneaney teamed with Hall of Fame players Mike French, Dan Mackesey, Bill Marino, Bob Hendrickson, and Chris Kane, and coach Richie Moran to lead the Cornell Big Red to the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 1976 and 1977. He is currently ranked 6th all-time in Division I Assists with 164, 10th in career Points Per Game, and 18th in career Points. His top season was 1975 when he scored 31 goals and handed out 65 assists for 96 total points in 17 games, and was named the USILA player of the year. That year, he was also awarded the Turnbull Award given to the top collegiate attackman. His career was played in an era when freshman were not eligible to play varsity sports.

He was also an outstanding football player, playing wide receiver. He was named to the All-Ivy second team in 1976, when he led Cornell in receiving and was second in team scoring.

McEneaney was voted the outstanding player in the 1977 NCAA Championship game and represented the United States in the 1978 World Lacrosse Championships. He was inducted into the Cornell Sports Hall of Fame in 1982. McEneaney was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1992.^[1] In 1995, he was named to the NCAA's Silver Anniversary Lacrosse Team, recognizing his place among the best players of the first quarter century of NCAA lacrosse.

McEneaney's jersey number (#10) was retired by Cornell University on April 27, 2002, in memoriam.^[2]

Writer and poet

Known for his athletic talents, McEneaney was also a poet and had desires to write a novel. His family, along with the Cornell University Library, published a posthumous collection of his poetry entitled A Bend in the Road.^[3]

In 2010, Eamon's wife Bonnie published Messages: Signs, Visits, and Premonitions from Loved Ones Lost on 9/11. The book is a collection of stories regarding people who have had supernatural experiences with friends and family members who died on September 11.^[4]

Statistics

Cornell University

Season			GP	G	A	Pts	PPG
1975			17	31	65	96	5.65
1976			16	20	61	81	5.71
1977			13	41	38	79	6.56
Totals			46	92	164 ^(a)	256	5.57 ^(b)

^(a) 8th in NCAA career assists

^(b) 10th in NCAA career points-per-game

Death and legacy

At the National 9/11 Memorial, McEneaney is memorialized at the North Pool, on Panel N-57, alongside other employees of Cantor Fitzgerald killed in the September 11 Attacks.^[5]

See also

• Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse
• National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
• NCAA Men's Division I Lacrosse Records

References

1. Eamon McEneaney's Lacrosse Hall of Fame Bio
2. Eamon McEneaney's Lacrosse Jersey is Officially Retired
3. McEneaney is now a published poet
4. McEneaney is now a published poet
5. "South Pool: Panel N-57 - Eamon J. McEneaney". National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Retrieved October 29, 2011.

External links

• Marshall, Joe. "The French connection: McEneaney-to-French is the route Cornell hopes to ride to the title," Sports Illustrated April 7, 1975
• Marshall, Joe. "Cornell's Wild Irish Rose" Sports Illustrated June 06, 1977
• York, Michelle. "His Poems Did Not Stop For Death" New York Times April 07, 2005

Awards