Eamon James McEneaney (December 23, 1954 – September 11, 2001) was an All-American

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player at

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from 1975 to 1977 and later an employee of

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who died during the

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Lacrosse career

McEneaney teamed with Mike French and Dan Mackesey to win the 1976 NCAA Championship, a key part of Cornell teams which won 29 straight games and two straight titles over two seasons. McEneaney was voted the outstanding player in the 1977 NCAA Championship game, while setting an NCAA tournament record with 25 points in three tournament games, with 11 goals and 14 assists, one of the great lacrosse finals performances. McEneaney represented the United States in the 1978

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s. McEneaney was inducted into the Cornell Sports Hall of Fame in 1982. He was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1992. McEneaney's jersey number (#10) was retired by Cornell University on April 27, 2002, in tribute to him.

Cornell University lacrosse statistics

Statistics per Cornell University media guides : ^''(a)'' 5th in NCAA career assists per game : ^''(b)'' 14th in NCAA career points per game

Writer and poet

Known for his athletic talents, McEneaney was also a poet and had desires to write a novel. His family, in partnership with the Cornell University Library, published a posthumous collection of his poetry entitled ''A Bend in the Road''. In 2010, Eamon's widow Bonnie published ''Messages: Signs, Visits, and Premonitions from Loved Ones Lost on 9/11'', a collection of stories regarding people who have had supernatural experiences with friends and family members who died during the September 11 attacks.

Death and legacy

At the

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, McEneaney is memorialized at the North Pool, on Panel N-57, alongside other employees of

killed in the

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