Mike O'Neill is a three-time All-American
lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensiv ...
player for
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...
.
Career
O'Neill was inducted into the
National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
The National Lacrosse Hall of Fame and Museum, is located in Sparks, Maryland at the USA Lacrosse headquarters. Prior to moving to its present location in 2016, the hall of fame and museum was located in Baltimore, Maryland, on the Homewood camp ...
in 1993. O'Neill is third all time in Career Points at Hopkins.
He was awarded the
NCAA Player of the year in 1978, as well as the most outstanding player in the
1978 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship. O'Neill led Hopkins to the NCAA finals in 1977 as well.
O'Neill was an all-American prep player at
Massapequa High School
Massapequa High School is a public high school located in Massapequa, New York, United States, for students in grades 10 through 12.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,825 students and 142.4 classroom teachers (on an ...
in New York.
O'Neill was an assistant coach at the University of Delaware in 1979, the University of North Carolina in 1980 and Brown University from 1981 to 1984.
Johns Hopkins University
See also
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Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's lacrosse
The Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's lacrosse team represents Johns Hopkins University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college lacrosse.
Since 2015, the Blue Jays have represented the Big Ten Conference.
Overview
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References
Living people
American lacrosse players
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's lacrosse players
Year of birth missing (living people)
1978 in lacrosse
Massapequa High School alumni
Sportspeople from Nassau County, New York
Lacrosse players from New York (state)
North Carolina Tar Heels men's lacrosse coaches
Brown Bears men's lacrosse coaches
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