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2010 Inductees to the New Jersey Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame
Mike Webster
La Lumiere School (Indiana) 1983
Johns Hopkins University 1987
Mike Webster grew up in Pennsylvania and Maryland and moved to Indiana to attend high school at La Lumiere School which had no lacrosse team. He was recruited to play football at Johns Hopkins and made the lacrosse team as a walk-on.
At Hopkins, he was a member of two NCAA Division I championship squads in 1985 and 1987. He played professional lacrosse for one season with the New Jersey Arrows in 1988. He went on to play club lacrosse for the New Jersey Lacrosse Club, Bud Light Lacrosse Club, and Princeton Lacrosse Club from 1989-94 and was named to the National Club Lacrosse North/South Game in 1991.
Mike began his career as head coach at The Pingry School in 1989, and enters his 23rd season with a career record of 221-164. His teams were Waterman Division Champions in 2000 and 2006; Somerset County Champions in 2003, 2004, and 2006; State Prep-A Champions in 1993; and Non-Public Group B State Champions in 2006. He was named Coach of the Year by the New Jersey Interscholastic Lacrosse Coaches Association in 1992 and 2006; by the National Federation Coaches Association in 1999; by the Daily Record in 1992; by the Courier News in 2004 and 2009; and the Star-Ledger in 2006;.
He received the Len Roland Sportsmanship Award from the New Jersey Interscholastic Lacrosse Officials Association in 1992, 1997, and 2004, and the Service Dedication and Promotion Award in 1994. In 2007, he was inducted into the New Jersey State Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He was a clinic speaker at the US Lacrosse National Convention in 2002, and served as president of the NJILCA from 1994-2000.
He is married to Mandy Webster and together they have three children: Maisy, Michael Jr., and Maeve.
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