Sarah Forbes (lacrosse)
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Volunteer assistant coach |
| Team | Maryland |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1974 Australia |
| Playing career | |
| 1994–1997 | Maryland |
| Position(s) | Attack |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA Women's Lacrosse National Champion, (1995–1997) | |
| Awards | |
| NCAA National Offensive Player of the Year (1997)
ACC Female Athlete of the Year (1997) National Lacrosse Hall of Fame (2019) | |
Sarah Forbes is a volunteer women's lacrosse assistant coach at the University of Maryland. Originally from the Wembley Lacrosse Club in Perth, Western Australia, Forbes played for the University of Maryland Terrapins, and won three national championships as a player. She was a three-time All-American, and was named the ACC Female Athlete of the Year in 1997.[1]
In international lacrosse, Forbes represented the Australia women's national lacrosse team at four world championships, including captaining Australia to their second world championship win in 2005, and earning All World team honors in 2005 and 2009 including tournament MVP in 2005.[2]
In 2012 Forbes was elected to the Maryland Terrapins Athletics Hall of Fame.[3] and in 2019, she was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a truly great player.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Player Bio: Sarah Forbes". umterps.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ "Sarah Forbes - Australian Lacrosse Champion" (PDF). Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Dixon Heads Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees". umterps.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees - Sarah Forbes". Retrieved 20 October 2021.
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