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04/20/2005

NAVYLAX Fax (Question of the Day 4/20/05)

Yesterday, we discussed the MacLaughlin Award - awarded to the top Midfielder in Division I each year. The award is named after Navy All American midfielder, Donald MacLaughlin Jr '63. Navy has only had one MacLaughlin Award winner since the award's inception (1973). Which Navy midfielder won the MacLaughlin Award?

Extra credit: Which former Navy player won the MacLaughlin Award (twice) after he left the Naval Academy? Extra extra credit: At which position did that player compete at Navy?

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The correct answer and those members who answered correctly will be posted tomorrow.

Yesterday's answer was E. All of the above.
LTJG Donald C. MacLaughlin, Jr. was a pilot assigned to Attack Squadron 76 onboard the USS ENTERPRISE. On January 2, 1966, MacLaughlin was flying as a wingman in an A4C Skyhawk on a combat mission in South Viet Nam. In zero visibility due to fog, Donald MacLaughlin did not return from that mission and perished. His memory is honored on the Viet Nam Memorial Panel 04E - - Line 51.
For a more complete writeup, see http://www.capitolbase.org/kia_maclaughlin.html

Don MacLaughlin '63 was a 1st Team AA midfielder in his senior season.

Don MacLaughlin '63 was a 2nd Team AA midfielder in his junior season.

Don's younger brother, Harry '70, was a two-time 1st Team AA midfielder in both 1969 and 1970.

Harry MacLaughlin '70 was also the Team Captain in 1970.

Congratulations to the following people who submitted correct answers:
CHRISTINE GILL - mother of Graham Gill #12, who scored the game-tying and game-winning goals against the Terps this season.
PETE BILDERBACK - grandson of Coach, now working at Brown University, Institute for Brain & Neural Systems, Providence, RI.
EDDIE BILDERBACK - grandson of Coach, now living in Annapolis, working for Sensormatic Electronics.
TOMMY HAGAN '69 - currently co-chairs the Navy Lacrosse Hall of Fame committee with Marty Mason '75 (2 correct answers in 2 days).
JOE SCHWEITZER '89 - who lives in the Annapolis area and is serving as a decade representative for NAVYLAX (2 correct answers in 2 days).
DON YEATMAN - A NAVYLAX Associate Sponsor - see the Sponsors Link - Yeatman Executive Search. DENNY WEDEKIND '65 - two-time Kelly Award-winning goalkeeper and teammate of Don MacLaughlin.
LENNY SUPKO '70 - Kelly Award-winning goalkeeper and teammate of brother Harry MacLaughlin '70.
BRIAN LANTIER '65 - currently serving as finance chair of the fundraising campaign to build the Bilderback-Moore Navy Lacrosse Hall of Fame at the Stadium - also a teammate of Don MacLaughlin.
GINO MARCHETTI '70 - teammate of Harry MacLaughlin '70.
HANK MOLLOY '64 - teammate of Don MacLaughlin.

Go Navy !!

Buddy Garland