Pulteney Street SurveySpring 2019
Milestones
It was a winter of wins for HWS coaches. On Jan. 17, 2019, Statesmen Head Hockey Coach Mark Taylor celebrated his 300th win on the ice. On Dec. 29, 2018, Heron Head Basketball Coach Lindsay Sharman racked up her 200th career win.
Coach Taylor marked another milestone in his HWS career with a 5-0 win over Castleton in a New England Hockey Conference contest at the Cooler. Hired to lead the Statesmen in 2000, he has earned nine NCAA tournament bids and three trips to the national semifinals (2006, 2009, 2019). Taylor was named the ECAC West Coach of the Year in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2015 and again in 2016, and is the most successful coach in Hobart hockey history.
Taylor is the 11th active coach in NCAA Division III Men's Hockey with 300 career wins, and just the 29th coach in DIII history all-time to reach that milestone. He is the first Hobart coach in any sport to accumulate 300 wins.
Coach Sharman's win came as the Herons defeated Whitworth University 78-49 in the California Lutheran Holiday Classic. Since joining HWS prior to the start of the 2005-06 season, Sharman has directed her Heron teams to three Liberty League regular season championships, two 20-win seasons, two NCAA tournament appearances, a Liberty League tournament title and an ECAC Upstate tournament championship.
Genovese Earns Lacrosse Honor
Former William Smith College
Head Lacrosse Coach Pat Genovese P'01, P'03, P'05, P'08 was inducted into the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Hall of Fame in November.
Genovese led the William Smith lacrosse team from its inception in 1971 through her retirement from coaching in 2012. In 39 seasons, she compiled a record of 385-158-1 for an exceptional .709 winning percentage. At the time of her retirement, only one person in Division III women's lacrosse had more career wins. Today, Genovese is fifth on the DIII all-time wins list.
Wilber Elected to Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame
William Smith College Head Soccer Coach Aliceann Wilber P'12 is one of three members of the United Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame Class of 2019, and is one of the first women to be enshrined. Wilber was the first Division III women's soccer coach and the first female coach in all divisions of NCAA soccer to reach the 500-win plateau. Her current total puts her in first place on the Division III all-time list.
Wilber is the only coach the William Smith soccer program has ever known. In 39 seasons, she has compiled an overall record of 572-135-58 (.786). The Herons have reached the NCAA tournament 28 times in Wilber's tenure, and won the national championship in 1988 and 2013.