The USA Lacrosse Greater Rochester Chapter will welcome its newest Hall of Fame members on Friday, Nov. 8 at the 30th Annual Hall of Fame Dinner. The Class of 2024 includes Courtney Gibbons, Alan M. McLiverty, Brice Queener, Steve Trombley, and the 1996 Nazareth Men’s team. Former standout player and current Johns Hopkins head coach Peter Milliman, who was selected last year, will also be enshrined.
The event will occur at the Harro East Ballroom, 155 North Chestnut St. Registration and social hour begin at 6:00 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. Additional guests may purchase tickets for $75. Children 12 and under are $20, and children 5 and under are free. To order tickets, please click here: https://grl.leagueapps.com/store.
Courtney Gibbons enters the Hall of Fame for her achievements as a player, educator, and coach. The former Fairport High School All-American was a star at the collegiate level at St. Bonaventure University, where she still holds numerous records. She is currently a Physical Education teacher and Girls’ Lacrosse Coach at Meridian High School in Falls Church, VA.
Alan M. McLiverty is being honored for his nearly three decades of service to the game of lacrosse. The Yorktown High School product has been a boys’ official for 30 years and a college official for 25. The United States Air Force veteran has been instrumental in the success of Shootout for Soldiers since the event landed in Canandaigua, NY, in 2017. McLiverty has fundraised and created incredible events like the annual All Veteran Game at a Rochester Knighthawks game. More importantly, McLiverty is a past president of the USA Lacrosse Greater Rochester Chapter, where he spearheaded the Senior All-Star Game and numerous camps and clinics to promote the sport of lacrosse.
Brice Queener joins his parents, Patty (2012) and Harry (2004), and sister, Sarah (2021), as a member of the USA Lacrosse Greater Rochester Chapter Hall of Fame. The Penn Yan, NY, native has followed in his family’s footsteps and excelled in the lacrosse coaching ranks.
In July, Queener was named the women’s lacrosse Head Coach at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. He earned the job after an impressive five-year post at the University of Denver. At Denver, he worked as the women’s lacrosse associate head coach, serving as the offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator.He helped the Pioneers win four straight Big East Tournament Championships from 2021-24, the first four Big East tournament championships in program history.
Before arriving at DU, Queener was the head coach at Southwestern University in 2019. His coaching resume also included an assistant coaching job at Fresno State University from 2016-18. Queener became a collegiate head coach in 2013 when he started the women’s lacrosse program at Rhodes College. He has also served as the men’s head coach at The Hill Academy and as an assistant coach at Siena College and Binghamton University.
Queener played for the Georgetown Hoyas lacrosse team for four years and helped them qualify for four straight NCAA Quarterfinal appearances. After graduating in 2015, he played six seasons in Major League Lacrosse with the Rochester Rattlers and Hamilton Nationals. He is a member of the Penn Yan Athletics Hall of Fame.
Another Penn Yan native and Hall of Famer will join Queener in the USA Lacrosse Greater Rochester Chapter Hall of Fame. Steve Trombley might never have played lacrosse growing up, but his impact has been felt by generations of lacrosse players in his hometown of Penn Yan. A 1974 graduate of Penn Yan Academy, Trombley turned a side project into a lifelong business after making lacrosse goals out of muffler pipe. He has run and operated several lacrosse businesses as an innovator in his field. His biggest triumph was inventing the lacrosse bounce wall. Trombley is the longtime President of the Penn Yan Youth Lacrosse League and a member of the Penn Yan Athletics Hall of Fame.
1996 Nazareth Men’s team will also enter the USA Lacrosse Greater Rochester Chapter Hall of Fame. Under head coach Scott Nelson, the team posted an undefeated season, going 11-0 in 1996. They capped off an incredible season with an 11-10 overtime victory over Washington College to capture the Division III National Championship. The players on the team earned 10 All-American nods and four national awards. Ben Wineburg was honored three times, earning Division III Player of the Year honors (Iroquois Nation Award), the Ensign C. Markland Kelly Jr. Award for Outstanding Goalie in Division III, and the W.H. Brine Award as the MVP in the Division III championship game). Brent Rothfuss captured the Fran McCall Award as the Outstanding Midfielder in Division III lacrosse. Eight Golden Flyers would eventually be drafted by the National Lacrosse League’s Rochester Knighthawks: Neal Powless, Terry Goetz, Wineburg, Chris Nadelen, Brandon Piccarreto, Billy Serino, Dan Garrett, and Chris Corcoran. Rothfuss was signed as a free agent by the Knighthawks and played two seasons in Rochester. Assistant coaches Brian Silcott and Kevin Cox also spent some time playing for the Knighthawks. In 2006, the 1996 team was inducted into the Nazareth College Sports Hall of Fame.
Peter Milliman was selected in the Class of 2023 and will be honored at the dinner this year. The Rochester native was a standout lacrosse player at Gettysburg College and with the Rochester Rattlers of the now-defunct Major League Lacrosse. He quickly transitioned to the coaching ranks, achieving success at the Division III and Division I level.
His coaching journey has taken him to Johns Hopkins (2021-present), Cornell University (2015-17), Princeton University (2013), RIT (2006, 2008), Pfeiffer University (2009-12), Siena College (2007) and the Haudenosaunee Nationals Sixes (2022).
Milliman is entering his fourth season as the head coach at Johns Hopkins. He became the 23rd head coach in program history on April 27, 2020, after serving as Cornell’s men’s lacrosse head coach. Over the past two seasons, Milliman has posted a 23-11 record.
Before Johns Hopkins, Milliman took over as the head coach at Cornell in 2018 and collected a 28-10 record. His team won the Ivy League Tournament title in his first season at Cornell and advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals. Milliman also served as an assistant coach with the Big Red in 2014 and as the defensive coordinator early in his tenure. During his first two seasons as an assistant, Cornell earned back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament.
Prior to joining Johns Hopkins and Cornell, he was an assistant coach at Princeton University in 2013. His lacrosse coaching resume includes a four-year head coaching stint at Pfeiffer University. Milliman got his first big break when he was named the head coach at Division III powerhouse RIT (2006, 2008). The previous season, he made his coaching debut as an assistant coach at Siena College.
During his playing days, Milliman was a three-time All-American at Gettysburg and helped the Bullets to back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Division III Championship Game (2001, 2002). He left college ranked second in school history in points (232), fifth in goals (138), and third in assists (94). After college, he joined his hometown Rochester Rattlers, where he played from 2006-07.
