Sparks, Md.-- UMBC women's lacrosse head coach Amy (Appelt) Slade will be inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame on Saturday, Oct. 2. Slade was selected to join the hall in the spring of 2020, but the induction ceremony was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, a program of US Lacrosse, was established in 1957 to honor men and women who by their deeds as players, coaches, officials, and/or contributors, and by the example of their lives, personify the great contribution of lacrosse to our way of life.
Slade is being inducted into the hall after her illustrious career at Virginia, where she won the prestigious Tewaaraton Award in 2004, becoming the first Cavalier to win the award, and was a member of the national championship squad in the same year. Slade also holds the Virginia women's lacrosse records for points (373), goals (258), and consecutive-games scoring (66).
Her other accolades include being a four-time All-American, 2002 ACC Rookie of the Year, 2002 Inside Lacrosse National Rookie of the Year, 2004 ACC Player of the Year, 2004 IWLCA Player of the Year, 2004 and 2005 Inside Lacrosse, and womenslacrosse.com Offensive Player of the Year and the 2004 Honda Award.
In 2004 when Slade won the Tewaaraton, she led the nation in scoring with 90 goals and 121 points - marks that still rank in the top 20 in NCAA history.
Slade was also a three-time All-ACC selection and earned spots on the 2004 ACC All-Tournament Team and the 2004 and 2005 NCAA All-Tournament Teams, as well as the NCAA's 25th Anniversary Team in 2006. Slade was also a part of the U.S. National Team from 2002-09 and was a member of the 2005 World Cup training team.
Hired as an assistant coach at UMBC in 2010 before taking over the program in 2013, Slade has led the Retrievers to seven America East championship appearances, including two trips to the finals in 2010 and 2011. Slade has also coached seven First Team, 15 Second Team, six All-Rookie, and ten All-Academic Team selections with the America East.
In addition to coaching at UMBC, Slade also helped coach the Baltimore Brave, an installment of the Women's Professional Lacrosse League (WPLL). In their inaugural season, the Brave made a trip to the WPLL championship game. Slade, along with former UMBC standout Carolyn Jamison, helped lead the Brave to a WPLL title in 2019.
Slade is one of four inductees with ties to UMBC, joining former head men's lacrosse coach Don Zimmerman (2017), former men's lacrosse player George McGeeney '82 (2002), and contributor Dick Watts (2008). She is also the seventh honoree from the University of Virginia women's lacrosse program, joining Kara Ariza Cooke (2019), Robyn Nye Wood (2017), Bonnie Rosen (2010), Cherie Greer Brown (2009), Heather C. Dow (2002), and Julie R. Williams (2002).
