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Connor Buczek, 2025 Hall of Fame

Connor Buczek

  • Class
    2015
  • Induction
    2025
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Lacrosse
Buczek was the 2014 Ivy League Player of the Year and a first-team All-American. He was a three-time unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection, becoming just the ninth player in Cornell history and the 33rd ever in the Ivy League to be named to the top squad three times in a career. A 2014 and 2015 Tewaaraton Trophy nominee, he was the winner of the 2015 Senior CLASS Award. Buczek became the first midfielder in Cornell history to score 40 goals in a season in 2015, becoming just the seventh midfielder in the history of the Ivy League to record both 40 goals in a single season and 100 in a career. He graduated as the top scoring midfielder in Big Red history with 155 points and ranked in the top 20 in Cornell history among all players for points (13th – 155), goals (ninth – 106), and assists (18th – 49) when he graduated. The two-time team captain carried the team's "Hard Hat" during the 2014 campaign. The No. 2 pick in the 2015 MLL Collegiate Draft, he played seven years of pro lacrosse and medaled for the 2012 U.S. U19 and 2019 box lacrosse teams. He currently serves as the head men's lacrosse coach at Cornell where he has led the team to four Ivy League regular season titles, three NCAA Tournament appearances, a pair of national championship game appearances and the 2025 NCAA title.
 
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