NEW HAVEN, Conn. – USA Lacrosse announced on Wednesday that Yale All-American Tony Resch '85 was a member of its 2021 National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
 
Resch is joined by fellow inductees Sheehan Stanwick Burch, Patty Daley, Jenny Levy, Ryan McClay, John Pirro (posthumous), Kris Snider and Beth Stone. The official induction ceremony will take place at a date to be announced in the near future.
 
Resch, who twice earned All-American honors with the Bulldogs, earns induction for his phenomenal coaching resume in Major League Lacrosse (MLL), National Lacrosse League (NLL) and U.S. Teams.
 
As a head coach in the NLL, Resch won four league championships in eight seasons with the Philadelphia Wings, and was selected as the NLL's coach of the year in 2001. In Major League Lacrosse, he piloted the Philadelphia Barrage to the MLL title in two of his four seasons, and was the league's coach of the year in both 2006 and 2008. He has also served as a long-time MLL assistant coach for four different clubs and was a part of three additional MLL championships.
 
Internationally, Resch served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Men's National Team in both 2010 and 2018 and helped the team win the gold medal both times. He also served as head coach for the 2015 U.S. Men's Indoor team which captured the bronze medal.
 
For the past 18 years, Resch has also served as an assistant coach for the LaSalle High School boys' team in Wyndmoor, Pa., with four state championships and two runner-up finishes. He has been previously inducted into four halls of fame, including the NLL Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame in 2017.
 
The National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, a program of USA 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. 
 
The goal of the men's and women's selection committees is to select the absolute best of the best, within the context of an individual's era of participation. A ballot committee develops the list of annual nominees, while a 21-member voting committee finalizes the selections. 
 
The voting group is comprised of current Hall of Fame members, current or former U.S. National Team players and coaches, elite level high school or college coaches, elite members of the officiating community, and individuals that have contributed to the growth of the sport on a national or international level. Final approval of the selectees is provided by USA Lacrosse's Board of Directors. 
 
Nearly 450 lacrosse greats are honored in the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, which is located alongside the National Lacrosse Museum at the USA Lacrosse Headquarters in Sparks, Md.