Hall of Fame
Inducted October 19, 2012
Kelly LaClair graduated from Molloy College in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in Nursing. Kelly grew up in Lindenhurst, New York where she attended Lindenhurst High School. She participated in four sports while at Lindenhurst before graduating in 2005 with an advanced regent’s diploma. Kelly was a dual sport student-athlete at Molloy College participating in both soccer and lacrosse. Over the course of three seasons of soccer and four seasons of lacrosse, she received numerous academic and athletic awards.
She was a pioneer for our women’s lacrosse program as a member of the inaugural lacrosse team that took the field in 2006. Her success and work ethic set the standard for the future of the program and its student-athletes. Molloy could not have asked for a better person to pave the way for the ladies that will follow in her footsteps. She is the epitome of what it means to be a NCAA Division II student-athlete. She accordingly set her priorities and balanced her classroom work and field time perfectly experiencing tremendous success in both venues.
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In career lacrosse statistics at Molloy College she ranks first in caused turnovers (65); second in ground balls (138); third in draws (102); fourth in ground balls per game (2.42); fifth in caused turnovers per game (1.14) and ninth in draws per game (1.79). Her single season lacrosse records include fourth in caused turnovers (21) in 2008; fifth in ground balls per game (2.9) in 2006 and caused turnovers per game (1.24) in 2008; sixth in caused turnovers (17) in 2007 and caused turnovers per game (1.2) in 2006; seventh in ground balls (38) in 2009;ground balls per game (2.53) in 2009 and caused turnovers (15) in 2009; eighth in ground balls (37) in 2008, draws (44) in 2009, draws per game (2.93) in 2009 and caused turnovers per game (1.13) in 2007 and ninth in caused turnovers per game (1.0) in 2009.
In 2008, Kelly was a member of both the WomensLacrosse.com All-America and the IWLCA All-North Region Second Teams. She was an All-East Coast Conference First Team selection in 2008 and 2009 and a Second Team selection in 2007. She participated in the IWLCA North-South All-Star game in 2009 and was chosen as a preseason All-East Coast Conference player in 2008.
Academically she appeared on the Molloy College Department of Athletics Honor Roll for 8 semesters and was selected to both the lacrosse and soccer East Coast Conference All Academic Teams from 2005-2009. In 2009 she received national recognition as a member of the IWLCA All-Academic Team. Kelly was also chosen as the Molloy College Female Athlete of the Year in her senior year.
Kelly resides with her parents and siblings in Lindenhurst, New York while working as a registered nurse in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Cohen’s Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York.
