Who Made the 2026 National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Class

The 2026 National Lacrosse Hall of Fame class consists of Lissa Fickert, Jon Hess, Sarah Albrecht Meehan, Lindsey Munday, Jim Nestor, Max Seibald, Chris Rotelli and Peter Worstell. The group includes five players, one coach and two contributors, all scheduled for formal induction on Saturday, January 9, 2027, at the M&T Bank Exchange in Baltimore.

Choose a category to isolate its members and compare their defining achievements.

USA Lacrosse announced the eight-member class on September 10, 2026. Although the induction ceremony takes place in January 2027, the honorees remain the Class of 2026. USA Lacrosse’s official announcement identifies the categories and career markers used here.

The Class Includes Five Players, One Coach And Two Contributors

The class draws from several parts of lacrosse rather than one competition or statistical leaderboard. Its five outstanding players are Hess, Albrecht Meehan, Munday, Seibald and Rotelli. Nestor enters as an outstanding coach, while Fickert and Worstell enter as outstanding contributors.

Class Member	Category	Defining Career Marker
Lissa Fickert	Contributor	Four decades as a women’s lacrosse official
Jon Hess	Player	Three-time Princeton national champion
Sarah Albrecht Meehan	Player	Two NCAA and two world championships
Lindsey Munday	Player	268 college points and 128 assists
Jim Nestor	Coach	Four Division III championships
Max Seibald	Player	2009 Tewaaraton Award winner
Chris Rotelli	Player	2003 Tewaaraton Award winner
Peter Worstell	Contributor	Established five high school programs

The selections cover college men’s and women’s field lacrosse, international competition, professional outdoor lacrosse, professional box lacrosse, coaching, officiating, rules work, official training and program development. That breadth explains why the members cannot be ranked by one common statistic.

The player group itself also contains different types of résumés. Hess’s defining results center on Princeton’s championship run and his U19 production. Albrecht Meehan and Munday pair Northwestern championships with U.S. world titles. Seibald and Rotelli combine major college awards with international or professional careers.

Jon Hess Won Three Straight NCAA Championships

Jon Hess was an All-American in each of his final three seasons at Princeton. Each of those seasons ended with an NCAA championship: 1996, 1997 and 1998.

He also received the 1997 Jack Turnbull Award as the national attackman of the year. That individual honor sits within a three-year stretch in which Princeton repeatedly finished the season as national champion.

Hess had already produced a record-level international tournament performance before that run. He recorded 23 assists and 38 points for the championship-winning 1996 U.S. U19 team. USA Lacrosse listed both figures as U.S. records when announcing the Hall of Fame class.

Those numbers should be kept within their stated setting. The 23 assists and 38 points are U.S. U19 figures from the 1996 tournament, not Princeton career totals or unrestricted senior international records.

Sarah Albrecht Meehan Won At Northwestern And With The United States

Sarah Albrecht Meehan helped Northwestern capture the first two NCAA championships in program history, in 2005 and 2006. She completed her college career with 128 goals, 71 assists and 199 points.

Her final championship run included an individual distinction: she was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2006 NCAA Championship. Her college record therefore combines career production with a leading role in the title event.

Albrecht Meehan later won world championships with the United States in 2009 and 2013. Northwestern’s account states that she earned All-World honors at both tournaments.

Her résumé spans two clearly separated settings. The 128 goals, 71 assists and 199 points belong to her Northwestern career. The two world championships and All-World selections belong to international play with the United States.

Lindsey Munday Set Northwestern And U.S. Assist Marks

Lindsey Munday recorded 268 points at Northwestern and graduated in 2006 as the program’s career assists leader with 128. She played alongside Albrecht Meehan on Northwestern’s 2005 and 2006 NCAA championship teams.

Munday also joined Albrecht Meehan on the United States teams that won world championships in 2009 and 2013. Her international assist totals are among the most specific statistical markers attached to this class.

She recorded 21 assists at the 2009 world championship, the most by a U.S. player at one world championship. She finished her world-championship career with 35 assists, tied for the U.S. record when the class was announced.

The scope of those records matters. The 21-assist mark applies to a single world championship, while the 35-assist figure covers Munday’s world-championship career. Neither number is an NCAA total. Her 128 assists are the separate Northwestern career figure cited in her selection record.

Max Seibald Combined College, International And Professional Play

Max Seibald won the 2009 Tewaaraton Award at Cornell and became a four-time All-American. He was also recognized as the national player and midfielder of the year in 2009.

His international record includes All-World honors and a championship with the United States at the 2010 world championship. His post-college career then crossed the outdoor and indoor versions of the sport.

Seibald played 10 Major League Lacrosse outdoor seasons and four National Lacrosse League box seasons. Those season counts show the range of his professional experience, but they should not be merged into one statistical total because MLL outdoor lacrosse and NLL box lacrosse use different settings and record books.

Seibald’s Hall of Fame case therefore includes a major college award, four All-America selections, an international championship and professional participation in two codes. The class announcement does not provide a single combined point total for those settings.

Chris Rotelli Added An MLL Career To His Tewaaraton Season

Chris Rotelli won the 2003 Tewaaraton Award during Virginia’s NCAA championship season. He finished his college career with 126 points as a midfielder and was selected first overall in the 2003 MLL draft.

Rotelli recorded 163 points in 76 games over eight MLL seasons. Virginia’s career breakdown separates the professional total into 109 goals, seven two-point goals and 47 assists.

That breakdown reflects MLL’s scoring structure. The seven two-point goals affect the relationship between his goal, assist and point figures, so the 163-point total should not be reconstructed as though every goal carried one point.

Rotelli and Seibald join the historical list of men’s and women’s Tewaaraton Award winners. Their selections are not based on that college award alone, however. Rotelli’s résumé extends into eight MLL seasons, while Seibald’s includes international honors and careers in both MLL and NLL competition.

Jim Nestor Entered With A 515-83 Coaching Record

Jim Nestor was selected in the outstanding coach category. At the time of the announcement, his record at Salisbury stood at 515-83.

His Salisbury teams won NCAA Division III championships in 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2021. They also recorded five national runner-up finishes.

The 515-83 figure is tied to the point at which the class was selected and announced. It should be read as his record at that time rather than as a permanently fixed final total. The championship count attached to the announcement was four, with each title occurring in Division III.

Nestor is the only member of the class selected as an outstanding coach. His record therefore belongs in a coaching ledger, not in a direct statistical comparison with the players’ goals, assists, points, awards or professional seasons.

Lissa Fickert’s Contribution Centers On Officiating

Lissa Fickert was selected as an outstanding contributor after four decades as a women’s lacrosse official. Her work extended beyond officiating games into rules interpretation and the training of other officials.

USA Lacrosse highlighted nearly 20 years of work as a rules interpreter. It also cited more than a decade as a Collegiate Women’s Lacrosse Officiating Association master trainer.

Those time spans describe different responsibilities. Four decades refers to her overall officiating career, while the shorter periods identify sustained work in rules interpretation and master training. They are not separate competitive seasons or playing statistics.

Her selection gives officiating, rules administration and education a place in a class whose other members are recognized primarily for playing, coaching or program development.

Peter Worstell Paired Playing Honors With Program Development

Peter Worstell was also selected as an outstanding contributor. His record combines a four-time All-American playing career at Maryland with work expanding lacrosse opportunities in California.

His development résumé includes establishing five boys’ and girls’ high school lacrosse programs. That program count is the central numerical marker cited for his contributor selection.

Worstell and Fickert share a Hall of Fame category, but their contributions are distinct. Fickert’s record centers on officiating, rules and training. Worstell’s centers on program creation, alongside his earlier four-time All-American career at Maryland.

The Statistics Belong To Separate Record Books

The class’s numbers should not be added together or treated as equivalent measures. NCAA points, MLL points, international tournament assists, coaching records and professional season counts describe different forms of achievement.

Munday’s 268 Northwestern points and 128 Northwestern assists belong to a college career. Her 21 assists in 2009 and 35 world-championship career assists belong specifically to international tournament play. The international figures do not enlarge her NCAA total.

Rotelli’s 163 MLL points are professional outdoor statistics. His line includes seven two-point goals, a scoring detail that distinguishes it from a conventional one-point-per-goal calculation. His 126 college points form another separate total.

Seibald’s 10 MLL seasons and four NLL seasons are participation totals from outdoor and box competition. The class announcement does not supply one combined professional scoring figure for those leagues, so none should be inferred.

Hess’s 23 assists and 38 points are attached to the 1996 U.S. U19 team. Nestor’s 515-83 is a coaching win-loss record at the time of selection. Fickert’s and Worstell’s figures measure years of service or programs established rather than game production.

These distinctions are consistent with how lacrosse scoring statistics are counted. Competition format, rules and scoring conventions determine what a number means. A Hall of Fame class can bring those records together as evidence of achievement without turning them into one combined leaderboard.

The 2027 Ceremony Honors The Class Of 2026

The formal induction is scheduled for Saturday, January 9, 2027, at the M&T Bank Exchange in Baltimore. The ceremony date does not change the class designation.

USA Lacrosse announced and designated the group as the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Class of 2026. References to the eight honorees should therefore use 2026 for the class and 2027 for the scheduled induction ceremony.