THEN: Outside Midfielder with 9 goals and 3 assists.
1980 EAIAW All Regional Selection (first team)
1980 NSCAA All-American (honorable mention)
NOW:
Employment History: 1983-84, Wells College, Women’s Head Soccer Coach; 1984-85, Colgate University, Women’s Head Soccer Coach; 1985-87, Environmental Lawyer at Derorsetz Law Firm in Syracuse, NY; 1994-96, Cazenovia High School, varsity girls Coach; 1994-1996, youth soccer Coach at various levels in various locations; 1995 to 2007.
Cyd moved to New Hampshire and got a degree in elementary education and was a classroom teacher for Moharimet Elementary School teaching mostly 3rd grade. She has moved out of the classroom the last couple years, and is now a “sustainability leader” for her district where she leads the way in lots of projects that deal with environmental education and stewardship of our earth. One of her favorite projects is a maple sugaring operation that she helps coordinate and lead – “we have a sugar shack on our school property and boil the sap we collect from over 150 maple trees on our school forest.”
Soccer Memory: On the field: beating Princeton, the #1 seed in the Regionals in 1980 (when we were the #8 seed) — this victory staged our momentum en route to the National Championship. Off the field: a pre-game meeting before a contest with Harvard University. The team politely and respectfully listened to Coach Anna Rush’s pre-game strategy, only to be followed by a ranting Lisa Langworthy proclaiming that Harvard was in deep trouble. At that moment she unveiled a feline corpse, borrowed from anatomy lab, draped in a crimson (Harvard colors) cape and hanging from a noose. The next morning, the same corpse was discovered at the bottom of the hotel swimming pool.
Learn more about Cyd’s new coaching opportunity here.