’ The national champion 2011 men s lacrosse team
Emily Warren Zimmer ’10 Ian Wild ‘12 Hall of Fame inducts 3 athletes, 2011 men’s lacrosse team Breanna Haggerty Bertolini ‘09
During Reunion Weekend festivities in June, the Mercyhurst Athletic Hall of Fame inducted the entire 2011 national championship men’s lacrosse team, as well as lacrosse player Breanna Haggerty Bertolini ’09; feld hockey player Emily Warren Zimmer ’10; and football and lacrosse player Ian Wild ’12. The 2011 men’s lacrosse team earned an at- large bid to the sport’s national tournament, where the Lakers beat C.W. Post, the two- time defending national champion, by a 14-4 margin, and then beat Adelphi to claim Mercyhurst’s frst national title in a feld sport. Chris Ryan has coached men’s lacrosse since 2000.
Breanna Haggerty Bertolini played lacrosse from 2006 to 2009. She holds the school record for career goals with 241 and career points with 341. Her 75-goal season in 2008 is the program’s single-season record. She was a First- Team All-American in both her junior and senior years. She now works as a freelance graphic designer and publishes a popular blog called “brepurposed,” about her love for repurposing things and giving new life to the old. Emily Warren Zimmer was a perennial MVP in feld hockey from 2006 to 2009. She holds program records for career goals (40) and points (97), and is tied for the assists record (17). She earned First-Team All-America honors in 2009, as well as a pair of Second-Team awards.
She now works with students with disabilities at Bufalo’s McKinley High School and coaches for the Amherst High School JV team and the Bufalo Hurricanes club team. Ian Wild helped the Laker football team earn its frst PSAC championship and frst appearance (and frst victory) in the NCAA tournament in fall 2010. In spring 2011 he was a key factor as men’s lacrosse won its frst national championship. He was the tourney MVP and also earned the NCAA’s Elite 88 academic award. He has played in both the NFL preseason and the Canadian Football League, this season with the Toronto Argonauts. He’s a Certifed Financial Planner and a fnancial advisor in the Pittsburgh ofce of HBKS Wealth Advisors.
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