Three-time All-American Glen Miles will be inducted into the Greater Baltimore Chapter of US Lacrosse Hall of Fame on Feb. 2.

Jan. 29, 2008

BALTIMORE, Md. - Glen Miles, a three-time All-American who was named the nation's top midfielder in 1986, will be among 10 men and women who will be inducted into the Greater Baltimore Chapter of US Lacrosse Hall of Fame on Saturday. The annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held at The Grand Lodge and Masonic Temple in Hunt Valley, Md., from 5:30 to 10:30 pm. The ceremony is open to the public and tickets for the event are $100. For more information, please contact Heather Lapointe at hlapointe@comcast.net(.)

"Wow, I am very blessed to receive this very special recognition," said Miles from his home in Southern California. "Proverbs 27:17 says 'As iron sharpens iron, so one man strengthens another.' That is exactly how I feel about this honor. There have been so many terrific people that contributed to this occasion. I have to reflect in awe of their perseverance and confidence in me."

A native of Timonium, Md., Miles was a three-sport standout at Dulaney High School, lettering in football, basketball and lacrosse. Upon his arrival at the Naval Academy in 1983, Miles' impact was felt immediately. As a freshman, he stepped into a starting role at midfield where he scored six goals and added five assists, and was one of five players to turn in double-figure points that season. Additionally, he would be a part of a team that knocked off three top-10 nationally-ranked foes - #10 Penn (13-9), #4 Army (10-9) and #7 Maryland (10-9).

What would lie ahead proved to be of historic proportions, as he earned All-America recognition his final three years and would become the only Navy lacrosse player to receive the Lt. j.g. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Award, named after the former Navy lacrosse standout who was killed in action in 1966.

In his second season, Miles garnered Second-Team All-America kudos by scoring 17 goals and dealing out a team-best 13 assists. At 6-6, the Mids' one-goal loss to 14th-ranked Hofstra again left them short of making the NCAA Tournament, however, a 7-6 overtime win against No. 4 Virginia in front of a hometown crowd would go down in the record books as one of the biggest upsets of that year in Div. I lacrosse.

Miles spent the fall of 1984 making the transition from midfield to attack where he would flourish during the spring of '85. Miles paced the Midshipmen with 46 points on 19 goals and a team-high 27 assists and once again was named a Second-Team All-American.

In 1986, Miles helped lead the Mids to an 8-4 record and the program's first NCAA Tournament berth since Bryan Matthews took over the coaching reigns from the legendary Dick Szlasa in 1983. The Mids opened the year by winning eight in a row, including a 12-4 victory over Army at West Point. The 8-0 start was the best open to a season since the 1965 team went undefeated in 1965 with a 12-0 record. Meanwhile, the Mids were ranked as high as No. 4 in the country that season, the highest Navy had been ranked since the 1980 team opened the season No. 3 and concluded it ranked No. 4.

In his senior campaign, Miles moved back to the midfield where he scored 23 goals and added 30 assists to not only receive First-Team All-America recognition, but he was also the recipient of the Lt. j.g. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Award, honoring the nation's best midfielder.

Miles is one of 28 players in program history to top 100 points during their career. He stands 11th on the Mids' career scoring list with 140 points on 65 goals and 75 assists. He is eighth on the career assists list and his 30 assists during his senior year are the 14th most in a single season.

Upon graduation, Miles was named as an alternate to Team USA in '86, a rare honor at that time for a college player. Four years later he would earn his way onto Team USA and helped lead it to the world title over Team Canada in Perth, Australia.

Miles went on to enjoy a successful career in the United States Marine Corps where he served as an F-18 pilot. He graduated from Naval Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) in 1996 and served as an Air Combat Tactics Instructor throughout the rest of his military career.

Committed to youth and the sport of lacrosse, he recently co-founded a lacrosse and leadership development program called Victory Lacrosse with chapters in Southern California, Seattle, Wash., and Annapolis, Md. Additionally, he serves as the head coach of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes National High School Team.

Joining Glen Miles as a member of the Class of 2008 are Allison Valentino, Navy Associate Women's Lacrosse Coach and former two-time All-American at Loyola College, along with Todd Curry, Michele DeJuliis, James H. Jackson (posthumously), Barbara Kimball, Stephen "Lucky" Mallonee, Kerri Johnson O'Day, Wendell Thomas and Jennifer Ulehla.

The late Mr. Jackson was a longtime lacrosse writer at the Baltimore Sun where he has been credited with developing the first national lacrosse poll. Additionally, he served as the Navy football and lacrosse beat writer for better than 25 years. His son Jack is a 1990 graduate of the Naval Academy, as well as a lacrosse letterwinner for the Midshipmen. Meanwhile, his son Gerry was a longtime lacrosse official and serves as the sports editor at the Annapolis Capital.