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Eboni Preston

Eboni Preston-Laurent

  • Class
    2008
  • Induction
    2019
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Lacrosse

Eboni Preston-Laurent is near the top of every goalkeeper stat category in Bonnies women's lacrosse history.

She is the program's all-time leader in career wins (26) and games started in net (48) and her 540 saves rank third in Bona history. She was honored as the Atlantic 10 Women's Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Year following a senior season that saw her post 12.1 saves per game, leading all Division I goaltenders that season. She finished the year with 170 saves including a conference-best .541 save percentage, a figure that ranked second nationally.

As a junior, she started every game and earned Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team honors after leading the A-10 in saves per game (10.47) and ranked third in save percentage (.494). Her 15-save performance vs. George Washington in the semifinals of the conference tournament that year also earned her a spot on the A-10 All-Tournament Team.

In 2006 as a sophomore, she was Honorable Mention All-Conference with a 9-2 record in the cage, standing second in the league with 8.58 saves per contest as she helped the Bonnies to a program-record 14 wins. During her freshman season, she led all A-10 goalies and ranked 12th in the nation with a .531 save percentage.

She received her degree in Journalism/Mass Communication in 2008 and later moved into the coaching ranks, picking up a Masters of Education while serving as a graduate assistant coach at Endicott College. She then coached as an assistant at Emerson College for a season before taking head coaching duties at Sweet Briar College. In 2013, she was named the first-ever Senior Manager of Diversity and Inclusion at US Lacrosse, the national governing body for the sport. Her work there and as a coach led to her selection as one of The Baltimore Sun's "Top 40 Women To Watch" in 2014. Along with her US Lacrosse duties, she continues to serve as a volunteer coach in the Baltimore City Middle School Lacrosse League.

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