SPARKS, Md. -- Cathy Nelson Reese and Sarah Forbes were selected for induction into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2019, the Hall of Fame announced Wednesday. Reese and Forbes will be officially inducted in a ceremony on Saturday, October 19, at The Grand Lodge in Hunt Valley, Md.

Both Reese and Forbes were teammates at Maryland, playing together in 1995-97, winning three National Championships and compiling a 57-1 record together. 

Reese, who played at Maryland (1995-98), was an assistant coach at Maryland (1998-03) and now serves as the head coach (2007-present), this year became the all-time winningest coach in Maryland women's lacrosse history. Reese currently holds a 268-22 record as the leader of the Terrapins and has led Maryland to four National Championships, has coached seven Tewaaraton Award winners, 16 Tewaaraton finalists and 57 All-Americans in her time at Maryland is an 11-time conference Coach of the Year.

As a player, Reese was a Two-Time All-American & First Team All-ACC (1997, 1998) and the 1998 NCAA Tournament Most Valuable Player. The attacker won a National Championship in each of her four years as a student-athlete. In total, Reese has 11 National Championships. 

This past year, Reese was inducted into the Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame and will be enshrined into the DC Sports Hall of Fame this summer. Reese is also in the Howard County (Md.) Women's Athletic Hall of Fame, the US Lacrosse Potomac Chapter's Hall of Fame (2009), and the US Lacrosse Greater Baltimore Chapter's Hall of Fame (2010).

Forbes was a three-time All-American at Maryland, earning first team honors in both 1996 and 1997, and third team honors in 1995. In 1997, Forbes was the National offensive player of the year as well as the ACC's player of the year, and named winner of the ACC's Mary Garber Award as its top female athlete. She helped lead the Terps to three straight NCAA titles (1995, 1996, 1997) during her career, as well as the ACC championship in 1997. Forbes was named to the NCAA's 25th Anniversary Team in 2006. 

As an international player, Forbes was a member of the Australian World Cup Team four times (1993, 2001, 2005, 2009), helping the Aussies capture the gold medal in 2005, as well as two silver medals and one bronze during her tenure. She earned All-World honors in both 2005 and 2009, and was named tournament MVP in 2005. She also served as team captain for the victorious 2005 World Cup team. Forbes was inducted into the Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012.

Tickets for the 2019 National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, sponsored by RPS Bollinger and the Markel Insurance Company, will be available to the public for purchase beginning August 1. Tickets will be sold online at uslacrosse.org/HOF.

The National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, a program of US Lacrosse, was established in 1957 to honor men and women who by their deeds as players, coaches, officials and/or contributors, and by the example of their lives, personify the great contribution of lacrosse to our way of life. Over 400 lacrosse greats are honored in the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, which is located alongside the National Lacrosse Museum at the US Lacrosse Headquarters in Sparks, Maryland.