Rochester All-Star game honors Hobart's Herb Fitch '42

Hobart Sports Information

The Greater Rochester Chapter of US Lacrosse will celebrate Hobart great Herb Fitch '42 with an all-star game named in his honor. The 2008 Herb Fitch Lacrosse Senior Showcase, presented by Adidas, will be played at PAETEC Park on July 12 at 4 p.m.

Tickets to the Herb Fitch Lacrosse Senior Showcase are $10, which includes admission to the All-Star game and the Rochester Rattlers game against the Washington Bayhawks at 7:30 p.m.

Fitch, inducted into the Hobart Hall of Fame in 1987, was a three-year letterman in three sports, playing football, basketball, and lacrosse. It was lacrosse in which he made the biggest name for himself.

A 1979 inductee into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, Fitch was named an All-American in both 1941 and 1942 and played in the North-South Game both years. With fellow Hobart Hall of Famers Dick Ferris '40, and William Dobbin '40, they formed the strongest scoring inside attack trio to date, averaging 17.5 goals per game from 1938-40.

Fitch, also a leading player on Hobart's basketball teams, capped an outstanding collegiate career by being named the Collegiate Attackman of the Year in 1940. He later was selected as a first-team player for Laurie Cox's all-time All-America team.

Fitch officiated high school and college lacrosse for 20 years and helped form the lacrosse team at Penn Yan Academy.