Brett Queener

Brett Queener is an American lacrosse player, born on September 30, 1984 in Penn Yan, New York, who is best known as a field lacrosse goaltender yet plays an offensive position in indoor box lacrosse. He began varsity lacrosse for Penn Yan Academy in the eighth grade under his father, Harry Queener, and was named a US Lacrosse All-American as a senior. He led Herkimer County Community College to the 2005 national junior college championship and was named National Junior College Player of the Year, then joined the University at Albany, where he set a Division I record for career goals scored by a goaltender with five and helped the Great Danes reach the 2007 NCAA tournament quarterfinals. In Major League Lacrosse he was drafted by the Rochester Rattlers in 2008 and helped them win the Steinfeld Cup, and he later played for the Florida Launch and became a member of the Chrome Lacrosse Club in the Premier Lacrosse League. In indoor lacrosse he played three seasons with the Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League. He later became head coach of the Community School of Naples varsity team.