Pat Cougevan

Pat Cougevan, born on July 13, 1971, is a lacrosse player from Penn Yan, New York, who built a long career in indoor lacrosse with the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League. He was an All-American at Penn Yan High School and played college lacrosse at Syracuse, where he helped the team win the 1993 NCAA tournament as a senior. After graduating he spent a year as an assistant coach at Colgate and worked as a legislative aide to a New York state senator, and he played in recreational leagues until he joined the newly formed Rochester Knighthawks of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League in 1995. He appeared in only seven games over his first five seasons but became a regular in the rotation from the 2002 season. In 2007 he was named the team's Comeback Player of the Year after a season-ending injury in 2006, and in 2012 he was inducted into the Rochester Knighthawks Hall of Fame.