Stephanie (Roberts) Radebaugh, named The Baltimore Sun All-Metro Player of the Year in lacrosse in 1993 as a high school senior in Severna Park, helped lead the Loyola women's lacrosse team to unprecedented heights in the following four years.
Her arrival, along with so many other great players from the Baltimore area, helped the Greyhounds back to the NCAA tournament for the first time in four seasons in 1994, a season in which they also reached a No. 1 ranking.
Two years later, they made the NCAA semifinals again. The following year, Loyola stunned top-ranked Maryland during the regular season and made the national championship game for the first time, where they lost a one-goal heartbreaker to the Terps.
"We had such a great team, especially my senior year," she says. "That last game was tough, but the hard work and friendships you take with you are the most important thing."
A defensive midfielder who could shut down the opposition's best players and also score, Radebaugh was a first-team IWLCA All-America in both 1996 and 1997. She had 52 points in 66 career games and still ranks high in program history in draw controls.
In 2010, she was named to the Colonial Athletic Association's 25th Anniversary women's lacrosse team. She also is a member of the Baltimore chapter of the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame, inducted in 2011 along with older sister, Gina, also a star player at Loyola.
Loyola was only in its second year of varsity soccer when Radebaugh arrived in 1993, but the Greyhounds quickly became a force in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). She helped Loyola win MAAC regular-season titles in 1994 and 1995 and tournament championships in 1994 and 1996. The Greyhounds averaged 12 wins per season in her four years.
"I loved playing two sports," says Radebaugh. "One was just starting up, and one was nationally ranked, and that gave me two totally different perspectives."
Her husband, Derek Radebaugh, was a three-year starter for Loyola lacrosse teams that played in four NCAA tournaments.
