Cornell senior defenseman and team captain on its men's lacrosse team at the time of his death. He was hit by a lacrosse ball in the chest (above the heart) and collapsed, given CPR and defilibration, brought to the hospital, but shortly after he arrived there, he died.
He had a reputation as the fastest player on the men's lacrosse team, and he was named the team's rookie of the year in his freshman collegiate season. He was an 11-time letter winner at the Landon School, Bethesda, Md., a private school near Washington, D.C., where he was an all-league selection as a senior and an all-star pick as a member of the Landon lacrosse team. In addition to earning four letters in lacrosse as a midfielder at Landon, he earned four letters on the school's hockey team and three on the football team. Boiardi was a two-year, all-conference selection in football and the team captain as a senior. The Washington Post named Boiardi to the newspaper's All-Metropolitan football team in 1998 and 1999.
Height - 5' 11"
Weight - 175
Position - defenseman
Sport - lacrosse
Cause of death - cardiac condition
He had a reputation as the fastest player on the men's lacrosse team, and he was named the team's rookie of the year in his freshman collegiate season. He was an 11-time letter winner at the Landon School, Bethesda, Md., a private school near Washington, D.C., where he was an all-league selection as a senior and an all-star pick as a member of the Landon lacrosse team. In addition to earning four letters in lacrosse as a midfielder at Landon, he earned four letters on the school's hockey team and three on the football team. Boiardi was a two-year, all-conference selection in football and the team captain as a senior. The Washington Post named Boiardi to the newspaper's All-Metropolitan football team in 1998 and 1999.
Height - 5' 11"
Weight - 175
Position - defenseman
Sport - lacrosse
Cause of death - cardiac condition
Cornell senior defenseman and team captain on its men's lacrosse team at the time of his death. He was hit by a lacrosse ball in the chest (above the heart) and collapsed, given CPR and defilibration, brought to the hospital, but shortly after he arrived there, he died.
He had a reputation as the fastest player on the men's lacrosse team, and he was named the team's rookie of the year in his freshman collegiate season. He was an 11-time letter winner at the Landon School, Bethesda, Md., a private school near Washington, D.C., where he was an all-league selection as a senior and an all-star pick as a member of the Landon lacrosse team. In addition to earning four letters in lacrosse as a midfielder at Landon, he earned four letters on the school's hockey team and three on the football team. Boiardi was a two-year, all-conference selection in football and the team captain as a senior. The Washington Post named Boiardi to the newspaper's All-Metropolitan football team in 1998 and 1999.
Height - 5' 11"
Weight - 175
Position - defenseman
Sport - lacrosse
Cause of death - cardiac condition
He had a reputation as the fastest player on the men's lacrosse team, and he was named the team's rookie of the year in his freshman collegiate season. He was an 11-time letter winner at the Landon School, Bethesda, Md., a private school near Washington, D.C., where he was an all-league selection as a senior and an all-star pick as a member of the Landon lacrosse team. In addition to earning four letters in lacrosse as a midfielder at Landon, he earned four letters on the school's hockey team and three on the football team. Boiardi was a two-year, all-conference selection in football and the team captain as a senior. The Washington Post named Boiardi to the newspaper's All-Metropolitan football team in 1998 and 1999.
Height - 5' 11"
Weight - 175
Position - defenseman
Sport - lacrosse
Cause of death - cardiac condition
Inscription
MARIO SAINT GEORGE BOIARDI
"GEORGE"
BELOVED SON, BROTHER AND FRIEND
CORNELL UNIVERSITY LACROSSE
BORN JULY 30, 1981
RAISED FROM THE FIELD OF PLAY
TO ETERNAL PEACE AND SALVATION
MARCH 17, 2004
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