[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 115 (Thursday, July 1, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E731-E732]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING THADDEUS C. SHEEHY, SR. FOR HIS RETIREMENT FROM 25 YEARS OF 
            COACHING MARYLAND'S YOUTH THROUGH CLUB LACROSSE

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                         HON. ANTHONY G. BROWN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, July 1, 2021

  Mr. BROWN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Thaddeus C. 
Sheehy, Sr., upon his retirement from 25 years of coaching Maryland's 
youth through club lacrosse.
  Coach Sheehy served the community as a dedicated volunteer, coaching 
Maryland's sons by not only teaching them the game of lacrosse but also 
instilling in them life lessons along the way. This commitment to help 
build character in his players and ensure their growth as leaders also 
extended to his own family, as Mr. Sheehy coached his three sons, 
Thaddeus, Jr., Sean, and Liam.
  Coach Sheehy, a 1988 graduate of Saint Mary's Parish High School 
located in downtown Annapolis, learned the importance of servant 
leadership through Saint Mary's varsity lacrosse program. Coach Sheehy 
took this servant leadership philosophy into the Annapolis Lacrosse 
Club Bay Raiders, with the mission to help young men get better at the 
sport they love while giving back to their community and those who 
protect it.
  Francis McAndrews, who coached with Mr. Sheehy for 18 years including 
his last season as the Face-Off Coach of the Bay Raiders, commended his 
dedication and skills noting, ``Coach Sheehy placed the development of 
the entire player at the forefront of the team's priorities. For 18 
years I worked alongside him to build leadership through the C-4: 
character, commitment, confidence, and courage in our young men, and I 
am proud to call Tad my friend. Tad had a successful style of building 
character through humor and was known to give each boy on the team a 
nickname--and very often those nicknames stuck well after their 
lacrosse careers!'' Coach Sheehy could often be heard asking his 
players--``what have you done for your academics, what have you done 
for your family, and what have you done for lacrosse today?''
  Sheehy coached the Annapolis Lacrosse Club Bay Raiders to be Maryland 
State Champions in 2015 and helped to take four teams to Anne Arundel 
County Champions in 2014, 2015 and 2016. He was honored with the 
Lifetime Achievement in Coaching Award by the Annapolis Lacrosse Club 
Bay Raiders, while at his last lacrosse tournament on June 20, 2021.
  I am honored to recognize Coach Sheehy today for his 25-year 
commitment to help shape Maryland's young men and athletes into servant 
leaders, and for his leading by example through his service to the 
Annapolis community.

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