Education
University of Virginia.
University of Virginia.
While at Cornell, Mackesey played on the lacrosse team with distinction. He was a first team All-American both of those seasons as well as winning All-Ivy honors. After Cornell, Mackesey played for the 1978 United States. National Team, helping the team to a silver medal in the World Games.
Mackesey graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and practices law today with the law firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Professional Limited Liability Company in its Tysons Corner, Virginia office.
Cornell won the Ivy League championship in each of Mackesey’s three seasons on the varsity roster. Awarded an National Collegiate Athletic Association Postgraduate Scholarship in 1978, Mackesey was the recipient of the Ensign C. Markland Kelly, Junior. Award as the nation’s outstanding goaltender and a recipient of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Top Five Award in 1978.
He was an integral member of Cornell’s national championship teams in 1976 and 1977. Mackesey has been inducted into the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame and is a member of the class of 2006 inductees to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.