Cathy Nelson was the type of recruit Cindy Timchal simply had to land.
Failure was not an option.
Nelson was arguably the best girls’ lacrosse player in the state of Maryland as a senior at Mount Hebron in Howard County. She was named 1994 Metro Player of the Year by the Baltimore Sun, besting a field at that included two other superstars in Peggy Boutilier (Virginia) from Roland Park Country School and Crista Samaras (Princeton) of Annapolis High.
Nelson was a four-year varsity starter at Mount Hebron and catalyst of three state championship teams under head coach P.