Union College Athletics

Stephen Ritterbush helped to lead the Union men's lacrosse team to some of the best seasons in program history as a three-year letterwinner and two-year captain from 1966-68.
 
After captaining the freshman team in 1965, Ritterbush moved up to varsity as a sophomore and ranked second in scoring on the Hall of Fame 1966 squad that went 10-1 and posted the second-highest winning percentage of any Union lacrosse, netting 22 goals with 24 assists for 46 points. He went on to record 28 points (13 goals, 15 assists) as a junior captain and added 32 points on 19 goals and 13 assists as a senior captain, becoming one of the first 100-point players in program history. Union posted a combined record of 27-6 (.818) in his three varsity seasons, a mark that remains the highest winning percentage over a three-year span in almost 100 seasons of Union lacrosse.
 
Off the field, Ritterbush also served as senior class president and went on to serve on the College's Board of Trustees. One of the Department of Athletics' highest individual honors, the Stephen Ritterbush Award, is named in his honor.