New Canaan Lacrosse

Scott Harrison

Scott Harrison was a highly decorated attackman who excelled at both the high school and collegiate levels.

Scott was a four year varsity letterman for New Canaan High School from 1988-1991 under CT Lacrosse Hall of Fame coach Howard Benedict. During this timeframe, NCHS captured the FCIAC championship in 1988 and 1990 and the CT State Championship in 1990. Scott was the top face off specialist and leading scorer on the 1990 team that finished a perfect 18-0 and is arguably one of the best teams New Canaan has ever fielded going undefeated while notching wins over national powers Lawrenceville, Longmeadow and Yorktown.

Scott was First team All-FCIAC and All-State in 1990 and 1991. Scott capped his high school career by being named All-American, earning MVP in the CT North-South Senior All-Star game and playing in the National North-South All-Star game.

After New Canaan, Scott continued his career at Duke University for CT Lacrosse HOF inductee Mike Pressler from 1992-1995. During this timeframe, Duke established itself as one of the top lacrosse programs in the nation. The 1992 team made its first ever appearance in the NCAA National Tournament, while the 1994 team scored its first NCAA tournament win and advanced to the quarter finals. In Scott’s senior year in 1995 the team again appeared in the NCAA tournament after winning its first ever ACC Tournament Championship against rival North Carolina.

Playing attack and facing off, Scott was a two time All American and was selected to the ACC All-Tournament team and First Team All-ACC in 1994 and 1995. Scott capped his career at Duke by playing in the North-South Senior All-Star game while also receiving prestigious Scholar All-American honors. Scott led Duke in scoring 1993 – 1995 finishing his career at Duke with 163 career points.

After graduating Duke, Scott played one season of professional lacrosse in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League for the Charlotte Cobras.

Scott has remained involved with lacrosse in various volunteer coaching roles. In 2002 and 2003 while enrolled at Dartmouth’s business school, he served under Rick Sowell as a volunteer assistant men's lacrosse coach. The 2003 team shared the Ivy League title and advanced to the NCAA Division I tournament for the first time in school history. Scott was an assistant coach for the Christian Brothers College high school team in Missouri that advanced to the state championship game in 2005 and from 2007 to 2010 Scott served as an assistant coach under Kevin Dugan for the University of Scranton Scarlett Knights men’s lacrosse program.

Scott was inducted in to the Connecticut Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2025.